Top Cape Town Surfing Lessons

Get more out of your time in Cape Town by spending time in the ocean and enjoy the city’s incredible surfing opportunities. To make your experience as stress-free as possible, a surfboard and wetsuit are provided, so all you need to do is show up and get ready for a fun surfing lesson that’s adapted to suit all abilities—even complete beginners who have never surfed before.

Get more out of your time in Cape Town by opting for a stress-free small-group surf package. No need to worry about carrying heavy gear with you, as a beginner-friendly softboard rental is included, as well as a wetsuit. During the lesson, learn essential information about surf theory, as well as key practical skills—such as how to stand up on your surfboard.

Instead of having to organize your own surfing equipment rental, this group surfing class makes life easy, as a wetsuit and surfboard are provided. Join a professional instructor for a session that begins with warm-up stretches on the beach, then progresses to the water once you’ve built up confidence. During the lesson, get lots of great tips—including demonstrations on how to stand up and ride waves.

Get immersed in this experience hosted by a local changemaker! Enter the inspiring world underneath Cape Town's touristy surface. A Side by Side experience is the perfect, hands-on way to escape the tourist trap, live like a local, and make an impact. A percentage of every booking goes directly back to the changemakers we've partnered with in the form of year-end gifts: equipment, bursaries, and cash grants. To ensure your changemaker-hosted experience runs smoothly and guests' every last need is met, an SbS guide will be by your side throughout, from pick-up to drop-off (if you add the Hotel Pickup add-on). Your guide will provide you all the background info you need to know and settle the entrance fees on your behalf. Optionally add the Photoshoot add-on for HD pics/vids of you in action sent by Google Drive same day. Learn, laugh, imagine, bond, and come away a changed person after sharing this experience with some seriously inspiring locals.

Enjoy the West Coast ocean and having fun in the waves. Our first time surfers won't have to be nervous we are qualified surf instructors and experience lifesavers. We will never put anyone in danger. Plus beginning to surf is not deap at all you will be able to stand in the water. It's fun it's safe and it's good for you to surf

SA Wild Escapes offers surfers the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to surf one of Africa's biggest and most fearsome waves. Surfers will be collected from their doorstep and transported to Hout Bay harbour from there it's a short 15-minute boat ride to Dungeons. Your experience will be captured on film and a copy made available to you.