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Beginner Surf Private Lesson in Rincon

Name: Beginner Surf Private Lesson in Rincon
Brand: Waterworld Surfing School
SKU: 306228P9
Price: 85.00 USD
Rating: 3.5 (15 reviews)

Puerto Rico

2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Learn to surf in waves fit for beginners on this private lesson in Rincon. You’ll find your instructor easily at Domes Beach, and then you can pick up your surfboard. No matter what your level, you’ll receive plenty of instruction both in and out of the water. You’ll be catching waves already on your first day.

Easily meet your guide at the departure point
Surfboards are provided so no need to bring your own
Enjoy personalized instruction just for you
Learn for around 2 hours, then the rest of the day is free

What's Included

Surf Board

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Domes Beach, Rincon, Rincón 00677, Puerto Rico
Your instructor will text you closer to your lesson date to confirm a time and location with you! If you have any questions in the meantime you can message me.

Start time

Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.

Opening hours

5/28/2022 - 6/3/2025
Monday - Sunday : 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Operated by Waterworld Surfing School

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Koren_H

Raffi is a sweet person and a patient instructor. My daughter, Kiera, felt he was a good teacher and provided her a lot of valuable trips and pointers.

Reviews

3.5

15 reviews

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Lack of communication

Mariselis_S, Apr 2024

I’m waiting for my refund. They never contacted me with a time and when they finally called me back they said they had no slots available.

Calling this a surfing lesson is false advertising

Jonathan_Z, Apr 2024

Communication was awful, we received no emails, no texts about time or place. No instructions whatsoever. Finally the day of our lesson, after receiving no communication from the instructor I texted the contact number on the original receipt email at 6 am and asked about time and place. The responder (Angel) told me that the wave conditions were too small for surf lessons and that they would need to push the lesson back a day to noon the next day. I agreed to push the date back and Angel said he would be our instructor. The day of the lesson our time was pushed back yet again, supposedly due to wave conditions again. Also last minute we were informed that our instructor would be somebody completely different (brandon). We were agreeable, nature does what it will. We met our instructor and received our " private lesson" on the beach. This consisted of less than 10 minutes of instruction and was so basic it was painful. He had us practice standing up on the board twice and fake paddling twice. We were shown where to stand on the board. I assumed by how brief the beach lesson was that there would be more instruction once we got into the water, I was wrong. Our "lesson" consisted of brandon chatting with the other companies surf instructors and surfing himself. Occasionally he would wait for a wave and tell us to "paddle,paddle,paddle" and he would push the back of the board and when we inevitably fell off the board and got back up there were no tips. No advice on what to do to improve or what to change. He just socialized and was in the water with us, that was our "private lesson". My daughter began to drift away and he could see the concern on my face and he said "she is fine, we are all lifeguards so she is fine". The other instructor angel was constantly teaching his students, correcting their form, giving tips....... you know, teaching them to surf. I heard him say things like " you are dropping your head thats why you fell off". Our "instructor" surfed on his own and chuckled and chatted with the other instructors. The extent of his dialogue with me was "its hard huh? If you get tired we can quit" and "paddle,paddle,paddle". There was no instruction and definitely no lesson. I could no longer see my daughter and this idiot sees my panic and says "she is gone........". Probably the all time dumbest thing you can say to a concerned parent who can't see his child in the ocean. Then he says "she drifted way down the other side of the beach" to clarify. This genius then pushes me into another wave as if I wanted to just ignore the fact that my young daughter had drifted off and continue surfing. I was done at that point. I swam to shore and collected my daughter who was just as upset as I was. He did not care at all about my daughter drifting off, he was too busy socializing and surfing to instruct either of us. 45 minutes of that cost us $170, what an absolute rip off. When I met up with my daughter our "instructor" was already off the beach and dressed, ready to go home. No thanks for coming, how did you like it, no tips or advice. He was just done. Brandon can surf, that was about the only thing he did well aside from socializing. That does not mean he should be charging money to give lessons nor should he be ensuring the safety of young inexperienced kids when he obviously couldn't care less. My daughter is a swimmer, but neither of us have ever surfed before. That is why we booked private lessons for beginners. I wish I would have gone with a different company. My assumption is that Angel double booked out of greed or due to a scheduling mistake and just assumed he could pass us off onto some guy he knows that can surf. Just because you can golf doesn't mean you should be a golf instructor, and brandon has no right charging anyone for his "lessons". We spent 2 weeks in Puerto Rico and traveled completely around the island and spent 3 days in Vieques. We did every tour imaginable and loved every single experience, except this one. IT SUCKED. BAD! Just the day before we booked a first time beginners scuba lesson on the same beach and were taught by a real instructor named Hayden with Great escape PR after Angel canceled our "surf lesson". Waves were actually pretty big, but Hayden was patient and went into great detail how to stay safe and what to do. He was thorough and patient and was super concerned about safety and made sure we were informed and comfortable the entire time. We actually went wayyyy over in time bit he didn't rush us. He truly loved what he was doing and taught us so much about diving. You could tell he was excited to share his knowledge and expertise with us and implored us to try to get certified in scuba. THAT is a teacher, THAT was a worthwhile experience. Our "private surfing lesson" consisted of two beat up surfboards and some rude guy who was in the water us that you never would have known was our "instructor". Before she drifted away, my daughter frustrated asked me "when is he going to teach us what to do?". That sums up the experience. We could have saved a bunch of money and just watched a couple of youtube videos and rented 2 surfboards and done just as well. BUYER BEWARE, THIS WAS NOT A LESSON NOR ANYWHERE NEAR WORTH THE TIME OR MONEY. GO ELSEWHERE AMD SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY FOR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY EARNS IT.

Patient Instruction

Koren_H, Mar 2024

Raffi is a sweet person and a patient instructor. My daughter, Kiera, felt he was a good teacher and provided her a lot of valuable trips and pointers.

Angel was great

Andrew_O, Mar 2024

Angel was amazing! My two daughters (ages 10 & 12) and my husband had a great time. My son, in laws and I hung out at the beach and watched. Great way to spend an afternoon

Book elsewhere

Alexandra_R, Jan 2024

Our lesson was canceled at 2pm the day of our lesson after we had already driven over 2 hours from San Juan to Rincon because of a family emergency with the instructor. I reached out to the contact listed on the booking on Monday for details for our lesson that was booked on Wednesday. I was told the instructor would reach out to me to set the time via WhatsApp. The instructor never reached out to me. I reached out to them the day of multiple times with no response. Bad communication and bad experience booking this. We did receive a refund but were definitely put out. We would however recommend RD2H one beach over on Playa Maria, they got us in last minute after we explained this experience and we had a wonderful instructor Alexandra.

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Emily_B, Jan 2024

I don’t have anything to review because this didn’t happen. I booked and contacted the operator by leaving a voicemail bc there was no specified time… only to get a WhatsApp from someone random who was responding for the operator. Then, I got a text from someone else random who didn’t even know what part of the island I was on. I was told to wait for surf conditions which I understand… but never heard back. This seems like a pimp company who calls locals to teach and probably pays them a small cut. Save your time and book with a company directly. If I have a suggestion for this company, it would be to have a better system to communicate because the way it was done for us was messy. Viator approved my request for refund while the operator never had anything to say or call back directly. Now I have to wait seven days for a refund.

Amazing family experience

Jessica_v, Dec 2023

My husband and I signed up our kids for a lesson. There were 5 of them ranging in ages from 9 to 13. Angel and Arielys were amazing with them. They had so much fun and are hooked on surfing now! I highly recommend them.

Thoroughly enjoyable beginner surf experience

Shelby_R, Nov 2023

Absolutely wonderful experience! Our instructor Nego was a great teacher, safe, patient, encouraging, and so fun. He made sure to watch wave reports to make sure we could go at an appropriate time for beginners and was flexible with the different levels of skill between my partner and I so that we both could have fun.

Easy to recommend

Danielle_D, Aug 2023

They were easy to coordinate with and Fernando was a great instructor. You could tell how much he loved it. Taught us the basics and got us up and surfing in minutes. Easy to recommend.

Never thought I could - but I did!

Aliciac_A, Jun 2023

First time surfer and with some great instructions and encouragement - I did it! It was an amazing feeling and I am so happy I did it!

Lamentablemente no se...

Christopher_A, Apr 2023

Lamentablemente no se pudo recibir las clases ya que el clima no estaba apto para las clases, quedaron en enviarme un rembolso

Response from Host, Sep 2023

The waves weren't good for Surfing the day of Christopher's lesson and unfortunately he wasn't able to reschedule with us due to his schedule, but he received a full refund and we are both working together to figure out how to remove this review.