Lesson options
Find your Waikiki surf lesson
Join an open class, reserve private instruction or build your skills over three surf sessions.
Compare the lessons below by who joins you, coaching time and price.
- Duration
- 60 or 90 min sessions
- Price
- From $99/person
- Gear
- Included
- Lesson paths
- Open group · Private · Surf camp
Your lesson options
Choose your class and coaching time
Open Group Surf Lesson
Join a small open class on Waikīkī's beginner-friendly waves. You'll share the lineup with other travelers while your SFC instructor keeps it to four students max — so every ride gets watched and every surfer gets coached. Board, leash, and rash guard included.
- 60 minutes
- $99 per person
- 90 minutes
- $135 per person
Private Surf Lesson
One instructor, one surfer, with feedback focused on your own paddling, pop-up and balance. Choose 60 or 90 minutes with a board, leash and rash guard included. For two or more surfers learning together, choose the private-group format.
- 60 minutes — one-on-one
- $145 per person
- 90 minutes — one-on-one
- $160 per person
Private Group Lesson
Your own crew, your own class. Friends, family, kids — nobody joins your lesson but your people, and instructors keep every skill level moving at a comfortable pace. Perfect for families and trip groups. Board, leash, and rash guard included.
- 60 minutes
- $135 per person
- 90 minutes
- $160 per person
3-Day Surf Camp
Three 90-minute coached surf sessions across three days — build confidence through repetition on Waikīkī's gentle south-shore waves. Your first booked date is session one, and SFC schedules the remaining two with you as one package. Board, leash, and rash guard included.
- Solo surfer
- $425 total
- 2–4 surfers
- $374.50 per person
Included
What comes with the lesson
Your SFC instructor brings the surf equipment and starts with a beach introduction, so you can arrive ready to learn.
- Surfboard for the lesson
- Leash
- Rash guard
- Beach introduction
- Instructor-led water session
Fit
Choose the company you want
Open group welcomes other students; one-on-one gives a single surfer the instructor’s attention; a private group keeps friends or family in the same class. The three-day camp adds time to practice across your trip.
Duration and price
Choose your lesson length
SFC publishes 60- and 90-minute choices for open-group, private and private group lessons. Open-group prices are $99 and $135 per person; private one-on-one prices are $145 and $160; private-group prices are $135 and $160 per person. See live availability, tax and your total at checkout.
Lesson moments
Picture your lesson day
Get a feel for the class, the coaching and the harbor meeting point before choosing your date.
Lesson detail
Join an open group session
The open group is the come-as-you-are choice: book a spot, meet your class on the sand and learn together on gentle south-shore water. The class stays small — never more than four guests to one instructor — so every ride still gets a coach’s eyes.
Lesson detail
Go private: one-on-one or your own group
Private instruction comes in two shapes. One-on-one keeps a single surfer with an instructor from check-in to the last wave. The private group keeps that same privacy for your own crew of two to eight — outside students never join either lesson.
Lesson detail
Take it further: the three-day surf camp
The camp brings you back for three 90-minute coached sessions. Arrange the remaining dates with SFC after choosing your first session, leaving room for the full package in your trip.
Lesson detail
Meet SFC at Ala Wai Harbor
The meeting point sits in the Ala Wai Boat Harbor area. Arrive with the latest confirmation open and the whole party clear on who is actually surfing.
Meeting point
Meet near Ala Wai Boat Harbor
Meet the SFC crew at Ala Wai Boat Harbor and use your confirmation for the precise check-in instructions.
Leave time to park, gather your party and get ready before the beach introduction.
1651 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96815
Quick answers
Lesson options questions
How many students share an open class?
An open class takes up to eight students, with no more than four students per instructor. The class needs two students to run at the group rate; read the solo-booking notes on the open-group page.
Do I need experience to join an open group?
None — the session starts on dry sand with the board, the paddle and the pop-up, and most classmates are first-timers too.
What does an open group session cost?
Ninety-nine dollars per person for sixty minutes or one hundred thirty-five for ninety, with the board, leash and rash guard included.
What is the difference between one-on-one and a private group?
One-on-one is a single surfer with the instructor’s full attention; a private group shares that privacy with your own crew of two to eight. Nobody outside your booking joins either lesson.
Which lesson suits a first-timer?
All core formats begin with instruction on sand. Choose open group for a shared class, one-on-one for individual attention, or private group to learn with your own party.
When you are ready
Ready for your Waikiki surf lesson?
Choose your class, review the available dates and see the final total before you pay.