Booking Made Easy

How to book your surf lesson for Families, Kids, and Parties with Mixed Skill-Sets

Congratulations – You’ve picked the world’s best island for your family’s vacation! Once you’ve booked your flight, accommodations and rental car, then next step is to book your family surf lessons! We’ve been Maui’s top surf school for family surf lessons for over 20 years, and we wanted to help answer some of your family surf lesson questions.

We are called Maui Surfer Girls but our two hour surf lessons are co-ed, and we have both male and female surf instructors. But we only hire the best! Rest assured, we assign instructors based on ages and skill, so we always set students up with the best instructors for them! We always recommend booking several weeks ahead of time, especially if you have a large family or have a tight schedule.

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How to Book
a Family Surf Lesson

Family Surf Lessons on Maui Maui Kids Surf Lessons

If Everyone In Your Family Is Age 5 Or Older

You’ll probably be booking a combination of group, semi-private, or private surf lessons. Use the ‘Keep Shopping’ feature to keep all of your bookings linked, and as long as you book them all on the same day and time, your family will still all be ‘together’ – at the same area of the beach, and in the water at the same time. Then get ready to enjoy your family surf lesson!

If Everyone In Your Family Is Age 11 Or Older

You can book a Semi-Private Surf Lesson. A semi-private surf lesson runs at a max of 3:1 ratio of students: instructors, so if there are 4 – 6 people in your family, you’ll have two instructors. Semi-private lessons are open to ages 11 and up.

If Everyone In Your Family Is Age 13 Or Older

You can either book a Group or a Semi-Private Surf Lesson. A semi-private surf lesson runs at a max of 3:1 ratio of students: instructors, so if there are 4 – 6 people in your family, you’ll have two instructors. Semi-private lessons are open to ages 11 and up. A group surf lesson runs at a 4:1 ratio and is open to other parties. Group surf lessons start at age 13.

Have A Large Family?
No Problem!

If your family surf lesson will need more than 2 instructors, or you are not sure how many instructors your family will need, please contact us at the chat app on the lower left to preview availability. Please let us know the ages and the specific day and time that you would like to surf and we can check it for you! If you are booking more than a few months in advance, we can typically open additional spots for a large party or a family that will need more instructors in one time slot.

Tandem Surf Lessons

If your Keiki (child) is 65 pounds or less, and they are new to surfing, they can tandem surf! They’ll be surfing on the front of the board with the instructor on the back! Kids need to be able to swim and comfortable in the ocean, but because they’ll be on the board with the instructor, this is the only time that we allow lifejackets or water wings. In the rare instance that they fall off the board (it’s usually because they want to!), the instructor is able to just scoop them up and help them back on the board. To book a tandem lesson, just select a private lesson, and if they are less than 65 pounds, that will always be an option!

Split Private Lesson

If there are two kids that are 10 and younger (ideally, between 5 and 7), and there will be at least one adult on shore, kids may ‘split’ a private lesson. If adults need to split a lesson for child care reasons, this is also acceptable. Each child ends up on the water for 40 – 45 minutes, but especially for kids under 10, sometimes this is enough! There is a $60 upcharge fee – added to the credit card on file – after the lesson is complete. We do not charge this in advance because sometimes a 6-year-old decides that ‘today is not the day to surf’ and we don’t want to add any extra pressure to the situation. To book a split private, book a Private lesson, enter all of the information for one of the kids, and then list the following information in the comment section: First Name, Age, and Weight of the second child. And include the words ‘Split Private’.

This is only available for two people per instructor – we can’t split a lesson 3 ways.

Book your Family Surf Lesson Today!

Co-ed Group Surf Lesson

$109

Designed for First Time or Beginner Surfers. For 1 to 8 people, bring a group or come alone!

Ages 13+
2 Hours
4:1 Student:Instructor Max Ratio
8:00AM, 10:30AM

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Co-ed Semi-Private Surf Lesson

$155

2-6 Students, Limited to your own Party!

Ages 11+
2 Hours
3:1 Student:Instructor Max Ratio
8:00AM, 10:30AM

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Private Surf Lesson

$219

One on One instruction for first time, beginner, or intermediate students.

Ages 5+
2 Hours
1:1 Student:Instructor Max Ratio
8:00AM, 10:30AM

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Advanced Surf Lesson

$375+

Our advanced surf coaching clinic is the perfect way to advance your surf skills in Maui with one of our local pro surf coaches. Our pro coach will take you to the best waves appropriate to your skill level and advance your skills on a shortboard or longboard in our large quiver. We will customize your board and surf clinic experience to your particular needs.

Ages 18+
3-4 Hours
2:1 Student:Instructor Max Ratio

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Community Surf Days

$109+

Join us for a new themed GROUP surf lesson each month!

Ages Vary Each Month
Two Hours
4:1 Student:Instructor Max Ratio

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Surf Photography Package

We are now working with Jungle Rootz photography to capture your family surf lesson memories! They come down to the beach for any lesson time slot with more than one person in it, but if you are definitely interested in photos, add the note ‘photos’ to the comment section They get family portraits, candids during the land lesson, and as many surf action shots as they can get! You can preview the photos on an iPad right at the beach, and they take cash or credit cards. Within 48 hours, (rarely it takes longer, depending on how many people purchase photos) they will email you a link (to the email you booked the reservation with) to download all of your images, which will be active for 30 days.

If you are interested in photos, just write ‘photos’ in the comment section when you book your lesson so the freelance photographers know you are interested!

1 Surfer: $60
(split private lessons) – $75
2 Surfers: $100
3 Surfers: $110
4 Surfers: $120
5 Surfers: $145
6 Surfers: $170
7 Surfers: $195
8 Surfers: $220
9 Surfers: $240

Still Have More Questions?

If we didn’t answer your questions about family and kids surf lessons above, please reach out for a personalized surf lesson plan:

What day (or week) you would like to surf
How many people in the lesson and if anyone is under 13 (and include all ages of kids under 13)

For Fastest Response

Use the CHAT APP on the lower left side of any page of our website – this works for US/CAN numbers, please only use a cell phone (responses will come in the form of a text message).

For International Travelers

Or if you prefer an email response you can send a message to [email protected].

For Phone Calls

If you prefer to chat on the phone, please call 808-214-0606, but keep in mind the time difference (Hawaii Standard Time – UTC/GMT -10 hours) and that we have limited office hours (7AM – 4pm HST)

Who Will You Be Talking To?

Most of the time, you’ll be chatting with Liz, she’s our surf school manager! Liz has taught sailing and windsurfing all over the US and Caribbean and has been living on Maui for over 30 years now. She has two teens of her own, at Seabury Hall (where she and the owner, Dustin Tester, both attended high school) and Kalama Intermediate (both in Makawao) and she loves to talk about surfing and visiting Maui!

Liz Smith

Marketing & Surf School Manager

@mauiliz77

Liz Smith has been our marketing manager since December 2015, and...

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Occasionally, Gina will be answering the messages and phone calls. She’s one of our senior surf instructors, and a long time surf school manager!

Gina

Surf Instructor & Surf School Manager

@guavag808

Gina is also known as MSG’s “ambassador of aloha”. She goes above...

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Maui Family Surf Lessons

Booking Made Easy

How to book your surf lesson for Families, Kids, and Parties with Mixed Skill-Sets

How to Book
a Family Surf Lesson

If Everyone In Your Family Is Age 5 Or Older

If Everyone In Your Family Is Age 11 Or Older

If Everyone In Your Family Is Age 13 Or Older

Have A Large Family?
No Problem!

Tandem Surf Lessons

Split Private Lesson