Surf lessons in Zandvoort

You don't need any gear of your own: a lesson comes with a board and a wetsuit. Bring swimwear and a towel. Children need a swimming certificate (Dutch A and B).

Wetsuit and board

You need a wetsuit here all year round, August included. Start on a soft-top of seven foot or longer. It's big and stable, and it hurts a lot less when it hits you.

Surf schools

• Surfana, at Noosa (Boulevard de Favauge 13, walking distance from the station) and at Rapa Nui (Boulevard Barnaart 27). Two-hour lessons in groups of up to eight, sorted by age and level. A taster lesson is €42.50 from age 14 and €29.50 for kids aged 6 to 13. Three lessons €115 (kids €82.50); a surf week of five lessons, Monday to Friday, €170 (kids €125). Private lessons at Rapa Nui, for one or two people, €125. If you want to surf every week, join the Surfclub, which runs in summer and from October to March.
• The Spot (Strandafgang Barnaart 23a). Adults surf on Saturdays from 10:00 to 11:30, when there are waves: €39.50 a lesson, five for €175, ten for €325. Once you know the basics, there's a regular training group on Wednesday evenings (€410 for the season). Kids aged 7 to 12 and teenagers aged 13 to 17 get a surf passport and a fixed weekly slot that always goes ahead: €29.50 a lesson, five for €137.50, ten for €250. Families of three or more can learn together for €35 each.
• PEP Sports (Boulevard Barnaart 22). A two-hour group lesson, minimum three people, is €39.50 each. Private €89, or €119 for two. Young surfers aged 8 to 12 and 13 to 17 train on Wednesdays and Fridays from 16:00 to 17:30, one coach to eight: €29.50 a lesson, five for €137.50, ten for €250.
• North Sea Watersports (Bodhi Beach, Zuidstrand 1). Lessons of an hour and a half to two hours, from age 8: €40 each in a group of three to five, €55 each for two, €90 private.
• Kitesurfing is taught at MOANA (Strandafgang Zuiderduin 7; three hours in a group of three for €129), at North Sea Watersports and at The Spot.
• Het Surf Project runs surf lessons at Surfana Rapa Nui for children aged 8 to 18 with a disability, from May to September.

Prices as of September 2026.

Day camps

• The Spot: ages 7 to 17, grouped by age and level, 10:00 to 17:00. Five days from €325, three days €245. From early July to mid-August.
• PEP Sports: ages 7 to 16, Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:00, hot lunch included, €339. Also in the spring and autumn school holidays.
• North Sea Watersports: ages 8 to 16, no more than five kids per instructor, lunch from Bodhi. Five days €359, three days €239.
• Surfana: ages 8 to 11, three or five days, at Rapa Nui.

Sleepover camps

• PEP Sports: ages 10 to 16, Sunday to Saturday at the Zandvoortsche Hockeyclub, all in, €669.
• Surfana: ages 10 to 12 and 12 to 15, Sunday to Saturday in Bloemendaal aan Zee.

Adults

There's no residential camp for adults in Zandvoort itself. The closest thing is Surfana's surf week: five lessons, Monday to Friday. The Spot runs short intensive courses in the May holiday and over Ascension and Whitsun. Surfana also has surf and yoga weekends, staying in the dunes at Bloemendaal aan Zee.

Dates and prices for summer 2026. The popular weeks fill up early.

Hire

• Surfana: board €8.50 for the first hour (€5 for the second), wetsuit €5 an hour. For a whole season: €19 a month unlimited, per board or wetsuit, minimum three months.
• The Spot: beginner board €8.50 an hour, advanced board €9.50, wetsuit €6 for the first hour. If you come often, put credit on your account: pay €50 and get €60, pay €100 and get €125. Unlimited from 1 May to 1 October: €149 for a board, €175 with a wetsuit. Leave ID as a deposit.
• North Sea Watersports and the surf shop hire out boards too.

Storing your board

• The Spot, from late March to late September: a rack space for two boards €135, a locker with your own padlock (boards up to 10 ft) €235.
• PEP Sports, all year: a space for one board €125 a year, a whole locker €335. There's a waiting list.
• Noosa has a few spaces; ask at the bar.

Showers, changing and your stuff

• At The Spot the changing rooms are free in summer, and there are outdoor showers to rinse the salt and sand off you and your board. PEP Sports has hot showers. At Surfana the shower is hot at Rapa Nui and cold at Noosa.
• From April to October there are showers at Bodhi Beach, Manii, ONS and The Spot, cold ones at Ohana and Tent 6, and on the Boulevard by the camper spots.
• Surfana will keep your valuables at reception. At Zilt at Sea you can rent a big locker. Bring as little as you can.
• Surfana Noosa and The Spot are within walking distance of the station.

The shop

Nalu (Raadhuisplein 6-C, open seven days) is the village surf shop, for boards, wetsuits and wax, second-hand too. You can hire boards and wetsuits there, and try a good board before you buy it. The people behind the counter surf too, so ask them how the sea is looking today.

The club

The Watersportvereniging Zandvoort on the south beach has sections for wave surfing, junior surfing and kiting, all year round.

Prices as of September 2026. Is your school missing, or is something wrong? Let us know.