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2-3 DAY SURF CAMPS & SURF CLINICS

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Surfing Lessons

Surf Camp fun  "The ultimate California experience, and no trip to this coast is complete without it."
-testimonial from a student of Leucadia Surf School
Surfing Lessons and Surf Camps for kids, adults, boys, girls, college students, women, men, everyone. Parents are welcome to come to the beach with their kids and even sign up for surfing.
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SURF CAMPS - 5 DAY SURF CAMPS - 1 - 2 - 3 DAY SURF CAMPS

San Diego Surfing Lessons surfing lessons
softboard and Wetsuit Included

group
surfing lessons

$60

Per Person
2 hour surf lesson
group surf lesson

2 hours. 1/2 hour beach instruction, (just enough to get you up and riding right away), plus an hour and 15 minutes in the surf with instructors with you at all times. Individuals can sign up for group lessons. (3-1 to 4-1 student to instructor ratio)
FIND OUT WHAT'S IN A
SURFING LESSON
 

Semi private
surfing lessons
$100
Per person
2 hour surf lesson

3-1 or 2-1 Student-Instrutor ratio, with your own private 2 or 3 person or more group. $100 per person.

private
surfing lessons

$120

Per person
2 hour surf lesson

private surfing lesson Just you and your instructor.
--$5 of your fee goes to the upkeep of the local beaches.--
SOFTBOARD & WETSUIT INCLUDED
All Ages (7-55 only) - Adult & Kids Surfing Lessons
surf lessons PLEASE NOTE:
****YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO SWIM!****

AND BE IN REASONABLY GOOD PHYSICAL SHAPE TO TAKE SURFING LESSONS OR CAMPS
surf lessons
surfing lessons Easy Sign Up for Surfing Lessons
SIGN UP FORM Make a reservation with the form, then wait for a confirmation and payment instructions. Meanwhile, take a look at the meeting instructions below. 
Leucadia Surf School van

MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
Group Surfing Lesson $60 - 2 hours
Semi Private Surfing Lessons $100 - 2hrs
Private Surfing Lesson $120 - 2hrs

5 Day Surf Camp $325 morning (9:30-12:30)

5 Day Surf Camp $325 afternoon (1:00-4:00)
There will also be an afternoon surf camp, but we fill up the morning camp first.

1 Day Surf Camp $80 morning (9:30-12:30)

1 Day Surf Camp $80 afternoon (1:00-4:00)
There will also be an afternoon surf camp, but we fill up the morning camp first.

name
*required
age
*required
height
*required
 
weight
*required
Surf@LeucadiaSurfSchool.com
email
*required
name of parent or guardian if under 18. *required   760-635-SURF 
cell phone number
(good on the day of the lesson)*required
home phone number
*required 
Requested date & time of surfing lesson*required 
PRIVACY POLICY: Your information is only for purposes of making a reservation for surfing lesson or surf camp, and is never used for anything else.
City of Residence
Special Instructions, questions, notes.  
.  
If you click "SUBMIT" and do not get another screen which reads "thank you" then your form did not go through, and please resubmit your info. You can also call 760-635-SURF (7873) or email surf@leucadiasurfschool.com for assistance.  
We will send you a confirmation with payment and meeting instructions on the same day or within 24 hours at most.
--$5 of your fee goes to the upkeep of the local beaches.--
--all prices are subject to change--
-We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone-
 
bEACH LOCATION Grandview Beach in Leucadia, North San Diego, California.
(Grandview is a sandy bottomed beach, just a little south of Carlsbad in the north part of Encinitas, close to the border between Encinitas and Carlsbad. View Photos of Grandview Beach)
WINTER & sPRING TIME
TIMES VARY WITH THE BEST TIDES, ANYWHERE FROM 10AM TO 3PM
SUMMER TIME 9:30am-11:30am
1:00pm-3:00pm
PAYMENT
Payment is by check, cash or charge. Ask us for an address to mail a check, call us with your credit card, or make an online payment using PAYPAL. Additional fee of 3% for credit card transactions.We accept Credit Cards by telephone only.
CANCELLATION POLICY $30 charge for last minute cancellations!!!
Special circumstances will be considered.
No charge for 24 hour in advance cancellations.
WEIGHT LIMITATIONS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS ARE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND NOT OUR PERSONAL PREFERENCES!
USUALLY PEOPLE NEAR OR OVER 210 LBS HAVE TROUBLE STANDING UP ON THE BOARD AND SURFING. UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU ARE OVER 230 LBS, OUR BOARDS BREAK (WE LOST OVER $1000 IN SOFTBOARDS BEFORE WE LEARNED OUR LESSON!) SO WE CANNOT ACCOMODATE YOU. OUR LARGEST WETSUITS ARE XXL, WHICH GOES UP TO 220 LBS.
(If you are over 220 lbs, you can still do a surf lesson if you bring your own board and wetsuit. If you have a softboard, you can do a group or private lesson, but if you have a hard board, you can only do a private lesson because the hard board is dangerous to others.)
Gift Certificates GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR SURFING LESSONS
 
San Diego Surf Camps surf camps 2009
softboard and Wetsuit Included
5 day surf camp
$325
morning 9:30-12:30pm
Afternoon 1:00-4:00pm
Monday to Friday

We don't do big farm surf camps like others with 30 kids in the water. We have small groups, up to 12 only! (sometimes we go to 15 or even 18, if we have to, but that's with 5-6 instructors), so you get plenty of attention and all surfing all the time. No beach games! We are not a beach activity surf camp! We are a surf training camp. Over the course of the week, you will progress from riding and catching whitewater waves to riding the outside "face waves" (if the surf doesn't get too big), and you'll always have plenty of our energetic instructors in the water with you so that you never get left out.

We used to have four hour a day camps, but everyone was exhausted by Wednesday and definitely Thursday. So three hours a day is plenty, so we can surf every day without getting too exhausted. It's a slower pace with better results. And we are starting later this year (9:30 instead of 9:00 so the kids on vacation don't have to get up too early.)

We like to fill up the morning camp first before doing the afternoon camp, but please request the afternoon if that is the only time you can go.


--FREE SURFING VIDEO on CD of your surf camp surfing if you sign up all week for the 5-day surf camp (Morning surf camp only)

daily surf camp
$80
morning 9:30-12:30pm
Afternoon 1:00-4:00pm
Monday to Friday

JOIN THE WEEKLY CAMP FOR 1 , 2 or 3 DAYS OR MORE
--SMALL CAMPS
on a clean, uncrowded beach.
--LOW STUDENT TO SURF INSTRUCTOR RATIO.
--SOFTBOARD AND WETSUIT included.
--All hands on in the water surf training.
--You get all surfing all the time.
(with short breaks for energy snacks, and water, byo)
--Sign up for two days and get a free Leucadia Surf School hat. (You might get in the movie if you are surfing only for a couple days, but no guarantees!)
--Energentic, helpful, top notch surfing instructors, always on their A game! (Or they don't keep working here at Leucadia Surf School!)

surf a thon
surf camp

5 Days gets the Weekly surf camp rate
$65 per day for five days - 3 days first week, 2 more days the second week, ad infinitum.
What you will learn

* Catching and riding whitewater waves
* Catching and riding outside unbroken waves
* Surf Etiquette
* Surf safety, how to prevent getting hurt
* What kind of surfboard to ride
* How to buy a wetsuit
* Techniques of getting out through the surf
* Wave judgement
* Swell Direction and Tides
* The basics you need to start surfing on your own.

soft surfboard and Wetsuit Rental
$20
If you have taken a surf lesson or surf camp, you can rent for the time that we are holding lessons or camp that day. You must make a reservation for a rental also.
SOFTBOARD & WETSUIT INCLUDED
--$5 of your fee goes to the upkeep of the local beaches.--
--all prices are subject to change--
-We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone-
surfing lessons Easy Sign Up for Surf Camps
SIGN UP FORM Make a reservation with the form, then wait for a confirmation and payment instructions. Meanwhile, take a look at the meeting instructions below. 
Leucadia Surf School van

MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
Group Surfing Lesson $60 - 2 hours
Semi Private Surfing Lessons $100 - 2hrs
Private Surfing Lesson $120 - 2hrs

5 Day Surf Camp $325 morning (9:30-12:30)

5 Day Surf Camp $325 afternoon (1:00-4:00)
There will also be an afternoon surf camp, but we fill up the morning camp first.

1 Day Surf Camp $80 morning (9:30-12:30)
1 Day Surf Camp $80 afternoon (1:00-4:00)
There will also be an afternoon surf camp, but we fill up the morning camp first.
name
*required
age
*required
height
*required
 
weight
*required
Surf@LeucadiaSurfSchool.com
email
*required
name of parent or guardian if under 18. *required   760-635-SURF 
cell phone number
(good on the day of the lesson)*required
home phone number
*required 
Requested week or date of surf camp.
*required 
PRIVACY POLICY: Your information is only for purposes of making a reservation for surfing lesson or surf camp, and is never used for anything else.
City of Residence
Special Instructions, questions, notes.  
.  
If you click "SUBMIT" and do not get another screen which reads "thank you" then your form did not go through, and please resubmit your info. You can also call 760-635-SURF (7873) or email surf@leucadiasurfschool.com for assistance.  
We will send you a confirmation with payment and meeting instructions on the same day or within 24 hours at most.
2009 SURF CAMP CALENDAR
JUNE JULY AUGUST
1st week - no surf camp JUNE 29 - JULY 3
This camp is 2/3 full
JULY 27 - JULY 31
2nd week - no surf camp JULY 6-10
This camp is 2/3 full
AUGUST 3-7
JUNE 15 - 19
(no surf-a-thon specials this week)
JULY 13-17

AUGUST 10-14

JUNE 22 - 26
This camp is 2/3 full
JULY 20-24 AUGUST 17-21
2 HOUR SURF CAMP / GROUP SURF LESSON ONLY!
    AUGUST 25-29
2 HOUR SURF CAMP / GROUP SURF LESSON ONLY!
 
Surf Camp Videos of Summer 2009
   
FIRST SURF CAMP OF 2009
JUNE 22-26 2009
 
 
 Take a look at the surf movies from surf camp last summer below!
SURF CAMP July 21-25, 2008
SURF CAMP July 7-11, 2008  
   
SURF CAMP August 4-8, 2008 
Good noseride in this one.
SURF CAMP August 11-15, 2008
Marlon Brando's grandson in this one. 
   
   
SURF CAMP SUMMER 2007
 
"Everyone catch the same wave for the photo." AUGUST SURF CAMP SURF CAMP SURF MARATHON SURF CAMP
PHOTOS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS SURF CAMPS
See the video of our June 18-22, 2007 SURF CAMP
See the video of our July 23-27, 2007 SURF CAMP

See the clean uncrowded beach, the gentle waves, our small camps and success of our surf camp students.
SURFING LESSON VIDEO
courtesy of CANADIAN BROADCAST NEWS
read the Canadian Press article about our SURF LESSONS
SURF CAMP VIDEO
courtesy of FINE LIVING CHANNEL
Surfing Lesson Video Surfing Lesson video Surf  Camp Lesson
GOT A BIG GROUP?
SURF WITH LEUCADIA SURF SCHOOL
Big group surf lesson and camp

Big group surf lesson and camp

Heading into the water Surf lesson before the go out. Big group surf lesson and camp
ABOVE: Graduating 8th grade class from the Bay Area. Their last test? They had to surf. Everyone passed.
 
AFTER WORK SURF LESSONS
Now, with Daylight Savings Time, you can SURF AFTER WORK!
INQUIRE ABOUT SURFING LESSONS AFTER WORK

Our surf lessons and camps are generally from 9-1, but we will do an afternoon
group surf lesson after work or late afternoon if your office group
wants to take a surfing lesson together.

 
Girl Scouts Surfing Lesson Carmel Valley
Del Mar
Girl Scouts

We are insured
for Girl Scouts
San Diego
Imperial county.
Girl Scouts Surfing Lesson
 
Gift Certificates
GIFT CERTIFICATES
FOR SURFING LESSONS
Leucadia Surf School brochure download a
SHOP CARD
DSL or better connection required
Surf Camp | Fine Living TV crew picsSurf Camp | Fine Living TV crew pics
SEE PICS OF
THE FINE LIVING TV FILMING
 

San Diego Surfing Lessonsabout our surfing lessons

Our surf lessons are designed to teach you not only how to surf, but how to learn to surf on your own without taking further surf lessons.
While surfing is one of the most difficult sports to master, with the assistance of our expertise after a lifetime of surfing, we can get you up and riding so that you can actually surf on your first time out. In an hour we'll have you doing what it takes others weeks to accomplish.
If you are just visiting the San Diego area, don't live near the surf and don't plan to continue surfing, you can come out and surf with us purely for the physical benefits which surfing provides.
Getting out into the clean water of a beautiful beach and riding the waves is not only an excellent workout, it is also refreshing, rejuvenating, and a great stress reliever which will leave you pleasantly exhausted with a healthy appetite and maybe even the desire to go out and try it again.
From the perspective of your office or workplace, you may not think that you would be able to surf, but with our help, we guarantee that within 1/2 hour of hitting the surf we'll have you standing up and riding the whitewater to the beach with a big smile on your face.
There's not a lot to know in surfing (it's not rocket science), but the more waves you successfully ride, the more you will "know." After surfing since the early 1960's, this is one truth we do know about surfing.
All of our surf instructors are intelligent, experienced surfers who have surfed more than half their lives, and are college students or graduates. They have all been thoroughly trained and given specific written guidelines. Our surf instructors insure not only your safety in the water, but also your ultimate success.
 

San Diego Surfing LessonsWhy San Diego surfing lessons?

Sample San Diego's Best Kept Secret: THE SURF! San Diego has always had more surfable coastline and more surf spots than any other part of the California coast, but this has only been recognized in the last ten years! Now you can get some of this surf yourself!
Now you can surf with no previous experience whatsoever! With our instructors in the surf with you, we will have you standing up and riding waves within the first 1/2 hour of hitting the surf!
In the mountains, go horseback riding. In San Diego, go surfing! If you go to the mountains, maybe you'll go horseback riding. But if you come to San Diego, you can go surfing with no previous experience whatsoever with our assistance.
Leucadia Surf School is a surfing machine!

Why, you ask? Because we pride ourselves on getting everyone up and riding on their first time out, and usually within the first few waves. This past summer of 2008, we actually only had 98% of our students standing up and riding, instead our usual 99.999% success rate of every year until now. So, we slipped a little, but we'll be back to that 99.999% success rate! Visit our photo gallery for all the hard facts.

We get you more waves! Learning to surf is all about riding more waves. It's a simple fact which is often overlooked. So after we get you riding, we get you plenty of waves so that your first surf session will be a good one.
Don't listen to us!
Hear what
"THE PEOPLE"
have to say!
--"The ultimate California experience, and no trip to this coast is complete without it."
--"This is the real deal from a seasoned local who has the appropriate knowledge and experience regarding surfing and it's culture. The program was worth every penny."
Go to testimonials page.
How to Surf - Learn to Surf on your own Want to learn how to surf, but don't want surf lessons? Go to "How to Surf - Learn to Surf on Your Own," a free service provided by Leucadia Surf School.
 
Accredited Surf Schools & Certified Surf Instructors
Accredited Surf School
National Surf Schools and Instructors Association
Authorized surf school
about us
Gerry Kantor surfing the South Mission jetties in San Diego, California, back in 1963!  Click for more 1960's surfnig photos.

The founder of Leucadia Surf School
bodysurfed as a kid in the 1950's, and started surfing in the early 1960's. He wrote for Surfer Magazine (the Bible of the sport) in the 1980's and is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego. He is also a director of the National Surf Schools and Instructors Association.

San Diego, California Surfing Lessons, Surf Camps
ABOVE: The Founder of Leucadia Surf School in 1963 surfing at the South Mission Beach jetty, San Diego, California. MORE 1960's surfing photos.

Leucadia Surf School is licensed and fully insured for the beaches of Encinitas, Leucadia, Carlsbad & Oceanside in North San Diego, California.

City of Encinitas License #17029

City of Carlsbad License #1227987  City of Oceanside License #103444
Surfing Lessons and Surf Camps on the beaches of Encinitas, Leucadia, Carlsbad & Oceanside in North San Diego, California.
Our surfing lessons and surf camps are near La Jolla, Torrey Pines, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Cardiff by the Sea, Carlsbad and Oceanside.
760-635-SURF • Surf@LeucadiaSurfSchool.com
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