Australia is famed for it’s miles of wave strewn coastline, with the surf bum lifestyle being the norm. So it’s the perfect place to get wet, hit the ocean and start living the dream as a Surf Instructor.
Life as a Surf Instructor is pretty sweet, with your daily life being filled with sunshine, waves, smiles and heaps of ocean based stoke. Stoked Surf Adventures founder Chris has spent the last few years season hopping across the globe, it really is a ticket to a life of travel and serious job satisfaction!
Our Surf Instructor Course in Australia spans 12 weeks in a zero to hero format, teaching you everything you’ll need to know to become a surf instructor.
You’ll go through a structured programme of both land and water based lessons and gain confidence in the waves, learning about the ocean, the sport and taking the leap into a lifestyle that, with no doubt, will change how you see the world.
Your professional instructors will help push you in a supported and safe environment, allowing you to increase your fitness and ocean knowledge. Starting from the very basics of learning to “pop” and ride the white wash you’ll soon progress to riding unbroken waves, learning about ocean safety and become a confident and competent surfer.
Over the 12 weeks, you will set yourself personal challenges, tackling bigger waves, a variety of surf breaks and get your paddle power sorted.
Trust us, paddle power is the key to enjoying a long, successful session in the waves!
Before you know it, you’ll have learnt all the skills needed to be a successful surf instructor, breezed through an internationally recognised Level 1 Surf Instructor exam and you’ll be on your way to living the dream and passing on the stoke!
Not only that, but the course is built to give you the practical coaching experience needed to solidify the qualification, an invaluable learning curve which will boost your teaching confidence and also get you a written reference too.
Throughout your Surf Instructor Course you’ll be based at the famous Spot X Surf Camp – a short drive above Sydney – where you’ll get settled into the surf camp lifestyle of sleep, eat, surf repeat!
Your dorm accommodation at the camp comes kitted out with hammocks, a sound system, internet access, cooking facilities and even beach volleyball court you’ll have all the facilities you need to get embrace the surf instructor lifestyle and meet heaps of travellers and fellow surfers too.
It’s not all hard work in the waves (if you can really call it that!) you’ll have the weekend free to explore the local area and take trips around the beautiful New South Wales coastline with your new surf buddies.
Whether you choose this time to head up to the hippy Meccas of Byron Bay or Yamba for some surf and partying or a bit further inland to check out the bushland of Oz, it’s totally down to you!
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Super fun trip, camp was right on the beach and great waves for all levels.
Food was on point and the evening post surf vibes were amazing – so many good times!
I highly recommend spot x surf camp! I recently spent 4 and 1/2 months there doing the surf academy then I even got to work as a guide after and it was way better then I expected it to be!
The surf lessons every morning were amazing! Great instructors with loads of experience, my surfing went from beginner in the whitewash to a short board going out the back on all size of waves. Not to mention the dolphins we got the surf with daily!
The accommodation was great with brand new mattresses and loads of friendly roommates who all end up feeling like family! We always had games to play and stuff to do and I really enjoyed having the campfire every night!
The food was great for camp style food! They brought in a new chef and the food was always different and always enough with second plate available almost every night!
If you are going to Australia and looking for a real Aussie experience outside of the city on the edge of a national park, with a private beach for surfing literally just steps away from your bed, then spot x surf camp is 100% the place for you!!!
I did the Mojo cadet program for 3 months and enjoyed ever single bit of it!:D Spot X is paradise with a beautiful beach, wildlife like dolphins and kangaroos everywhere and great parties. The surf academy was a well set up program which helped me from being a beginner surfer to a becoming a surf instructor in only 3 months. The lessons in the water where awesome and the theory lessons and video analysis really helpful. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to know what surfing is all about and wants to do something out of the ordinary!🤙
I did the Mojo cadet program for 3 months and enjoyed ever single bit of it!:D Spot X is paradise with a beautiful beach, wildlife like dolphins and kangaroos everywhere and great parties. The surf academy was a well set up program which helped me from being a beginner surfer to a becoming a surf instructor in only 3 months. The lessons in the water where awesome and the theory lessons and video analysis really helpful. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to know what surfing is all about and wants to do something out of the ordinary!🤙
I can honestly say Spot x was the highlight of my east coast trip!! Firstly the location is so great- the camp has its own beach with the nicest sunsets. Lessons are so great for beginners, the waves are perfect sizes and the instructors make it really easy for you and are a good time! They really give you a lot of one on one time too, regardless of group size. Food is included and they feed you lots with buffe style during the day so plenty of variety and so good! Best of all it really has that camp feeling, with fires at night and drinks and games so you meet so many people that are also traveling the same places! Definitely go here- it really started my journey with a bang!