A four-hour beginner surf lesson in Corralejo

The lesson starts at your door. A van from the school collects you from your accommodation in Corralejo, usually at 09:00 or 09:30, with the boards on board, and drives to the beach the instructor has picked for the day. On the sand comes the theory: how waves form, how currents work, which waves to take, how to stay safe, and how to get from lying on the board to standing on it, practised on dry land first. Then you go in, with the instructor in the water beside the group. The van brings you back at about 13:00 or 13:30, so the whole thing takes a morning.

Which beach depends on the swell and the tide, and that is the point of the van. The school names three it uses: Entubadera, also called El Viejo, 800 metres of sand near Corralejo; Playa El Moro, at the entrance to the Corralejo dunes natural park; and El Cotillo on the west coast. On a big day the instructor drives to whichever of them has small, even waves for beginners, which is something you cannot work out alone on your first morning. Now and then, the school says, sea and tide push the lesson into the afternoon.

Surf Therapy is a school with a shop in the Lobos Bahía centre on Avenida Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Corralejo, and says it has been teaching for more than ten years. It says its instructors hold Canary Islands Surf Federation and ISA Level 2 qualifications; the International Surfing Association's Level 2 is the step after its Level 1 award, for coaches working with intermediate and early advanced surfers. Boards and wetsuits come with every course, the school says, and lessons run every day of the year except 1 January. The water off this coast is between 19°C and 23°C at midday, so the wetsuit is for comfort, not survival.

On GetYourGuide on 26 October 2026 the lesson cost 44 euros, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. The school's own price for one day is 55 euros.

Of the beginner surf lessons in Corralejo on GetYourGuide on 26 October 2026, this one had the most reviews by a distance, about 210, rated 4.5, with the instructors scored 4.8 out of 5 and the transport 4.8. It is also the cheapest of the ones we compared and the one that shows hotel pickup. The 4-Hour Surfing Lesson with Gear Included and Snack rates higher, 4.8 from about 90 reviews, at 50 euros, and Point Break's 1-Day Surf Lesson for Beginners has 4.5 from about 60 reviews, also at 50 euros; neither listing's summary on GetYourGuide shows a pickup, so you make your own way to them. If you have a car and like the sound of the snack, the first is a good alternative. If you want to be collected and driven to the right beach, book this one.

Booking the school direct costs 55 euros for one day, takes a deposit and has stiffer cancellation terms, so for a single lesson GetYourGuide is the better deal. For a week of lessons the school's own course prices come down to 220 euros for five days and 290 for seven, which is worth comparing. Guests at Corralejo Surfing Colors can also book lessons through the hotel, which sells them with Protest Surf Center. Staying in the south, the drive to Corralejo is about an hour and a half each way and the pickup does not reach you. For another active morning from Corralejo, see our buggy safari page; for a day on the water, Lobos, by catamaran.