Newquay Travel Guides (Updated September 2026)

Fantastic day out and excellent instructor (James) - he made sure the day was fully enjoyable!!

Amazing coasteering session — fun, safe, and full of adrenaline. James was brilliant throughout: knowledgeable, encouraging, and made the whole experience even better. Would definitely recommend!

We spent a great morning on the Padstow History Walk. John was entertaining and informative. We have been visiting Padstow for years but we learnt lots about how Padstow used to be. I would thoroughly recommend this tour.

We had the most incredible time giant paddle boarding today with James, and honestly, we couldn’t recommend him enough! 🤩James was fantastic from start to finish — his knowledge, friendliness and genuine personality made the whole experience so enjoyable. You can really tell how passionate he is about what he does, and he went above and beyond to make sure we had an amazing time.And as if the paddle boarding wasn’t enough, we were lucky enough to see seals along the coastline! 🦭🌊 Such an unforgettable experience and definitely one we’ll be talking about for a long time!A huge thank you to James for making our day so special. You’re an absolute credit to what you do!

It's always fantastic when a business totally exceeds your expectations. This can be said of this surf schoolMy Son and I had a 2 hr lesson with Sam. He was amazing. Right pace for us (we wanted to get quickly into the water) with clear instruction and helpful advice.We highly recommend Sam and this business for their commitment to excellence in customer service.

Guide was thorough, and gave a good tour .

60th Birthday Present for the husband, 5* service from the enquiry to the end of lessons. Husband loved it, Tom was a fantastic instructor and both him and his colleague Ben answered any booking queries I had. Highly recommend this Surf School, friendly, relaxed and extremely experienced. Great value for money.

Fantastic activity, unfortunately I was not made aware that you need to wear enclosed footwear.Luckily they provide some for you.

Archie was great! Learned some valuable surfing tips and he was a great laugh too!

Good to go on a History walk that deals with factual Local History Would be a good idea to finish in one of the excellent hostelries 🍺

It was great, I'm afraid of heights but the staff were great, friendly re assured me everything would be fine, it was a great experience.

Finn was amazing , he was so fun and we had a great time. Would highly recommend Finn for the paddle boarding experience

We had a great time learning to surf! Joe was a great instructor and very patient! Will definitely be coming back

Had the best surf lesson ever! I finally managed to tear up the knarly surf and pop a few shakkas all thanks to the wonderful surf instructor Zedrick Binx (Joe Smith but in surf mode hes known as Zedrick or Zeddy). What an amazing experience with a great school and amazing instructor! He kept it totally proffesh all the way through despite me popping up on some serious surf! Shakkaaa ma dude zeddy B whapow kapash! Definitely going to come back to learn more from Joe, he's a wave master! #ZeddyyyyyB

We did Surfing and coasteering with Amy, and super SUP with James. It was awesome. They were both so knowledgable and fun whilst being mega professional, we had the best time with our group.

We had a fun paddle board tour with an experienced & friendly guide, the booking was very easy (although it did take a while to fill in 2 almost indentical safety forms per person..). We'd recommend NAC highly, and will surely use them again.