Top North Island Classes & Workshops

The tour and the scars & scrapes workshop was amazing... the cut I made on my hand fooled a lot of people for the remainder of the day as they thought it was real and I needed to go to the hospital to get it sutured up.

What an incredible experience! Rowan was a fantastic instructor and helped both of us to surf lots of waves. The wetsuit and surfboards were great and the water was warm. We would definitely recommend this activity to anyone who wants to learn to surf!

Liam( Prime) was amazing best tourist workshop done in NZ and any other country. Liam was awesome I had my 18 yrs old Moko and he had a blast. You can tell Liam loves his job highly recommend makes you proud of little old New Zealand punching above our weigh again . Well done Weta Workshop

We booked four days of private lessons with Maya and couldn’t have asked for a better instructor. She handled different levels with ease — from beginner to intermediate — and was wonderful with our 7-year-old daughter who was just starting. Thanks to her great advice and sharp eye, we all got up and caught waves. Big thanks to Maya!

Patrick was an awesome instructor who had great advice and was really helpful especially if it’s your first time surfing. The staff were very friendly and sorted everything for you.

Get experience if you have never tried surfing before It was safe and fun. If you can’t swim you will only need to go to waist deep water The instructor were excellent

Absolutely 10/10 recommend this company. We started off as a group of 9 inquiring about private group lessons, and I amended the booking 3 times, as our group kept increasing- 9, 12 and finally 14 gals. Each time our booking changed, communication with Che was so easy and the responses were lightning fast. With the Tropical Storm coming, we thought it would get cancelled as we were a bunch of greenies who had never stepped on a board before, however Che let us know it was moved to Langs Beach instead, so we were happy chaps.We rocked up to the beach looking like absolute weenies and the water looked absolutely wild. Smashing waves and rainy, but it was all a part of the adventure and we were keen to get amongst it. We were greeted by Corne and Leo who were the most chilled out and energetic instuctors ever, then a third instructor Ebbe rocked up with the same vibes. You could tell they had a passion for surfing and they hyped us up and we were ready to hit the waves. They sorted us out with wetsuits and rashies, and tag teamed it going through safety briefings in a fun, informative manner. We were given a board then hiked with them in the wind down the beach, looking like idiots being blown around, to calmer waters. Even that was hilarious watching each other struggle against the wind and form trains to lug the boards to the other end of the beach.Once we were in the water, Corne, Leo, and Ebbe were super helpful, laughing at us making fools of ourselves and super encouraging when we managed to stand up on the boards. God knows how they managed to keep track of us 14 flailing around in the water, but they did an amazing job and we had the best time! Never expected 3 instructors to join us on this adventure, but so happy we got all three, as they were an absolute blast! We had the time of our lives and reckon the stormy weather made it waaaaay better. We never felt unsafe. Absolute value for money and will definitely be back. What a way to wrap up April. Thanks team🤙🤙Only downside was that we didn't manage to take any pictures of the gnarly weather, but had nothing to do with the company, we were having too much fun in the water to remember to take a few snaps.

Lee our surf Pro guide was amazing with Sebastien, eight years old. Fantastic instructor!!! Highly recommend

Had an absolute blast! Tuesday was a brilliant leader. I did the tour immediately before the creative workshop and it was an awesome time. Had a lot of fun!

My 10.5 year old son loved his 2 hour surfing lesson. He was grouped with other children and had a kind and enthusiastic instructor. She gave lots of high-5s and he was so proud of his progress! He said it was his favourite activity of the trip. We loved the gorgeous location!

I recently took a beginner surf lesson in Aotearoa, and it was an amazing experience! My instructor, Corne, was incredibly patient and supportive, making the session both fun and easy to follow. Thanks to his guidance, I felt confident and had a great time catching waves. I highly recommend this class to anyone looking to try surfing—it was an absolute joy!

Very enjoyable peek behind the scenes of how Weta's artists create movie magic. My guide Sam, was engaging about the exhibitions and was patient in answering questions.Jim O.

Thanks mount surf school. The boys had a fantastic time and learnt a lot. Their instructor was so lovely and very helpful.Thanks so much.

Andrew was great with my 2 daughters, they loved the experience and are now keen to do regular lessons to improve on their skills!

It is definitely worthwhile, my dad also took a lesson and by the end of the lesson he was able to stand up on the board and ride the wave inshore and that’s for a guy who has never surfed in his life. I was a bit more advanced than my dad and the instructor took me out back and I was able to catch my first unbroken wave, turn on the wave and I learnt to read the waves so I knew what waves to catch and which direction I should go in and in 2 hours I was able to do all this and more.

Our instructor Beth was friendly. The pottery wheel and shaping equipments were easy to use. We were given plenty of time to indulge in our creative headspace. The experience matched the descriptions quite well and overall good value for the price.