Our family Retreats are planned so that both adults and kids get to surf and play! expect to experience our usual awesome surf coaching and adventures alongside your family.
This retreat is for: Surfers who want to experience surfing long left point breaks with their families within walking distance from their room. Open to families with kids of all ages. Open to all surf levels and all board lengths.
HOW IT WORKS:
FOR THE KIDS:
We’ll have kid friendly snacks available all day. There are nannies on hand (for extra cost) to watch the little ones, and fun “camp counselor” style staff to do art, play games, act as lifeguards in the pool, and entertain the older kids outside of planned activities, and to allow parents to surf and participate in yoga.
Depending on the age, kids are invited to surf as well. The surf sessions for kids are kept fun and playful, but real instruction happens for those kids that are into it and want to improve. Everything is based on the individual kid and their true desire to either surf or just play in the ocean.
After surfing there’s lunch. Kids are encouraged to rest (this is not easy but best for everyone), while adults do yoga. Then afternoon activities happen- kid friendly yoga, waterfall hike, horseback riding, chocolate making, driftwood painting, sunset surf… and more fun stuff until dinner and bed time!
FOR THE ADULTS:
You will still score awesome surf sessions every day! Adults will typically dawn patrol while kids sleep in a bit. Staff are on hand to assist kids in waking up, having a light breakfast, putting on swimwear and sunscreen and playing in the pool. When adults return from dawn patrol everyone has a hot breakfast together then heads out front to the surf all together at the most family friendly wave you’ve ever experienced! Our staff will act as “camp counselors” each afternoon so you can relax and recharge in yoga class too.
THE ACCOMMODATIONS
Stay at one of two houses, located on a gorgeous tropical property that is just steps off the beach with two amazing surf spots in the front yard. All rooms have AC. Both houses have wifi and share the pool and other common spaces. There’s a comfortable dining and living room area where we will have our meals and do our video coaching and “classroom” sessions, a large patio for yoga and relaxing after long surf sessions, and huge garden/open space for the kids to play in.
This region in Costa Rica is regarded as one of the most biologically diverse places in the world. Expect to see monkeys, sloths, toucans, scarlet macaws and a variety of other local creatures!
THE SURF
Located in the same zone as our primary southern Costa Rica location, this option is situated right in front an awesome sand-bottom beginner break that’s also incredibly fun for working on nose rides, cross-steps and other intermediate and advanced longboard skills. There’s a world class super long left point break within walking distance. If the swell is too small for the point we’ll drive to surf a couple of other waves just down the coast. We typically break up the group by ability so that everyone gets what they’re looking for and we don’t show up anywhere with a big crowd! We’ll have family-style surf sessions every day where the kids will get the chance to surf with our coaches or just play in the waves too.
Southern Costa Rica Longboard Surf House Family Retreat Details
***Prices are dependent on the age of the participants. Due to the complicated booking situation with multiple family members per room, we don’t accept online reservations through our booking system. Email hello@surfwithamigas.com to inquire about family retreat availability and claim your spots!
What’s Included:
- Two way transportation from the Golfito Airport (provided you arrive and depart on the designated days/times)
- 7 nights accommodation in a private or shared room
- 4 deliciously healthy fresh meals per day (early morning cold breakfast, hot brunch, lunch, and dinner, plus dessert)
- Unlimited coffee, tea, water, and juice
- Daily individualized in-water surf coaching/instruction/guiding
- Daily one on one post- session video coaching with one of our instructors
- Video footage from surf sessions
- Surfboard rental
- Daily yoga classes
- Camp counselor style staff to help with kids during adult surf + yoga sessions
- Adventures such as horseback riding, jungle exploring, boat trips, hiking, chocolate making, monkey viewing, art class, family night out for dinner, etc.
Optional Extras:
- Massages
- Alcohol
- Nanny (for younger children or children who need 1:1 supervision outside of surf times)
