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Surf Camp
The classic SYB trip with a deeper dive into surfing
Surf Camp
The classic SYB trip with a deeper dive into surfing
Surf Camp
The classic SYB trip with a deeper dive into surfing
Three things you will do on this trip that you will still be talking about years later.
In depth surf lessonsTwo sessions a day at Playa Maderas with the local crew we have worked with for over ten years. They film you, sit you down with the footage, give you one thing to fix, then send you back out. Standing up for the first time or refining a turn, you leave a genuinely better surfer.
Catamaran to Playa BlancaSail the coastline out to a hidden white sand cove. Swim, snorkel, eat, drink and laugh with nobody else in sight. Just your crew, water you can see straight through and a stretch of beach that should not still be this empty.
Sunset yoga over the PacificEvery evening ends with yoga on the deck. Jungle behind you, ocean in front, sky doing something absurd. These are the ten minutes people describe first when someone asks them about the trip.
📅 The day by day
Six days. Every single one of them optional.
Land before 3pm, van to Playa Maderas, welcome dinner.
Your flight needs to land before 3pm to make the SYB van transfer to Playa Maderas from either Managua in Nicaragua or Liberia in Costa Rica. It is about a three hour drive, and from Costa Rica that includes a border crossing. You arrive at our hilltop villas looking down over the beach. Settle in, explore, then a welcome dinner and orientation where we talk through your surf goals for the week.
First session to read your surfing, then video and go again.
Wake up calls and straight into your first surf session so we can see where you are and set goals for the week. Then your first personalised lesson on technique and positioning. In the afternoon we sit down with the video from your session and give you something concrete to fix, then back in the water for session two.
Two sessions, video review, yoga, jungle gym, salsa lesson.
Surf session, then a lesson built around whatever you are working on. After lunch we review the footage and pick the thing to fix. We squeeze in a yoga class and a jungle gym session, then back out to practise what you just learned. Tonight our salsa teacher comes by to sort out your hips.
A full day on the boat, then San Juan del Sur for karaoke.
Usual morning workout and surf session, then down to the marina for a full day on a catamaran. It is one of the highlights of the trip: a white sand beach, snorkelling, fresh food on the boat and drinks while we sail into the sunset. Pack a change of clothes, because dinner is in San Juan del Sur and karaoke is happening whether your voice is ready or not.
One last surf, the closing ceremony and the awards.
Time to show what you picked up. One final surf session, then a video analysis to see how far you got. We celebrate the work with a closing ceremony, then sunset yoga on the viewing deck, and for the last night together, the SYB awards ceremony.
Check out at 8am, van to the airport, group chat forever.
Everyone checks out at 8am and takes the SYB van to Managua or Liberia, so pick a flight that leaves after noon. Until next time, or until the next party, because this friendship only just started.
Every day is optional. Surf all of it, or lie in the hammock and meet us for dinner.
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With us, it is.
We’ve been running trips to Nicaragua since 2016 and have never had any safety issues. We work with the same trusted local team, drivers, and surf partners who know the area extremely well.
You’ll be staying in a gated villa community with 24/7 security, and everything from airport pickup to daily activities is organized in advance.
You’re not navigating anything on your own. From the moment you land, you’re taken care of and moving as part of the group.
