BOOK 2026 Summer Surf Sessions NOW. Ready to ride the waves? Whether you’re a complete beginner or looking to sharpen your skills, our surf lessons are designed for all ages and experience levels. Led by experienced, certified instructors, each session focuses on safety, ocean awareness, and building confidence on the board—all while having a great time in the water. We offer private, semi-private, and group lessons with hands-on coaching tailored to your pace. You’ll learn proper paddling techniques, how to pop up, read the waves, and maintain balance—all in a supportive, fun environment.
- All equipment is provided, including soft-top boards and wetsuits. Just bring your sense of adventure—we’ll take care of the rest.
- Come catch your first wave with us and experience the thrill of surfing!
- Every student in classes of 4 will feel like they are having a private lesson while in the ocean. We practice the lineup approach of surfing. Each student surfs in and then paddles around to the back again. Once this starts to move it goes fast.
- We teach on different skill levels and recommend 3 to 5 lessons each summer, or a week surf camp.
- We offer class surf lessons 1 instructor to 4 students.
- We offer surf coaching sessions 1 instructor to 2 students.
BOOK MORE LEARN MORE - Become a surfer in less than one summer. Average student 1-4 lessons, some can attend 3 lessons. The next step is surf coaching sessions. In these lessons are teach wave timing, turning. How to catch waves.
- First surf lesson - Technique and safety. Standing on surfboard, how to pop-up. Repetition is key in surf instruction.
- Second surf lesson - Technique and safety. Standing on surfboard, how to pop-up. Repetition is key in surf instruction.
- Third surf lesson - Paddling techniques, turning on a surfboard. NO MORE PUSHING. (for most students.)
- Forth surf lesson - Turning across waves and timing. (some students can move into surf coaching sessions.)
- Fifth surf lesson - Timing and catching your own waves, Turning on waves. (some students can move into surf coaching sessions.)
- Sixth lesson and more - Surf coaching, riding real solid waves, and advanced surfing skills.
Northeast Surfing Academy & School is an education based National Surf Schools and Instructors Association Surf Academy located on Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. We focus on building inner self confidence for children and at the same time teaching them respect for the environment, while experiencing the thrill of surfing. Accredited by the National Surf Schools and Instructors Association, NSSIA Certified Lifeguard Surf Instructors, Red Cross CPR – First Aid Trained, State CORI and SORI checked, State Permitted, Insured, State Board of Health Regulated, Eastern Surf Association Members, 20 Years Experience. Education Based Professional Surf Academy. The NSSIA is an Accreditation & Professional Certification for surf schools & instructors for Standup Paddle (SUP) and Surfing coaches.
About The Surf Academy: Our NSSIA Accredited programs introduce ocean safety and surfing etiquette, discuss ocean science topics such as waves and tides, marine biology, winds, coastal ecology and beach profiles, teaches stretching and exercises for young surfers and provides closely supervised instruction in the water. We provide 4 to 5 students to One certified surf instructor, while on the beach and in the ocean. Students are taught the surfing lineup to maintain control and safety at all times within small groups of not more than five, with certified lifeguards on the beach monitoring the safety of all the students. All students must be comfortable in the surf zone.
We teach on multiple skill levels: Our NSSIA Accredited programs allows us to teach on multiple skill levels. Whether your a beginner or advance surfer, we are here to either remove bad habits, or teach you the basics. We all attend the surf lesson on the beach as one small group. Yet while in the ocean each student will have their own experience and it will feel like a private surf lesson. Each student surfs at one time, in the lineup. Then paddles around to the back of the lineup again. The certified surf instructor will give you your own advice and learning experience. As this lineup movies, you won't be able to keep up with our fun consistent waves.
What is the "NSSIA" The National Surf Schools & Instructors Association:
| 1. NSSIA recognizes the potential harm surfers can do to one another as well as to the local environment. The NSSIA will actively promote the incorporation of surfboard safety and water safety as a first step into surf school training programs. |
| 2. NSSIA recognizes that being able to surf is not a reliable qualification for teaching others to surf. The NSSIA will actively promote a surf instructor certification program to qualify beginning and master level instructors that teach surfing. |
| 3. NSSIA recognizes that surf schools and related businesses who offer surfing lessons provide a variety of learning approaches, some more appropriate than others. The NSSIA will actively promote a surf school accreditation program so those who seek lessons can identify those organizations offering consistently high quality services. |
| 4. NSSIA recognizes that inexperienced surfers should not over impact more experienced surfers in the lineup. The NSSIA will promote learning activities that instill surf etiquette and low impact surfing in accredited instructional programs. |
| 5. NSSIA promotes the right of low-impact, free and open access to the world's waves and beaches for all people. NSSIA will support SURFRIDER and similar organizations that act to preserve this right of access. |
| 6. NSSIA does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin for any reason. |
| 7. NSSIA and its representatives agree to abide by these principles and all rules and regulations governing non-profit organizations. |
For more visit nssia.org.