OUR STORY

Founded in 2018, Schools Go Surfing was the first school tour operator specialising in surf trips throughout Europe. Today, we’re a trusted name in the school travel industry, helping thousands of students catch their first waves and experience the health and well-being benefits of surfing every year.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Schools Go Surfing was born out of a passion for travel, surfing and education. After organising surf holidays for university groups and spending four years gaining experience in school travel, Will launched Schools Go Surfing. We now have a great team working towards our shared goals and mission, including Robbie, Anna, Rick and a team of reliable freelance experts and Reps.

OUR BRAND PROMISE

We promise a week that is good for young people: surfing every day, yoga, time outdoors and evenings spent together. Social connection runs through every trip, from learning to surf in small groups to eating together in the surf house, and students come home with a new skill, new friends and a week they will talk about for years.

PROGRAMMES DESIGNED BY SURF TRAVEL EXPERTS

Everyone on the team surfs and has worked in school travel, so we know which beaches teach beginners well in July, which camps a group of 40 fits into, and what a head of year needs in the risk assessment. Every destination we sell is one we have visited, surfed and audited ourselves, and the programmes are built for school groups rather than adapted from adult holidays.

LEARN MORE ABOUT US

We’re delighted to have bounced back since summer 2022 after being forced to close for two and a half years due to travel restrictions during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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“Founded on my love for surfing and the health and social benefits it provides for young people.”

Will Carr, Founder & CEO

MEET THE
TEAM

Our team includes passionate professionals with a unique blend of surfing, education, school travel and tour operator expertise. We’re perfectly equipped to deliver safe, engaging, and well-organised surf trips with a personal and efficient service for schools.

OUR BRAND VALUES

HEALTH &
WELL-BEING

Health and well-being sit at the centre of every trip. A week of surfing, beach games and yoga, with early nights, proper meals and no screens, does more for a teenager than any assembly on the subject, and the friendships made in the water tend to last. The itinerary is built so every student takes part, whatever their level.

OUR BRAND VALUES

SUSTAINABLE
TRAVEL

We offset the carbon on every trip and give every overseas group a reusable water bottle instead of plastic. Where a destination allows it the week includes real work, from beach cleans in France and Sri Lanka to coral restoration at Kandooma in the Maldives, and we are careful to choose projects that help the place rather than just the photographs.

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“They went above and beyond what was expected to ensure we had the best time, and we absolutely did.”

Corfe Hills School

“We all had a fantastic time, and I could not rate Schools Go Surfing highly enough. We will be booking with them for our next school surf trip!”

Merchant Taylors’ School

“Best company for school trips that I have used in organising over 25 overseas residentials. Well organised but it’s the personal touch and involvement that sets them apart.”

Crosfields School