Barbados Surf School: Learn Surfing from Experienced Instructors in Excellent Conditions
4.8
20 Ratings

Learn to surf in Barbados with experienced instructors in excellent conditions. Our team of instructors have 25 years of surf experience and have represented their country in world ISA surfing. Join us for a fun and unforgettable surfing experience!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Drill Hall Beach - Offers basic surf instruction and beginner surf lessons. Participants will be picked up and taken to the best surf spot of the day for an introduction to surfing. A surf instructor will be in the water providing guidance for 2 hours. It is essential that participants know how to swim. The minimum age requirement is 10 years old.
What's Included
  • Surfboards provided
  • Rash guards available
  • Surf wax included
Additional Information

Local surf instructors with three decades of experience offer lessons in Barbados, where the warm tropical waters, pristine beaches, and ideal waves create the perfect environment for learning to surf. The team of instructors is unparalleled, having competed and represented their country in international ISA and WSL surfing events multiple times. These…

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Deon_b
Jul 26, 2025
Axe is super cool and... - Axe is super cool and informative surf coach. Picked us up from the hotel on time and we got to the beach very quickly. Got started as soon as we got in the beach to maximize our time ib the water. All pointers and coaching helped me improve throughout the lesson. Was catching waves consistently. Conversation was better than the coaching haha. Made sure my lady and I felt safe anf had fun. Will be back when im in Barbados and recommend this is the surf lesson to anyone interested.
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Recentguest168
Jul 19, 2025
- Best thing we did on the island! We booked a lesson for two adults and an 11 year old who hadn’t been on a board before. Russell and his team are helpful, friendly and go way out of their way to make sure everyone’s having a great time. Our son was standing on the board within 5 minutes and had an incredible time, so much so he begged us to go back for a second lesson a few days later. Everyone in our group of 8 got up on the board including kids and adult first timers. We surfed Pebbles and Dover beaches - the team knew the breaks and conditions perfectly so that by the end of the second lesson we were choosing waves and getting up independently. This is an amazing family business, Lance and Axe are brilliant patient teachers, high energy and laid back at the same time, fantastic with the kids in the group. We felt safe and really well looked after. All smiles all round.
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Michael
Apr 20, 2025
A little Hawaii in Barbados - The favorite thing my kids did in Barbados. Our instructor (Lance) was super cool, easygoing, and gave a ton of helpful feedback to help us figure it all out. The reef is shallow and I scraped both elbows a bit but all in all a great lesson.
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Adriante9038df
Apr 3, 2025
Awesome! We were surfin’ wave after wave! - Awesome! Loved it! We got so much fun out of the lesson - totally exceeded our expectations. We were surfin’ wave after wave!
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K3932yistephenb
Jan 8, 2025
Great day - Amazing! Highly recommend! Instructor Mathew initially taught me to surf few years back! This year surf instructor Axe very knowledgeable, hospitable and a great teacher. Always a great day out on the holiday!
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Cpk9020
Dec 27, 2024
Awesome surfing lessons and people - Since my son and I had surfed before, we booked a private session. It was fantastic. The guys picked us up from the place we were staying, helped us pick boards that would work well for the conditions that day, and took us to their favorite spot. We surfed for a couple hours and had a great time. Cain was our instructor and he gave us good tips and was super cool and nice. We then rented some boards from them for the rest of our stay. Hope to come back to this beautiful island and surf with these guys again.
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38ulrichz
Dec 17, 2024
Perfect day surfing drill hall - Surfed drill hall / Brandon’s beach today with Axe and Matthew. Perfect Wave scouts and advisors. They find more and better waves out there than you can surf. Can only recommend dread or dead!
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Katel910
Oct 29, 2024
Trip highlight 😎 - Had a great experience on 1:1 surf lessons with Axe - so much fun, learned loads and saw my confidence and surfing progressing over several lessons. Felt in really safe hands and had complete confidence in Axe and the rest of the team - all so lovely. They really look after you. Thanks a million. Hope to be back again! 🤙 🏄‍♀️
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Sierraj78
Sep 24, 2024
The BEST surf experience - Had the best time surfing at Drill Hall with Dread or Dead! My instructor (Axe) lead me seamlessly through my 2 hour lesson. Having minimal experience on a board, I was hoping to catch only a few waves. With Axe’s help I was able to pop up on every single one and even practiced turning. I’ll definitely be back, next time hopefully for a surf camp!
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Gregoryncurran
Apr 15, 2024
The Perfect Surf School - The instructors at Dread Or Dead are the perfect instructors for surf lessons. Knowledgable, patient, supportive and hey adapt to any level seamlessly. I will be coming back and hopefully can continue my surfing education.
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