Kumara Surf School (Weligama, Sri Lanka)

Surf’s up Weligama surf school is located directly at the beach of Weligama Bay. It’s a beach break surf spot, so a perfect place to learn how to surf and ride your first waves. Also intermediate and advanced surfers will catch some good waves in Weligama Bay – the waves varies from small to big.
As soon as you feel comfortable with this surf spot we will bring you to other nearby famous spots to offer you some variety and keep the challenge up. If you want to go shopping or do other things in Weligama you can reach the center within 10 minutes walking.
As well our Guesthouse is only 10 minutes walking distance from our surf school and 100 meters from the beach.

In our camp everyone is welcome. We are flexible, spontaneous individuals – if you come to combine your surf camp with partying we will show you nice places and drink a bottle Arrack with you.
If you are tired you can spend the evening in the Guesthouse watching a movie or just relax on our swing in the garden. Singles, couples, groups, families, pets – you are all welcome! Our package is provided for up to 25 surfers – whereby one teacher instructs maximum three students.

Already 4 years ago we opened our surf school 'Surf's Up' at Weligama Beach.

We started small; at the beginning we had not more than 3 boards - but those boards we were renting out and at the same time we started to give our first surf lessons. To be honest... even though we had many years of experience in surfing our know-how about giving lessons was not very advanced. But with time the number of boards increased more and more and we figured out how to instruct and support our students in a way, so skills unfold and waves can be caught quick independently. We worked hard and today we are happy and proud for what we have achieved.

Camp operator:
Kumara:

"When I was 10 years old I tried the first time to ride a wave at Weligama Beach. With 17 years a good friend changed my life by giving me his old surfboard - it was the first board I owned and I learned how to surf with.

With my own Surfing School 'Surf's Up' I have fulfilled my dream and turned my passion into my occupation. It makes me happy to see smiling and happy faces from my students after riding their very first waves."

The team consists of three brothers, a cousin and two good friends – all good surfers and experienced surfing instructors.

Surf’s up Weligama Guesthouse is a little hotel and provides 3 comfortable and quiet double rooms fully equipped with own bathroom (hot and cold water), A/C and fan, mosquito net, Free Wifi. Furthermore we offer bed sheets, towels and other hygienic products.

You can either hangout on the cozy balcony, relaxe in the TV lounge on the ground floor, chill outside at our terrace or at our swing in our little garden. Let your feelings decide.

A small extra of our hotel is the little kitchen - feel free to use it for preparing some tea or other small dishes and use the fridge for cooling your water and keeping your fruits fresh.

The hotel is located about 2 km from Weligama town and only 100m from the beach. Take a walk on the beach, feel the sand and waves between your toes and within 10 minutes you are at our surf school. There you can get some action or just chill out on the sunbeds watching the waves and the surfers while getting kissed by the sun.

In our surf camp we provide 7 healthy and delicious breakfast and 5 fantastic homemade dinner (from western to local food). For you breakfast you can chose between:

- "The Classic": Bread, Egg, Jam, Butter, Fruits, Vegetables, Tea/Coffee
- "The Local": Hoppers, Coconut Roti, Honey Pancake, Fruits, Tea/Coffee
- "The Healthy": Oatmeal, Curd, Honey, Fruits, Tea/Coffee

For lunch you can grab some small snacks from the town or from the little roti shop on the other side of the road of our surf school. It’s yummy and cheap.

If you are vegetarian/vegan or allergically to any kind of food, please inform us in advance.

Our surf package includes 5 days 1,5 h morning surfing and 5 days 1,5 hours evening surfing. In between you can use all our boards free of charge or just hang out on our sunbeds. 1 day is off and we will arrange a day trip/half day trip for you (*tea plantation *cinnamon island *turtle farm *herbal garden *snake farm *river-safari *Galle *whale watching (extra fee 3.000 rs)) – you decide! Another day you have half day off – at this time you can enjoy a massage or join a yoga lesson!

A common day looks like: surf lesson 7 am – 8.30 am; breakfast at 9 am; break; surf lesson 4.30 pm – 6pm; dinner 7 pm.

If you have already booked another accommodation and you just want to get surf lessons and activities we can make you a special offer!

We provide boards every size – from softboard size 8’4 to short boards of size 5’10.

The only thing you have to bring to your surf lessons are swimming cloths and maybe a shirt. For women we can suggest a short or leggings – the softtop can be sometimes a bit painful for the soft skin of women.

We offer other leisure activities like:
- tea plantation
- cinnamon island
- turtle farm
- herbal garden
- snake farm
- river-safari
- Galle
- whale watching

One of this activities is included in the package – if you want to do more or maybe all of them just let us know.

Furthermore one massage or one yoga lesson is also included in our package.