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A first surf trip succeeds when the wave is forgiving, the coaching is patient, and the trip around the surf is well organized. These camps have all three.
Camps a first-timer can book: rated from Level 1-2 up, and best suited to Level 4 or below, so the coaching is still pitched at people learning. Filtered on those two levels only — not on coaching ratio, which 44 of these camps have not published. Where we hold a ratio, the camp page prints it.
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