Richard Schmidt Surf School

We offer year round surf & stand up paddleboard (SUP) lessons, classes and marine tours in Santa Cruz, Capitola and the surrounding California Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. All ages, levels and physical/cognitive abilities are welcome!

Since 1978 Richard and his school have been sharing the stoke of surfing in the world renowned waves of Santa Cruz. His instructors have been trained with extensive knowledge and techniques that guarantee success. Santa Cruz is home to some of the best beginner waves in the world and when combined with Richard’s staff you will experience the thrill of a lifetime.

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As featured in Surfer Magazine, “…young Northern California wannabes start right in the Richard Schmidt Surf School.” The SCHMIDT GUARANTEE is uprightness on the first go-out — if necessary, beginners will wear a Schmidt-invented harness, which positions a handgrip at their lower back. As the groms prone shoreward on a Cowell’s beach roller, hands clenched tightly around a soft-foam rail, Richard rides parallel, controlling their edge with one hand and pulling them vertical with the other. By the end of the day, students are riding the whitewater to the beach very stoked. Schmidt spends his entire summers now teaching kids and elders the basics of water safety and wave selection.

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