Learn to surf at Bondi Beach

Surf schools and equipment

You’ll find a number of surf schools offering lessons at Bondi Beach, including Let’s Go Surfing and Waves Surf School. Sign up for a private lesson or small group class to learn the correct technique, etiquette and safety tips. Let’s Go Surfing also offers lessons at nearby Maroubra, a National Surfing Reserve.

Let's Go Surfing, Bondi Beach

If you have some surfing experience, board hire is available at several locations in Bondi along the beach and nearby Campbell Parade, which is the main street that runs parallel to the beach. The numerous surf stores also sell all the surf gear you might need, or head to nearby Westfield Bondi Junction.

Bondi Beach, Bondi

Serious surfers

Experienced surfers will want to head to South Bondi, where southerly swells cross a rocky reef and unfurl as powerful right-handers. Sandbanks near the beach’s middle shape two or three separate left and right breaks. Ben Buckler, a point at North Bondi, is popular with more experienced surfers in a big swell.

Surfing can be dangerous, so make sure you abide by the beach rules and understand local surfing conditions. You should also familiarise yourself with surfing etiquette, such as who has the right of way on a wave and be aware that swimmers stay between the flags, so surfers need to be off to the side.

Surfers, Bondi Beach

Things to do

After some fun in the surf, you’ll be ready for breakfast at a beachside cafe. There are a lot of options, from the popular Porch and Parlour to Speedos. Fuelled up, you can embark on the 6km Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk, a spectacular clifftop walk that passes Tamarama Beach and Bronte Beach, two more popular surf spots with experienced surfers.

For that saltwater feeling without the sand, swim laps in Bondi Baths, a 50-metre saltwater pool. Just above the pool on the rocky headland is the iconic Bondi Icebergs, one of Australia’s oldest swimming clubs. Visitors are welcome to dine at the bar and bistro, where the views are magnificent. There’s also a children’s ocean pool at the northern end of the beach.

Bondi Icebergs Club, Bondi Beach