Bali Surf & Social Camp for Solo Travellers – Canggu All-Inclusive Surf Coaching Week

A typical day starts 30 minutes before your surf session with fruit, toast and a barista coffee. Sessions run at either 7:00 AM or 9:00 AM depending on the day and the forecast. Your instructor matches you to a board from the camp's quiver of 50+ shapes, loads the van, and drives you to whichever Canggu break is working best for your level that morning — Batu Bolong, Old Man's, Berawa or Echo Beach are all close by. Groups are split by ability, so total beginners aren't sharing a wave with people working on turns.

Back at camp after the session, you get a smoothie or a fresh coconut, then a post-surf meal eaten together. Then comes the part that actually moves your surfing forward: video analysis of the morning's session, pool work on paddling and positioning, and a theory session covering surf etiquette and technique. The head instructor runs these, and they take 45–60 minutes.

The afternoon is free. Some people paddle back out, some walk into Canggu for lunch, some just lie by one of the two pools. Dinner is a themed buffet every night — BBQ, Mexican, Italian, local Balinese — with everyone eating at shared tables. After that, the evening programme kicks off: pool parties, karaoke, beer pong, movie nights in the camp's cinema room, darts, ping pong, or a pub crawl into town.

Once a week there's a full-day surf mission, running roughly 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, heading further along Bali's coastline to spots like Balangan and Medewi. It's usually the highlight of the week for repeat guests. There's also a weekly yoga class included to stretch out sore shoulders and backs.

What separates this from other Bali surf camps is the coaching ratio and the video analysis — daily, not once a week — combined with a genuinely social camp that most people book as a solo traveller. It's not a quiet retreat. It's a surf camp with a party hostel's social calendar, and the two halves are deliberate.

What's included

- Accommodation (shared dorms or private rooms) - Daily 2-hour surf lesson with 2:1 coaching (max 3:1) - Surfboard and rash guard use anytime - Free board insurance - Daily video analysis - Weekly surf theory class or pool session - Daily transport to surf spots - Breakfast (fruit and toast buffet) and all-day breakfast - À la carte lunch or all-day breakfast - Themed dinner every night - Barista coffee or tea daily - Post-surf smoothie or fresh coconut daily - Sunset beer, cocktail or soft drink daily - Organised evening activities (pool parties, karaoke, trivia, movie nights, pub crawls) - Weekly yoga class - Free WiFi throughout

What's not included

- International flights - Travel insurance - Airport transfer (400,000 IDR, free on stays of 7+ nights) - Optional photo and video packages (from Rp 300k) - Personal expenses - Visa fees (if applicable)