Joss Bay Surf School

Happy New Year to all our customers past, present and future… We are very excited to share with you that all our 2024 lesson dates are being uploaded to the website and going live as we speak. Get in early to secure your slots for this season. We are very much looking forward to assisting you in your surfing adventures. (We reopen at Easter) Big love from all of us at Joss Bay 🏄‍♂️🌊💙

Just a friendly reminder that we have gift vouchers available online (via desktop site) for surf and sup lessons. A fun and exhilarating Christmas gift. Just choose the amount and the voucher code you receive can be used for or towards any number of lessons. Just head online and scroll down to gift vouchers 🌊🤙🏻😎☀️

Epic!!

Hey folks, well I guess it’s that time of year again… We are now closed for the winter season and will reopen again at Easter. A huge thanks to all our customers this year, it’s been a challenging one (for all of us) so we just wanted to show our heartfelt appreciation to all of you. Have an amazing winter whatever you are doing and we will see you in the new year. Big love from all of the Joss Bay Crew 🙏🏻🏄‍♂️🤙🏻🌊☀️✌🏻

We have 3 x Fanatic Ripper Air’s (kids) Inflatable SUP’s 7’10” x 28” x 4.5” as new with paddles for sale. These 2020/2021 models are brand new and have never been out of the bags. Selling £350.00 each for quick sale. DM for more info, or come see us at the beach :)

So, 25 years of Joss Bay Surf School. It sounds pretty crazy to think that it all started over a quarter of a century ago. It’s been a time of absolute joy for me, and my love of the beaches and the ocean has not changed in all those years. Half a lifetime spent working amongst this beautiful coastal community. It has been a life’s pleasure for sure.

The surf school was born in a time when Thanet wasn’t a cool seaside community, and in fact, surfing still wasn’t massively mainstream either. A difficult yet joyous time. A few decades later, and how times have changed. Thanet is now buzzing with a wave of passionate, creative energy flowing from the city. A very welcomed addition to life on the isle, and I am proud to have played a small part in that.

To our customers and supporters, we could not have achieved what we have over the last 25 years without the love and support of so many of you. You know who you are, thank you. It literally means everything.

And, of course, this post would not be complete without a huge heartfelt thank you to Sam and Claire, who understood the potential of this small business and secured its future for years to come. Without them, it wouldn’t be what it is today. Thank you guys 💙

So, from me and all the crew at Joss Bay Surf School, we thank you, and look forward to teaching you over the next 25. Live your dreams, be kind and stay wet.

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Super nice day and perfect little swell to end the Easter holidays. Hasn’t been the greatest few weeks but today definitely made up for it. Big love to all the customers and as always our epic instructors. The forecast this week is looking good ✌🏻😎

Only a few weeks before the doors reopen for the 2023 season… (1st April)

All lesson slots are live on the website so have a look and grab your space. If you have larger groups please just reach out and we can make that work for you.

Hope to see you on the 1st, and 🤞🏻 for some decent swell to kick us off. Until then, big love from all of the Joss Bay crew ☀️🤙🏻🌊😎

So that’s it for this season folks… We are now closed until we reopen at Easter (2023).

All of us here at Joss Bay Surf School would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who took part in sessions this season. It has been an absolute pleasure to have been a part of your surfing journeys. We are so stoked that you chose us to help you on your way.

We will have next years dates up online asap so you will all be able to start scheduling lessons for 2023. In the meantime gift vouchers are available via the website (laptop and desktop as they don’t show on mobile as of yet) if you are looking for that something different for a present this year.

So that’s it from us until next year. Big love from all of us, be well and we look forward to seeing you in the water 🙏🏻☀️🌊🏄‍♂️✌🏻

We haven’t posted much lately due to the fact it has been a pretty full on all season… Here’s a couple to make up for it 🌊🏄‍♂️

A few small fun ones in the sun this afternoon… The perfect learning environment for the beginner lessons.