Great Ocean Road Surf Walks - NEW

Great Ocean Road Surf tours are now encapsulating the ultimate taste of the Great Ocean Road in their new Surf Walks tours.

Offering transfers from Melbourne, these tours will take you along a part of the Great Ocean Road that is quite simply amazing.

Complete with a gourmet lunch from local produce and the option to taste test locally made wines, ales and ciders; this tour will make sure you leave with a piece of the Great Ocean Road engraved in your soul.

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours hit the head lines

With their continued success, Great Ocean Road Surf Tours hit the front page of the Surf Coast Times this week.

"We love creating the most amazing, personalized and sustainable surf tours for our customers.  To be recognized for this is a huge achievement and one we are very proud of."  Said Alistair Lawson, owner/ Director of Great Ocean Road Surf Tours.

Telstra Australian Business Awards Winners 2013

The Telstra Australian Business Awards had their night of nights on Tuesday 2nd July 2013.

Finalist in Regional Business and winners in the Mirco Business category were Great Ocean Road Surf Tours.

"We are honored to be in the Telstra Business Awards with so many other amazing businesses and to win our category was unbelievable." Said Alistair Lawson, Director of Great Ocean Road Surf Tours.  "We work so hard on delivering a professional and passionate experience and to be recognized for our efforts is fantastic."

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours won the Micro Business category for the passion they showed for their business, there professionalism and their commitment to ecotourism and sustainability.  They will now head to Sydney for the national awards which will be held on 22nd August.

Telstra Business Awards finalists 2013

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours have once again been recognized for their learn to surf tours and lessons through the Telstra Business Awards 2013.

The multi-award winning ecotourism company have wowed judges with their high levels of professionalism, customer service and business delivery to secure a finalist position in the high profile awards.

The winners will be announced in a gala dinner at the Crown in Melbourne on Tuesday 2nd July.

"We are thrilled to be recognized as finalists in the Telstra Business Awards 2013.  Owner Alistair Lawson said.  "It is a very prestigious award and all businesses involved are of a very high caliber."

Save the Children Ceduna Style

In May 2013 the Quiksilver Foundation wanted to put money into the Save the Children Australia program and aid unprivileged children in remote areas.  They wanted to run the Vegemite SurfGroms programs in a number of areas.  We at Great Ocean Road Surf Tours were asked to run a program in Ceduna, South Australia for 43 kids.

We travelled 2 days straight and ran a program for 2 days.  It was an amazing experience with half the kids being from the local Indigenous community everyone had a blast and hopefully they have learned a lot about surfing, beach safety and ocean awareness.

Hopefully we get to go back again next year and do it all over again!

100% Carbon Neutral by 2014

As a business that relies on the gifts of Mother Nature to inspire and enjoy. We would like our learn to surf surf school to be 100% carbon neutral by 2014. We use a carbon calculator to help work out our business emission on an ongoing basis to help monitor them. From this we have implemented ways of reducing our carbon footprint. By joining Carbon Neutral's planet a tree program to offset them we are bringing our surf tours down to be completely carbon neutral.
At this stage we have all our vehicles carbon neutral and plan to take the business to 100% by 2014.
For more information on Carbon Neutral visit their website www.carbonneutral.com.au

Stand Up Paddling

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours now offer beginner and intermediate Stand Up Paddle (SUP) lessons. Our flat water lessons are a great introduction to one if the fastest growing sports around. We teach you how to control your board and paddle as well as teaching some skills you will need to get you into the surf.
Learning the basics is very important for you to stay safe and surf well with others around you.

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours New Trees Project

Multi-award winning Great Ocean Road Surf Tours continue to raise the bar on their learn to surf business. We have just purchased over 100 trees to be planted for re vegetation areas. By aiding the Carbon Neutral project we are helping to decrease our own carbon footprint and aid a valuable cause.

We can breathe easy knowing we are doing our bit to help bring our business to a more environmentally friendly one.

Being Australia's first surf school to be certified under Ecotourism Australia, it is important for us to lead so others can follow.

April - Best month for Surfing

April is one of the best months of the year to learn to surf or improve your skills. We have quality swells which produce some fantastic waves throughout this part of the season with offshore winds making conditions glassy.
Water temp is still around 19 degrees and crowds are minimal!
Take the plunge and call us today for your learn to surf adventure!

Rip Curl Pro

Come and see Bells Beach light up with the ASP World Tour surfers this weekend when the Rip Curl Pro event is on.
With good conditions forecast we should see some great surfing. Hopefully we get to see Bells Beach look like our new gallery photos from local photographer Darren Noyes-Brown.

NEW SHOP NOW OPEN!

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours have moved our award winning learn to surf tours to new premises.
If you want to join the best surf school to learn to surf and join a surf lesson this Easter, come and see us at 106 Surf Coast Highway, Torquay.

Last week term 1 Vegemite SurfGroms

We are now in the final week of our term 1 Torquay Vegemite SurfGroms learn to surf program.
Thank you to everyone for getting involved, it has been a fantastic term with heaps of surfing, beach games and ocean awareness.
Easter Intensive learn to surf Vegemite SurfGroms programs now open and term 2 coming soon.

New swell this weekend

A new swell looks like hitting this weekend. Great waves around Torquay for our learn to surf lessons and surf tours from Melbourne.
Spaces still left for Sunday if you want to join us.

New website and mobile site LIVE

Hope you enjoy our new look website and mobile site. Easier navigation, options and great new design. Let us know what you think.

Staff member Sam wins Victorian longboard title

Sam wins the Victorian state longboard ing title which continues her roll after winning in New Zealand last month.
Teaching our learn to surf programs and Vegemite SurfGrom programs over the summer, Sam now heads to Queensland for the Noosa Surf Fest. Good luck Sam.

News shop coming soon

Our new location at 106 Surf Coast Highway, behind Strapper Surf is currently being built.  Our move will see a huge change for the business and our customers as we will offer an upgrade in facilities and services and the opportunity to ride the tube without leaving the building!

Watch this space!

Learning to surf in Melbourne has never been easier!  With our Great Ocean Road Surf Tours offering 1 - 10 day tours from Victoria's capital city along its most famous stretch of scenic coast - the Great Ocean Road.
We have taken people from all over the World on our multi-award winning tours and have a bumper season this year.
It's not too late to join our surf tours as the warm weather looks to be sticking around for a while to come.
Call our free call number on 1800 787 353 and live the dream!