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Kona Town Surf Adventures Group Lesson: Ages 10+ · 1.5 hours · maximum four students per instructor.
Price: $124.00 per person · confirm current rates at booking
Duration: 1.5 hours
Island: Big Island (Kailua-Kona)
Best for: Beginners and first-timers who want small-group coaching
Booking: instant confirmation.
WHAT THE LESSON INVOLVES
A group lesson with a hard cap of four students per instructor, run straight off Kahalu’u Beach Park. That ratio is the point: most group classes in Hawaii run five or six to one, and the difference shows in how many waves you actually get pushed into.
Kahalu’u Bay is the reason lessons cluster here. It is a reef-sheltered pocket on the Kona coast that keeps a small, slow, rideable wave when the open coastline is either flat or too much for a first-timer, and the water is shallow and warm enough to spend 90 minutes in without getting cold.
HOW IT RUNS
You meet at Kahalu’u Beach Park on Ali’i Drive. Coaching starts on the sand with the fundamentals, then moves into the water where the instructor stays with the group, positioning boards and pushing surfers into waves. Reef-safe sunscreen is provided, which matters at this bay in particular given the reef underneath.
PRICING
$124.00 per person for the 90-minute lesson, including board, rash guard, water shoes and sunscreen. Verified against FareHarbor, September 2026. Confirm current rates at booking.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
– Rash guards
– Water shoes
– Reef-safe sunscreen
– Surfboards
– Instruction with a maximum of four students per coach
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
– Lessons run 1.5 hours
– Ages 10 and over
– Maximum four students per instructor
– Wear a swimsuit or swim shorts under your clothes and bring a towel
– Towels are not provided
– 48-hour cancellation policy
WHO IT IS FOR
First-timers and beginners who want a shorter, cheaper session than the two-hour private courses on this coast, without ending up in a class of six. Families with children under 10 should look at the 1:1 formats, which take surfers from age five.
BROWSE MORE
Browse more Big Island watersports, or see everything we run on Hawaii Island. New to surfing? Read what actually happens in a first surf lesson, or compare private and group lessons. Weighing up Kona lessons and rentals? Read surfing on the Big Island. Also see our guide to the Big Island with kids.
