Learn to Surf is a surf school and hire business in Sumner, Christchurch. It works from a trailer with a yellow surfboard on the roof, parked along the Esplanade near the corner of Stoke Street, and its office is at 32 Whitfield Street. The school offers surf lessons for all ages and abilities, with separate programmes for kids aged 8 to 16 and after-school classes for 13 to 18 year olds. Adult and family lessons run too, and schools can book group programmes. Private lessons can be arranged by email. The school says it has more than 50 surfboards, from beginner to high performance, and a range of wetsuits. Surf hire is available at a self-service machine, and the website lists hire from 10 am to 6 pm from September to May.
Students are asked to arrive 5 to 10 minutes early with togs and a towel, and the school provides wetsuits and boards. Parents and students say the instructors were fun and patient, that the kids were blown away by their first lesson, and that one adult came back for more. Five other surf shops are listed within 1 km on Open Locally. Groundswell Sports is 0.1 km away and rated 4.7 from 27 reviews, Exit Surf Shop is 0.2 km away and rated 4.9 from 93 reviews, and Stoked Surf School Sumner and Surf Locker, both 0.2 km away, have no rating.