BSA Surf Coach Award

Fancy a break from your normal nine-to-five job? Want to travel and teach surfing?

Well now, with Errant, you can train with us to become a British Surfing Association surf instructor. We run surf coach and surf instructor courses and lifeguard courses back to back, allowing you to gain two qualifications that will enable you to coach surfing and lifeguard around the world.

You will need to complete your BSA Level One Surf Coach Award, NARS Beach Lifeguard Award and thirty hours work experience surf coaching to gain the full certificate, all of which can be done in Newquay with us.

This three-day part of your training will take place at the Errant HQ and training centre in Newquay. All surfers looking at completing the BSA Level One Surf Coach Award must have a good understanding of surfing and be able to surf along un-broken waves, going left and right with top and bottom turns. You will be given a surf related topic prior to the course to write a fifteen minute lecture on. Topics include:

• Wave Prediction and the Weather Chart
• Types of Surfing Breaks
• Considerations when buying a surfboard
• Types and uses of wetsuits
• Fitness for Surfing
• Considerations when planning a days surfing for a group of novices
• Safety in Surfing (Coaches View Point)
• Safety in Surfing (Surfers View Point)
• Basic Surfboard Design
• Surfboard Repair
• Common Surfing Injuries
• Expired Air Resuscitation
  Surfboard Construction
• Considerations when planning a surfing lesson for a mixed age group (8-60) of varying abilities
• Varying beach types and their suitability for beginners
• First Aid instances you are likely to meet and the actions you would take for them
• What action would you take upon finding a person lying (and you suspect unconscious) on the beach?
• What is a “Warm Up” and why is it important?



Dates for level 1 surf coach courses in 2010

• May 7th 2010
• June 4th 2010
• July 2nd 2010
• August 7th 2010
• September 3rd 2010
• October 8th 2010



Our British Surfing Association level 1 surf instructor courses are £250. You will also be sent a pre-course workbook to complete prior to the course. For information on the NARS Beach Lifeguard Award see here. We can also provide accommodation from surf lodges, hotels or advise on where to park the van, just ask!