Surf & Yoga Retreat

Introduction to Surf & Yoga Retreat

Tucked away in the south of Sri Lanka, Talalla surf camp offers luxury, all-inclusive, technical surf coaching & yoga retreats as well as lessons for beginners & advanced surfers alike.

With 32 spacious rooms located within elegantly appointed villas dotted around the four acre estate just metres from the beach, this resort is a surfer's dream location. Each room boasts a generous open sky-marble bathroom, and private balcony or patio with lush oasis views, and promises a private world of barefoot luxury and the ultimate peaceful environment to totally chill out in between your technical surf coaching & yoga sessions.

We invite you to join us in paradise for the ultimate surf retreat experience. Our unique combination of luxury accommodation and elite surf tuition creates a truly irresistible package located on Sri Lanka's southern tip.

Food and Drink

Meals are fresh, simple and delicious: featuring Vibrant tropical fruit, crisp seasonal fresh vegetables and the freshest local seafood sourced daily from local fishermen, all prepared by Talalla's own gourmet chef. Savour the flavour of Sri Lanka, whether its nourishing pre surf breakfasts, packed picnic lunches or Sipping on a king coconut and enjoying the gentle sea breeze as you indulge in evening a la carte specialties, we promise your dining experiences with us will become one of the highlights of your surf retreat.

If you are lucky enough to be joining us during Festive occasions like Christmas & New Year. We celebrate with spectacular buffet feasts. The resort staff will create an outdoor buffet hut from palm fronds, and present an array of exotic dishes in traditional clay pots. Experience fragrant Sri Lankan curries and whole sear fish BBQ'd on flaming coconut shells.

Surfing at Surf & Yoga Retreat

For people wanting to make surfing a big part of their trip, we have created a series of retreats that are a little different to what you might expect of a conventional surf camp. All levels are welcome, and coaching is conducted with a fully qualified British Surfing Association surf coach & RLSS Beach Lifeguard.

As part of your package we provide accommodation with en-suite facilities and all meals are included. Surfing equipment is provided, and we have a quiver of boards available. We also offer a surf/yoga package which includes yoga sessions with our residence yoga teacher. Return transfers from Colombo, Sri Lanka's international airport are also included in your package price.

We enjoy an early start, each morning we meet and discuss over a pre-surf breakfast the plan for each day. The surf and weather conditions will determine our surfing location for each day, and we use our custom built surf truck to get to many of the untouched beaches along Sri Lanka's Southern coast.

During your stay we have a combination of 'wet' and 'dry' coaching sessions, each are goal-orientated and tailored with progression and development in mind. Whether it's tempting you into the water for your first session, learning how to accelerate/stall your surfboard, turning or even catching your first unbroken wave, you will find that our unique combination of practical demonstrations, coaching and practice at the beach will do more than just get you to your feet.

In addition to time at the beach our dry sessions are carried out in the comfort of the poolside restaurant whether its watching back the footage from a session at the beach over lunch or hanging out at the pool perfecting our duck dives. These dry sessions provide students with a much better understanding of their surfing and allow us to set clear goals to work on during the next 'wet session'.

Don’t worry though, it’s not all surf surf surf, we know it’s quite hard work and to ease the suffering we've thrown in two free massages, not only that but one afternoon we ditch the boards and visit one of Sri Lanka's breath-taking sights like Yala National Park, or Galle fort for a bit of sightseeing. For those who avail of our surf and yoga packages, we want you to relax and enjoy the calmness that Talalla offers in-between surfs, stretch your mind and body by enjoying five yoga sessions with our residence yoga instructor.

Because we limit the numbers in our all-inclusive 7 & 10 day surf and yoga programs we aim to be ethical and low impact in relation to our environment and toward those who surf around us, giving you more one on one training.

Your surfing coaching during these weeks will be by our own trained British Surfing Association surf coach Jack Phillips. In 2009 Jack worked with us in Lanzarote and is now based in Sri Lanka offering high level, tailored surf tuition from total beginner to advanced surfers. The waves in the south of Sri Lanka are mainly unexplored, and perfect.

Oh and leave the wetsuit at home!