IMPORTANT CAMP INFORMATION

WHAT TO BRING:
A Swimming Costume
A Towel
Sun-block (min. SPF 15)
Refillable water bottle
Lunch or money for lunch or snacks (if full day camp)
Warm clothing and suitable wet weather gear - rain coat - jumper - trousers
If your child has their own wetsuit, it's well worth bringing it.
If they have their own surfboard, they may bring it when their instructor advises them to do so (quite often we like to spend the first couple of days coaching them on our boards, to enable them to improve their technique)

LUNCH AND BREAKS:
We provide a healthy and appetising hot lunch served by Le Braye Cafe, kids will have an choice of four options each morning before class starts. This is for an additional cost of £30 per week. Alternatively, your child should bring a packed lunch.

BEACH SAFETY LESSONS AND SURF LIFE SAVING:
We teach one lesson on beach safety every day. We believe that everyone who spends time in the ocean should have a basic knowledge of beach safety. We will also spend at least one session teaching surf lifesaving in the water; learning how to affect a basic rescue etc. Again, this is vital information for those who are looking to continue surfing.

LACK OF SURF: As much as we would love the surf to be perfect 365 days of the year, it isn’t. However, it is very unlikely that we will get a whole ‘surf-less’ week. We aim to spend as much time in the surf as possible, so if we have a flat day, we will usually teach surf life saving, beach safety etc on this day, giving us more time in the surf when it does arrive!

BIG SURF: We do not put anyone in the surf if we believe it may be dangerous. We will contact you as soon as possible if the surf is too big or dangerous.

BAD WEATHER: Much like the surf, there is not much we can do to control the weather. Again, we aim to work our schedule around bad weather. We use dry weather areas in the bunker and trailers as well as erected marquees when it is not suitable outdoors, but we expect surfers to turn up with the appropriate clothing / wet weather gear. There are not many weather conditions we cannot deal with. Usually the sea is the best place to be if it is pouring with rain! The only times we will cancel due to bad weather are:
Wind over a force 5/6
Thunderstorms
Torrential rain predicted for most of the day
If we are unsure about the weather conditions, we will inform you the day before. However, we do not want to cancel if there is a possibility that the weather may change. We arrive at the beach at 07:30am and will phone as soon as possible if we have to cancel.

CANCELLED DAYS: If for any reasons stated above, we have to cancel a day of Summer Camp, we will give each surfer a voucher for the day they have missed. They can use it during the summer if they wish (as an ABC lesson) or join in on our ‘extra Summer Camp’ days that we leave open at the end of the holiday. Please note that we are unable to give refunds.

OUR STAFF: All of our instructors are ISA qualified coaches or/& SSLGB/NVBLQ lifeguards and competent surfers & teachers . We follow a strict set of guidelines set by the ISA and also our own written N.O.P.

SNAPSHOTS: From time to time our coaches take a waterproof camera into the surf to capture images of the day’s events. These photos are used on our website and for our marketing. Should you wish not to have photos taken of your child, please write to the Jersey Surf School prior to the programme’s start date.

PLACEMENT: Places cannot be confirmed unless a completed registration form and full payment have been received.