Coronado Surf Academy (CSA) plans to offer free surf lessons to local students during the upcoming school year through a new partnership with the Coronado Unified School District (CUSD).<\/p>\n
CSA Owner Ryan Wamhoff said his surf instructor business offers a range of programming on South Beach in Coronado. \u201cSince I\u2019ve taken over, we do private lessons, we do corporate lessons, we do group lessons,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe also run kids camps during the summertime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wamhoff said the academy is currently running multiple sessions for young surfers. \u201cWe have six camps already set up all throughout the summer,\u201d he said, noting that all the camps are done through the Recreation Department.<\/p>\n
Beyond CSA\u2019s regular yearly lessons and events, Wamhoff has outlined a new initiative which will offer free surf lessons during the school year once a month for all\u00a0 CUSD students. He emphasized that the opportunity will benefit students of all ages and ability levels, from those just learning to surf to those working to perfect their form.<\/p>\n
To make the free program accessible to different age groups, Wamhoff plans to rotate age groups each month. \u201cOne month we\u2019ll do only elementary school. One month we\u2019ll only do middle school. One month we\u2019ll only do high school,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be completely free, and I\u2019m going to offer all my instructors, all my boards, all my wetsuits, and everything like that.\u201d This program will run once a month for the entire 2026-2027 school year.<\/p>\n
For Wamhoff, the motivation is rooted in his connection to Coronado\u2019s coastline and his own experience growing up in the water. \u201cI feel like we live in a community where we have such a beautiful beach,\u201d he told me. \u201cHowever, not every kid that lives in this town takes advantage of that\u2026 I think the students here should learn how to be in the water, not just surfing but also water safety and to learn the benefits of this beautiful ocean that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said his own childhood in Coronado inspired the idea. \u201cI had such a great upbringing of learning how to surf here, and I want to bestow that upon every other kid here, free of charge,\u201d Wamhoff said.<\/p>\n
Surfing, he added, offers personal benefits beyond just a physical activity. Learning to surf at a young age in Coronado gave him \u201ca lot of peace within myself. A lot of peace of mind, a lot of positive mental health came in with that,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a really good thing that kids need to have.\u201d<\/p>\n
The free monthly lessons will be offered in partnership with the Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) and will be listed through its channels. \u201cEverything\u2019s going to be done through Coronado Unified School District, and everything will be available on their website,\u201d Wamhoff explained.<\/p>\n
Wamhoff worked for several years within CUSD\u2019s Special Education Department. When he brought the idea of free surf lessons to the District, the response was overwhelmingly positive.\u00a0\u201cI brought this to them, and they were very supportive and gave me a complete green light to put it on their website so that all parents of Coronado Unified School District students can utilize this if they want to.\u201d<\/p>\n
The structure of the free lessons will mirror the academy\u2019s existing surf camps. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be no different from the camps than the guests that we already have,\u201d Wamhoff explained. \u201cWe will cap it out at 18 kids at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Wamhoff said the program is about giving back to the community where he learned to surf. \u201cI learned how to surf in this town, and I want to give just that back, free of charge,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For more information on CSA as well as free lessons for CUSD students, please visit CSA\u2019s website at https:\/\/coronadosurfing.com\/<\/a> or visit the District\u2019s website at https:\/\/coronadousd.net\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n VOL. 116, NO. 28 – July 15, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coronado Surf Academy (CSA) plans to offer free surf lessons to local students during the upcoming school year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3810,114659,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-405840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-coronado_home_and_business","tag-coronado_sports","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}