Port Fairy Surf School

Port Fairy Surf School describes itself as the region's longest-running accredited surf school. It teaches surfing, stand-up paddleboarding and kayaking at Port Fairy, Warrnambool and Cape Bridgewater, on the western Victorian coast at the end of the Great Ocean Road.

Lessons are for everyone from beginners to experienced surfers, aged 7 to 70. The school runs the Surf Groms program for kids, school and group sessions, paddleboard and snorkelling tours, and hires out surfboards, paddleboards and kayaks.

It emphasises affordable prices and instructors who are local surfers themselves.