SURF BEFORE WORK
Local surf coaching by enDosurf… in Muizenberg & the Cape Peninsula
Surfing is not something you have to fit into your holiday. It can be part of your life.
This is why enDosurf… is opening its regular surf coaching to locals and drop-ins who want to make surfing part of their week. From 06:00 to 09:00, before the working day begins, we meet at The ADMIRALS RESIDENCE, check the conditions and walk together down to the beach.
Not because the schedule says so. Because the ocean says so.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF SURF LESSON
Since 1999, enDosurf… has developed an individual coaching approach based on individual attention, reading conditions, spot selection, progression and feedback.
The principle is simple: we look at the conditions, the people in the group and what each surfer actually needs.
The objective is not simply to get you standing on a board.
It is to help you become a more independent surfer – someone who gradually learns to read the ocean, understand the conditions and make better decisions for themselves.
This is the coaching system enDosurf… has developed since its beginning in Morocco in 1999, and which founding member Gerrit Handl brought to South Africa to refine further.
WHAT DOES A MORNING SESSION LOOK LIKE?
MUIZENBERG
06:00–09:00
We meet at The ADMIRALS RESIDENCE and walk to the beach together. The three-hour session includes getting to the beach, preparing, coaching and returning to the Residence. That gives us approximately two hours in the water, depending on conditions and the group.
The focus is not on watching the clock. It is on making the morning count and figuring out how to get your surfing to the next level.
optional add on is breakfast once back at ADMIRALS RESIDENCE
LONG BEACH
06:00–09:00
For our Long Beach sessions, transport is included. The journey allows us to access a different part of the Cape’s surf environment, with approximately 90 minutes of surfing, depending on conditions.
Long Beach is a more advanced wave – the location is chosen for the surfers in the group that understand surf etiquette and can negotiate priority within a lineup that can get challenging.
optional add on is breakfast once back at ADMIRALS RESIDENCE
Want to keep the morning going?
BREAKFAST AT THE ADMIRALS RESIDENCE
After your surf, you can join us back at The ADMIRALS RESIDENCE for breakfast.
Come straight from the ocean, put the board away and sit down with the group for a proper breakfast before heading into the rest of your day.
Breakfast is available as an optional add-on at an additional charge.
It is another part of what makes the local programme different.
Surf. Breakfast. Conversation. Then work.
THE COACH: WIDI
SURFING AS A PATHWAY TO LEADERSHIP
The sessions are coached by Widi, who has been part of the Muizenberg surf community for a long time.
Widi is applying the individual coaching system developed by enDosurf… bringing the experience and methodology into the everyday local surf environment.But this is also about creating a professional opportunity. Widi has spent years learning from the ocean and from teaching people to surf.
Now he is being given the opportunity to take that experience further – developing not only as a surfer and coach, but as someone who can take responsibility for other people and eventually become a leader.
That means learning how to teach. How to communicate. How to understand different people. How to manage a group. How to deal with difficult situations. How to take responsibility. And ultimately, how to lead.
enDosurf… is not only creating better surfers. We are creating opportunities for people to become leaders.
The coaching system is also a development system. People like Widi are given a real opportunity to develop professional skills through coaching, working with people and taking increasing responsibility. The ocean provides the foundation. Coaching adds another layer: understanding people, communicating clearly, managing groups and taking responsibility for their experience and safety. These are transferable skills.
Skills that can become leadership. Going surfing with Widi will challenge him as a coach as you’re progressing to new levels in your surfing. Our programme will guide him to adapt and experiment further as you advance from where you are now to where you want to be. And as you grow together as a group we can further grow his curiosity to upgrade his skills.
LOCAL SURF PASS
10 SURF SESSIONS
· 3 MONTH VALIDITY – R5,500*
That’s R550* per session.
If you want surfing to become part of your week, you don’t have to book every session individually.
The Local Surf Pass can be used across the regular weekday programme, according to availability and conditions.
Muizenberg
Monday · Wednesday · Friday
Long Beach
Tuesday · Thursday
Transport included
The location may change when conditions call for it.
The idea is simple:
Don’t just take another surf lesson.
Build a surfing practice.
DROP-IN & DAY TRIP RATES
MUIZENBERG · WALK TO BEACH
– R650* per session
06:00–09:00
Approximately 2 hours surfing
Board, wetsuit & coaching included
LONG BEACH · TRANSPORT INCLUDED
– R850* per session
06:00–09:00
Approximately 90 minutes surfing
Transport, board, wetsuit & coaching included
CAPE PENINSULA DAY TRIP · LUNCH INCLUDED
– R1,350* per person
10:00–18:00
Surf according to conditions
Transport, coaching, equipment & lunch included
*anyone is welcome to join although this special is reserved for South African residents only all other nationals please contact for pricing on this offer.
THE LOCAL WEEK
MONDAY
06:00–09:00 — *Muizenberg
TUESDAY
06:00–09:00 — *Long Beach
Transport included
WEDNESDAY
06:00–09:00 — *Muizenberg
THURSDAY
06:00–09:00 — *Long Beach
Transport included
FRIDAY
06:00–09:00 — *Muizenberg
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
*Muizenberg
06:00–09:00
11:00–14:00
or Day Trip
10:00–18:00
*All programmes and locations depend on live conditions, make sure to check in the evening before to secure your slot and where we’re heading.
ROOTED IN CAPE TOWN’S SURF CULTURE
South Africa and Cape Town is an extraordinary place to surf. The Peninsula offers an enormous variety of conditions within a relatively small area. Wind, swell, tide, exposure and crowds all change what makes a particular beach the right place to surf on any given day.
Muizenberg is our home base. But it is not always the answer. Depending on swell, wind, tide and ability, we may surf Muizenberg, head to Long Beach or turn a weekend session into a day trip.
That is part of Cape Town surf culture: knowing the ocean, knowing the coast and knowing when and where to move.
Our aim is therefore not simply to teach people how to surf. It is to help them understand why they are surfing where they are surfing.
YOUR PARTICIPATION MATTERS
This is why the local surf programme is about more than buying a surf lesson. When you surf with enDosurf…, you are also participating in a system that creates opportunity.
Your booking helps provide the work, experience and environment in which local coaches can develop their skills and take on greater responsibility. You are not simply paying someone to teach you to surf. You are helping create the conditions for someone else to grow. And that is particularly important in South Africa.
A strong society is built not only through formal education or large institutions. It is also built through opportunity, responsibility, mentorship and people being given the chance to become something more than they were yesterday.
The ambition is therefore to create a pathway: participant → surfer → coach → leader
Someone gets the opportunity to learn. Then the opportunity to teach. Then the opportunity to take responsibility for others. And eventually, the opportunity to create opportunities for someone else.
One person gets a chance. That person develops. That development creates another chance.
FROM THE OCEAN INTO LIFE
The surf programme connects directly to the wider philosophy of The ADMIRALS RESIDENCE. The Residence creates an environment in which people can develop through surfing, art, food, hospitality, entrepreneurship and the Artist Mindset — not simply acquiring knowledge, but learning to take responsibility and eventually create something of their own.
For enDosurf…, surfing is the starting point. The ocean provides the classroom. Coaching develops the person.
Responsibility develops the leader. Opportunity makes change possible.
And that means that when you join us for a morning surf, you are not only investing in your own progression.You are helping give someone else the opportunity to progress too.
SURF BEFORE WORK
06:00. The ADMIRALS RESIDENCE.
Meet the group.
Check the conditions.
Walk to the beach.
Get in the water.
Learn.
Surf.
Breakfast if you want.
Be at work by 09:00.
You don’t need to be on holiday to surf.
You just need to make surfing part of your life.
This is Cape Town.
This is enDosurf…
2 Comments
Sessions with Widi are always the best! It is always fun to surf with this local legend. I always feel safe when he is around and he gives off this positive energy. From the first time in the water with him it was like surfing with a friend. Hope to share some waves with him in the future!
Amazing Coaching!
Widi has a great eye for what you can improve and gives clear, practical tips that you can apply directly in the water. He’s super relaxed, motivating, and knows the spots and conditions around Cape Town really well. Had an awesome time highly recommended!