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SurfBooking · The surf ecosystem

One ocean. Every side of surf.

From finding your next wave to booking lessons, tracking your progression and running a surf school, SurfBooking connects the people, places and tools that make surfing happen.

For surfers For schools For instructors

Ericeira

Selected for Web Summit
A student laughing, lying on a foam board in the whitewater.

See the sea at each beach before you book.

At each beach, the schools that teach there.Verified schools only.

The right sea for your level.We tell you, beach by beach and hour by hour, whether it works for you.

For learners

See the sea before you pay.

See the beach, the school, the instructor and that day's sea before you pay. Book without creating an account.

Book a lesson See the beaches

161beaches with an hour-by-hour forecast

35zones in Portugal, Spain, Italy and South Africa

Portugal 132 beaches, 27 zones · Spain 7 beaches, 2 zones · Italy 9 beaches, 2 zones · South Africa 13 beaches, 4 zones

Real app screen: the intro, as a mosaic Real app screen: the zones, with distance and schools Real screen: map of the coast with the beaches Real app screen: “Pick the lesson. Take your code.” Real app screen: the 7-day forecast for Matadouro

The app · iPhone and Android

Pick the zone.

Each zone with its distance from you and the schools that teach there.

The app · iPhone and Android

Every beach, on the map.

Portugal, Spain and Italy, beach by beach.

The app · iPhone and Android

Your lessons in one place.

Upcoming and past. Book without creating an account. Card or MB Way. Free cancellation up to 4 days before.

The app · iPhone and Android

Forecast for your beach

7-day forecast: not generic, it's for your beach.

Download the app

In the sea, an instructor next to a student paddling on her board.
The real SurfBooking OS desktop, signed in: the day, lessons at risk, the sea forecast, check-in, Kai and the dock

For those who teach

The whole school, on a screen that reads the sea.

Calendar, bookings, team, gear and channels in an operating system that reads the sea at your beach. €0 a month.

Register my school See SurfBooking OS

SurfBooking OS

On the other side of the booking, the school already has everything on screen.

Your beach's forecast, the warning before the sea changes, the Kai assistant and check-in, on the same desktop.

48tools in the school's OS

0 €a month for SurfBooking OS

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For those who give the lesson

Your CV goes with you.

A verified profile with your certifications, languages and levels, that goes with you from school to school. Reviews stay with each school.

Create my profile For instructors

22 schools registered.Verified schools.

Portugal20 schools

Ericeira5Costa da Caparica2Nazaré2Sintra2Aljezur1Aveiro1Cascais1Faro / Vilamoura1Lagos1Lourinhã1Peniche1Portimão / Alvor1Porto / Matosinhos/ Gaia1

Spain2 schools

Fuerteventura1Tenerife1
A student practising the pop-up on a red board at the water's edge, laughing.
Two friends in wetsuits, boards on their heads, laughing at each other.

We only charge when the student comes from us.

Every booking says where it came from, and the origin decides the commission.

0%
Your channelThe customer was already yours. They came from your site, your counter, your Instagram. We charge nothing for them.
20%
SurfBooking marketplaceThe customer came from us. They found you on SurfBooking. Only here is there a commission: it comes out of the booking, when the student pays.

€0 a month for SurfBooking OS.

On your channel you only pay the payment processor's fee, which isn't ours.

Register my school See pricing

At the end of the day, a surfer with her board under her arm, looking at the sea.

Tomorrow's sea is already in the forecast. All that's missing is your lesson.

Selected for Web Summit Lisbon, 9 to 12 November
Book a lesson Register my school

Real messages, sent through the app

«Great app experience!»

«Great app!»

Anonymous studentSent through the app ·

Packs with level progression

Buy a lesson pack and follow your progress lesson by lesson, from beginner to advanced, with a progress icon for every level you reach.

Group booking: everyone pays their share

Book for your friends. Each person gets a QR code, pays their share and checks in individually.

ChatGPTClaude

Use SurfBooking in ChatGPT and Claude

Surfers look up lessons and the sea, schools see their day and instructors the lessons they teach. Nothing is paid or changed without you.

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More about SurfBooking

For schools, surfers and instructors

For schools

Your school's software should know the sea.

Calendar, bookings, channels and the sea in one working day.

For surfers

The right lesson for your level and for that day's sea.

See beach, school, instructor and what's included before you pay.

For instructors

Your professional record stays with you.

Certifications, experience and history in one verified profile.

For schools

Your school’s operating system. €0 a month.

You only pay when we bring the student. 20% marketplace, 0% elsewhere.

For surfers

Every lesson moves your Surf Passport forward.

Your progress follows you across beaches and schools.

For instructors

Schools find you when they need an extra pair of hands.

Show you take extra work and get invites in a single profile.

Each profile sees what matters to them.

The lesson the student books is the same one the school has on its calendar. There are no two lists to reconcile.

Beach marketplace + Passport

Pick the beach and the time, and book with a school that teaches there.

You pick the wave first, then see the schools that teach right there. Every lesson stamps your Passport: take-off, first wave, cutback. You grow from beginner to advanced across schools, on any beach.

SurfBooking OS · built-in Channel Manager

SurfBooking OS brings lessons, team, payments and channels into one panel, with no monthly fee.

One single panel. Lessons, waivers, payments, accounting, built-in iCal Channel Manager (Airbnb · Booking · Google Cal · Outlook), instructor marketplace, stock, forecast. The pieces talk to each other: the forecast knows about the lessons, and the lessons know about the gear.

Own portal + CV on SurfBooking

A verified CV that is yours and travels with you from school to school.

You see only your lessons, calendar and students. Your CV lives here, verified by the SurfBooking team, shareable on LinkedIn/WhatsApp. Schools invite you in one click. Your record stays with you when you change schools.

App to ocean in 3 steps.

Book without signing up.

Search and find

Type "lesson today Ericeira" or "beginner Cascais morning": the app finds the right lessons for you.

Book in 3 taps

Card or MB Way. Email confirmation as soon as the payment goes through, with MB Way, once you approve it in the app. Free cancellation up to 4 days before.

Get in the water

Show your QR to the instructor. QR check-in, no paper.

The right wave, at the right moment.

Verified schools, ocean conditions kept fresh all day and all your bookings in one place. Free for surfers.

Discover by zone

Beaches from north to south of Portugal on an interactive map. Filter by level, date and distance.

Forecast for your beach

Wave height calibrated by swell exposure, ideal direction and local notes: it's not generic, it's your beach.

Packs with level progression

Buy a lesson pack and follow your progress lesson by lesson, from beginner to advanced, with a progress icon for every level you reach.

Group booking: everyone pays their share

Book for your friends. Each person gets a QR code, pays their share and checks in individually.

Your school full. Zero headaches.

You only pay commission when the student comes from us. SurfBooking OS with no monthly fee, Channel Manager at no cost: all you need is lessons on sale with us. Full management of lessons, team, bookings and payments, all on your phone. The paperwork stays with us; the customers stay yours.

Schedules in seconds

Create one-off or recurring lessons weeks ahead. Assign instructors, set places and duplicate weeks with one tap.

The whole team connected

Invite instructors with a secure code. Each one sees only their own lessons, no access to anyone else's data.

Money straight into your account

Every booking made on SurfBooking is paid online: the money lands automatically in your bank account. No receipts, no admin.

Revenue always in view

Revenue by week, month or season. Occupancy per lesson, cancellation rate, team performance. Export to CSV.

Groups bring more students

Group bookings with split payment: each person pays their share and gets their own QR code. More students, less work.

4 phases. OS 2.0 is live.

From the first day on the sand to OS 2.0: what we've built, milestone by milestone, and what comes next. No vague promises: just the work.

What's new

The school's desktop got faster, clearer and more its own. Everything it already did, in fewer clicks.

App + site in production. Legal payments. Forecast per spot. Management of lessons, team and gear. Instructor marketplace. Payments live internationally.

The school stops jumping between tools. Calendar, students, team, gear, waivers, money and channels in one place, with Kai answering from the inside and voice booking lessons without a keyboard. It syncs with Airbnb, Booking, Google and Outlook without leaving.

The operating system grows and reaches the beach. OS 2.0 with an app bar, widgets and The Day; Kai by voice; the school's screen and the partners who bring students. On the surfer's side, SurfTrack and booking on WhatsApp.

Where we're heading. Critical mass in the instructor marketplace: enough demand for work to come to the instructor, without knocking on doors. Passport for surfers: every student with their experience documented in stamps and photos from each school and zone. SurfBooking's CM as the central hub of school operations. Plenty of supply and loyal students. SurfBooking operates wherever there are waves: 1 constitution per country.

  • Desktop and app bar
  • Widgets you see first
  • Your school's look
  • The Day
  • Lessons at risk
  • Drop and paste
  • Control Centre

What's live, and what comes next

  • Desktop and app bar Tools open in windows; the app bar previews a window before you open it.
  • Widgets you see first Preview every widget before adding it, and it settles into the free spot.
  • Your school's look Glass, accent colour and corners to measure, with the school's cover and logo.
  • The Day The lesson day on one ruler, with the sea hour by hour, scored by level.
  • Lessons at risk The week's sea by level, and the two best days to book.
  • Drop and paste Drop a file or paste a customer's request: the OS suggests where it goes.
  • Control Centre Today's alerts stay put: a failed payment no longer vanishes.
  • Kai, the assistant By voice or text: creates lessons, reschedules and tells you how the day looks.
  • Beach-by-beach forecast Swell, wind and tide computed per beach, with a score for each level.
  • Channel Manager Airbnb, Booking, Google and Outlook in sync, recurring series included.
  • Direct channel The school's own link: it sells on its own site and gets paid directly.
  • International payments Schools get paid legally, in their own country and into their own account.
  • Till and rentals Counter sales with a contract and a receipt in the school's name.
  • Waivers signed on the phone Digital signature, with a guardian when the student is a minor.
  • Storeroom and gear Stock with QR codes, computed sizes and what's missing for tomorrow.
  • Check-in and Beach mode The student shows the code; the instructor closes the lesson on the sand.
  • Booking TV The school's screen, with upcoming lessons and the sea, like a channel.
  • School wall Post from the OS and the school's followers see it in the app.
  • Partner programme Hotels and bars send students, with a poster, a QR code and their own portal.
  • Instructor marketplace A portable CV: instructors work at several schools without redoing paperwork.
  • Partner API and MCP Hotels, agencies and apps connect to the school's lessons.
  • Surfer app iOS and Android: find the beach, book the lesson and check the sea.
  • SurfTrack Free surf logged: every wave on the map, with its speed.
  • Book on WhatsApp Surfers ask about the sea and book without installing anything.
  • Postpone by conditions Big surf, wind or rain? The school decides to postpone; students are told and rebook.
  • School-to-student invoice Issued from the OS, in the school's name.
  • The school's WhatsApp assistant Answers students with what the school taught it, on the school's own number.
  • A forecast that learns It gets more accurate at every beach, from what is observed in the water.
The operating system of surf already exists.

Not a plan. It runs in real surf schools, every day: calendar, students, gear, money and the sea on one screen.

An operating system, not another tab

The whole day on one screen: who is coming, what gear goes out, what came in, and the sea you are going to get. Kai answers by voice and does the work with you.

  • Calendar and bookings
  • Gear and sizes
  • Money with no surprises
  • Kai, the school agent

The right lesson, in the right sea

Book with schools and see the forecast for that break before you decide. After the lesson the record is yours: what you surfed and how you grew.

  • Book in minutes
  • Forecast per break
  • Progress passport
  • SurfTrack

Your CV is yours, and it travels with you

Certifications, languages and levels in a profile that belongs to you, not to a school. Schools find you, and you choose who you work with.

Three doors, one house. The lesson a school creates is the same one a surfer books and the same one an instructor teaches: one record, one truth, nobody copying anything across.

  • Portable CV
  • Work across schools
  • Today's lessons and students
  • A marketplace both ways

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