Sports and Outdoor Education

Outdoor Eduction Surfing Trips

On Monday 18th November, Mr Graham’s Year 10 Outdoor Ed. class ventured down to Eastern Cape Conran for a session of surfing with our instructors, Phil and Sophie from “Phil’s Surf Shack”.

After all the wind we’ve had lately we were concerned that conditions might not be very good, however, the forecast turned out to be great and accurate! Mid-twenties and an offshore breeze! Perfect!

Prior to the trip the students had to all successfully complete a swimming assessment for safety reasons and learn about coastal environments, including safety in the surf. Phil and Sophie reinforced this on the morning with more safety and “reading the surf conditions” lessons on the beach before we entered the water.

Some of the nine students had already had one surf lesson at Waratah Bay earlier in the term and this stood them in good stead as all students had at least some level of success with standing up on the boards on the day. There were a few students who found the cold water a bit hard to tolerate after an hour but remaining students soldiered on until the end of the two hour session and took full advantage of the near perfect conditions. Well done to all the students on their achievements but especially to the girls and one boy who surfed for the full two hours!

The entire day was a great success with the students representing BSC positively! Well done.