The Bjørn Dunkerbeck Surf and Windsurf School, or short BD SURF School, has its main location at the beach front of Playa del Inglés, in the Atlantic Beach Club Shopping Centre above the BD Surf Shop.

Whether it is surf, windsurf, stand-up paddle , body boarding or anything else to do with a board in the water,  you want to learn from the best of the best. And they are here. The multiple windsurfing world-champion, Bjørn Dunkerbeck oversees everything personally, so that only the very best tutors become part of his school’s instructor team.

Surf Courses for All Levels

Beginners, Intermediates and Advanced: If you are a total beginner, they will teach you from scratch. In that case it is best to book at least a 3 day course, which will teach you how to stand up on a surfboard and give you enough confidence to take the small waves in Playa del Inglés. Intermediates can learn more tricks from the professional teachers or the advanced can book a couple of hours refresher course and rent all the necessary surf gear for any number of days.

The school picks you up and brings you back to your hotel if needed. And they take you to the best waves on Gran Canaria, which also are in  accord with your skill level.

Windsurfing Courses

The Windsurfing courses are held at the Dunkerbeck Windsurf Center in Playa del Águila about a 10 minutes drive from Playa del Inglés. The windsurfing instructors will fit you with the right board and sail, as well as a wet suit, and teach to you in detail how to stand on the board, and steer the sail in the wind.

Stand-Up Paddle Boarding

The same as with surfing and windsurfing, you will learn how to become confident enough at the sport to actually enjoy stand-up paddle boarding with an day or two. Of course, if you are already proficient at that popular water sport you can also just simply rent your equipment at the school for any number of hours or days.

Surf Camps for Kids & Adults

The surf school offers regular special week-long surf camps for kids and adults during the Christmas, Easter and summer school holidays. During the summer, children can participate for a whole month or even a full two months, in the surf camps. Single day courses are also available.

Young newbie surfers learn step by step, the proven techniques from the surf school instructors, standing up on the board, understanding the signs of the swell and the right timing. Group classes begin usually at 10h and last until 15h. The participants are provided with a surf suit, the right size board and group training with experienced surf instructors.

Private Lessons

Of course, you can also book private or semi private lessons in super small groups. Private lessons will of course speed up your learning tremendously. Whichever the case, first and foremost, the BD Surf School team wants you to have fun!

What People Say

Dunkerbeck Surf School

4.8

Based on 140 reviews

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harry renken

14:56 19 Aug 23

We had a great time learning to surf!Carlos and Nestor are realy good instructors! We also had a very nice relaxed group of surfers today.(great vibes 😀)Definitely recomend to go here for surf lessons.I will surely come back the next time around!

Benjamin H.

08:28 14 Jul 23

Great experience. The instructor called Nestor was really nice and tried its best to show me and my daughter how to do a proper surfing. We enjoyed it very much and I want to highly recommend this school for surfing. Will definitely take extra lessons when I get back to Grand Canaria

Duncan Hamilton

19:46 25 Jun 23

I had a great experience learning to surf with Lorca; I went from not knowing anything at all, to riding the waves within 2hours! Highly recommended.The staff are all very friendly & accomodating; they also send complementary photos of you surfing.Lorca gave great instructions, was very observant & gave good feedback to help me improve & figure out how to read the waves & to better balance.

Erica Axelsson

14:45 22 Jun 23

Booked three days of surfing for my 9 yr old son and he loved it! What a great experience! He gives instructor Flo 5 stars!

Luca Meloni

22:28 22 Mar 23

I spent 3 days at Dunkerbeck Surf School during Christmas, it was a wonderfull experience! Gorka and Floro were great teachers, i was able to take some waves alone last day.Highly recommended for anyone that want to try surfing in Maspalomas!

Dik Paul

10:03 14 Feb 23

Very nice two day course (book two single days) as a first time surfer. On day one I was already standing and riding (little) waves. Good communications, punctual and good instructions. Very special thank you to Nestor 🤙🏼

Natalya Hartmann

12:58 03 Feb 23

We had a great experience! Signed up our 14 year old for 3 days of windsurfing, but after one day he wanted to do [wave] surfing instead. Everyone was very accommodating and just switched him to surfing without further payments. He had a great time surfing with Floro, but all other people at this school are really nice and fun as well. Also, they make videos of everyone surfing and analyze the videos together afterward, which is very helpful in getting better. Strongly recommend!

Christian Kogel

14:02 21 Dec 22

I booked my 1 day lesson in the Shop, paying by debit/ or credit card and cash of course is possible.As the Conditions in the usual Spot where not good i got a message the day before that the course will happen right outside the Shop. The teacher managed to get me on that Board, at least a few Times which i did not really expect before starting. All in all a great expierence and totally recommended.

Jeff Shirley

16:40 20 Dec 22

I spent two days doing some windsurfing with Pedro, Carlos, and Roberto at Dunkerbeck School, near St Agustine. The gear was great, the experience was great, they had everything. I just showed up and enjoyed! They even picked me up from my hotel, so I did not need to rent a car. As a 30+ year windsurfer I can state they are trustworthy, professional, skilled, and have a full range of equipment from beginner to advanced. I will go again and look forward to learning a few more tricks from Roberto, maybe improve my waterstarts. P.S. Make sure you bring a few extra Euros for the awesome hats. Can't go home without one.

Pasquale Rizzello

13:55 27 Nov 22

Super experience at a good price! With Floro everyone can surf at the first lesson. Great teacher!

Darija Winsel

18:36 17 Nov 22

Great school for surfing. Me and my friend had an amazing coach (Flo), who was very kind and patient with us since we were beginners. 10/10 I strongly recommend!

Marco Spolaore

16:09 06 Nov 22

The best choice in Gran Canaria. The team is just awesome! Carlos: super friendly, a great businessman and a great motivator both in and out the water. Anet: super sweet, kind and patient. Without her, the first lesson would have been drama! Floro: profetional, precise and the best instructor in the island.Thanks to them we have discoverd a new passion and they have positively contribuited to the time we spent there during our holiday. Thank you awfully! Marco & Monica 🙂

jan jan

09:23 27 Oct 22

Hi. Great surfing school ! Carlos and Floro are amazing.I was begeiner before lessons but after 3 lessons with Floro i made huge steps in surfing.Floro is total in surfer with huge exeperience and great influance skils.Spot where we surf (faro) was amazing.Waves where beautiful, big and regularJust look at me on photo 3 lessons and i do „floater”!One day in pipeline !Pawel

Burkhard Siegfried

18:21 21 Apr 22

Very engaged,friendly,caring boss+teachersGood humored people.Good to learn because groups are small!

Mette

12:55 19 Apr 22

The best surf School in Gran Canaria in my opinion for both beginner and intermediate surfers. Floro is one of the best surf teachers I have had and helps you develop your surfing technique as an intermediate surfer. He wants you to improve and puts a lot of effort into you learning and getting better. He teaches local teams as well and is a great surfer. Carlos is super kind and helpful with the practical things and easy to get in contact with. The boards are of good quality.Overall I’m very satisfied and I think the prices are really fair. I can warmly recommend after surfing with this company for 5 weeks 👍🏼

Stephan Fischer

12:49 26 Mar 22

Very good school! The contact on the phone is friendly. Speaks english, Spanish and german. The teachers are experienced, look after you and give good instructions. Thanks for everything.

La gioia di vivere

11:34 17 Mar 22

I have not visited the Sessions, but I would like to thank Carlos: when my two year old baby kissed the steps in front of the surf school he reacted immediately and ran towards the first aid. He stayed there until the ambulance came and was of great support. When he saw us the next day he was happy to see that she is ok 👌. Thanks again! 🙂

jason shackel

15:17 18 Feb 22

Excellent experience, both of the coaches got two first timers myself and my sister basically surfing within an hour or so. If your new or fairly experienced it is well worth a try! Muchas Gracias 🙂

Ewa

20:42 10 Feb 22

I took a 1-day group surf class but I was the only one who enrolled this day, so I had a private lesson with two great teachers Patricia and Flo. I liked their attitude, I felt very safe and taken-care-of all the time and made a nice progress.

Peter Barjak

03:43 28 Jan 22

Really nice bunch of guys working in the surf school. Patricia and Flo are cool and friendly instructors, Carmen and Carlos in the shop will make you feel welcome right off. Looking forward to meet them again 🤙🏄🏼‍♂️🌞

Sietske te Gronde

13:36 14 Jan 22

Really nice lesson given by instructor Flo. I learned a lot and hope to come back one day! Thanks a lot!

Bas van Waas

16:18 02 Dec 21

The first day Flo (Florence) gave me a lesson, he took the time and his English is really good. He did a good warming up, he did this on a fun way!Day two Patricia was my teacher, unfortunately the waves weren’t that perfect in comparing to day one. She’s still learning I noticed, but that’s ok - Flo gave me a lot to work on and he was there to support.Tomorrow is my last day, Flo is taking me to the spot where we can surf the high waves. I’m looking forward to it, he’s a great teacher and a cool person!I’ve learned a lot these lessons, in comparing to my previous surfing lessons. I was able to ride the waves on day one, so there was much progress.I would recommand this surf school to everyone!

Oxana Edel

22:08 10 Sep 21

If you think to start your surfing experience with this school or not!?? - Don’t even think! It will be your best choice. My daughter is lazy, but talented and Bjorn, Carlos, Anna and Floro have taken the best out of her and all I can say is that they are the best.

Jeanine Schroevers

09:43 20 Feb 20

This surfschool is top of the bill! Good (choice of) material, good choice of location so that we had perfect waves to learn surfing, good explanation and feedback, enthousiastic teacher. Absolutely the place to be if you want to learn or improve your surfingskills! We’ll be back!

Gyorgy Kosa

17:08 16 Nov 19

This was the first time I tried surfing and it is certainly a great place to get going. The instructor was great, knowledgeable and knew how to motivate. Just like with many things, it takes two to come up with something great. I would certainly recommend it, good value for money and great place to start and there is a very safe spot on the beach where the waves are not too strong. Thanks Flo for your help.

Dario Gomez

16:36 23 Oct 19

Very nice experience! They pick we up at our hotel and then we went to the best possible spot in the zone taking into the proper conditions for surfing that day. The instructor, who has lot of experience in the profesional world of this sport, was amazing and very implicated, always helping us to do it as good as possible. In summary, if you visit Maspalomas area, practising surf with SURFBD is a must!

Igor M

08:21 21 Aug 19

I like it. Best prices are here

Rebecca Esteves Obiang

08:14 22 Jul 19

A very good surf school one of the best because u make friends and have a good friendship with the instructors

Susanna Esteves Obiang

08:10 22 Jul 19

I had a really good experience and the moneters were really good

Judith Schjorring

01:00 14 Apr 18

My kids love it!Our boys 10 and 14 years went on a summer 2 week summer course in July 2016. And they loved it. The oldest boy has had such a great time, that nowadays surfing has become his favourite past-time. The teachers are very skilled, friendly and professional. The school has a great selection of equipment for all ages and sizes. And if there are no waves on one spot they take you do a different spot, where there is better surf. We can only recommend it.

Judith Schjorring

15:58 09 Mar 17

My kids love it!Our boys 10 and 14 years went on a summer 2 week summer course in July 2016. And they loved it. The oldest boy has had such a great time, that nowadays surfing has become his favourite past-time. The teachers are very skilled, friendly and professional. The school has a great selection of equipment for all ages and sizes. And if there are no waves on one spot they take you do a different spot, where there is better surf. We can only recommend it.

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