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23 October 2026

Who Are You Actually Booking With? Meet The Team | Part One

Here’s the truth about any surf trip: the waves matter, the location matters, but the people matter most. They’re the ones you trust with your holiday, your safety and your confidence in the water. So you deserve to know exactly who they are. When we started Women & Waves, we hit a problem straight away. […]

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30 July 2026

Surf Camp Red Flags: What to Look Out for Before You Book

Booking a surf camp should feel like the easiest decision you make all year. Sunshine, waves, a group of women who’ll become your new best friends by day three. Exciting, not risky. Is the Surf Camp Industry Regulated? Here’s the slightly less glamorous truth though, the surf travel industry has no universal regulator, no official […]

Woman confessing to preist about liking surfing smaller waves Blog

24 June 2026

Confessions of a Small Wave Surfer (And Why I’m Not Ashamed)

Let me tell you something nobody really says out loud in the surf world. Small waves are underrated, underestimated and quite frankly brilliant. There. I said it. For years I thought the whole point of surfing was to work your way up to bigger and bigger waves. That was the goal, right? That was how […]

Women laughing in Newquay before going for a surf Blog

27 May 2026

Women’s Surf Camp UK: What to Expect on Your First Trip

I wrote this because nobody wrote it for me. When I first got into surfing, there was no honest guide to what a first surf trip actually looked and felt like. Just beautiful photos and vague promises. So here’s the version I wish I’d had. What Cornwall is really like. What the waves will actually […]

Female solo surf travel Travel

13 February 2026

Can I Really Go on a Solo Surf Trip as a Woman? Here’s How.

Have you ever wondered: Can I really do a surf trip on my own? Yes. You can. A year after having my third child, at forty years old, I realised it was now or never if I wanted to learn to surf properly. So I booked a solo surf trip – terrified and exhilarated in […]