Our Location

The local’s favourite – Spit Beach

Get Wet Surf School’s headquarters are located at The Gold Coast local’s favorite beach – The Spit!

Our purpose-built, tropical themed oasis is located right behind the iconic Seaway Café. Right near the entrance to the famous Seaway Sand pumping Jetty. When you enter our gates, you will be instantly greeted with a warm welcome and feel as though you have stepped into a tropical island getaway complete with palm trees and good vibes. You’ll be encouraged to relax and get in the island mood so you can enjoy your entire iconic surfing experience, just like a Gold Coast local!

We have a bunch of facilities for our customers, including:

Private change rooms
Fresh showers
Safe storage for your belongings
Toilets (Open to the public)
Feeling peckish after your lesson? Food is only a walk away, to Seaway Café!

The Spit, Surfers Paradise

Where is the best “learn to surf beach” on the Gold Coast? The local’s favourite, Spit Beach. Get Wet Surf School has been licensed to operate since 2005 at the Gold Coast’s favourite local learn to surf beach, The Spit.

Voted by Tourism Australia in 2021 as the third best beach in Australia, The Spit is one of the most highly regarded locations on the Gold Coast, referred to as the Gold Coast’s “Central Park”. Locals are so passionate about this area they have been fighting off developers for decades and in 2019 Get Wet Surf School’s owner Kerri worked with the Queensland Government Spit Master Plan committee to ensure that no development would be allowed beyond Sea World.

A Locals’ Surfing Paradise

The Spit is the gateway to the Gold Coast’s spectacular waterways, with over 450 species of marine life in the Seaway, most divers consider it the best shore dive in Australia. The Spit has approximately 30ha of parkland for picnics and Federation Walk Coastal Reserve offers over 93ha of beautiful coastal bush walking tracks. The Marine Stadium is a still water safe haven for boaties and a perfect place to try Stand Up Paddle Boarding or Kayaking.

But the jewel in the crown of The Spit is its magnificent beach, only an 8 minute drive from the heart of the bustling city of Surfers Paradise, The Spit Beach is the true locals surfing paradise. No crowds, no high-rises shadowing the beach, no traffic and loads of free parking.

The Spit Beach is where you will find local mums and dads surfing with their children as it’s the safest place to learn how to surf.

Perfect Waves

With strong northerly sweeps along the open beaches of the tourist strip, sand is pushed along the beach and due to the manmade rock wall of the Seaway, the sand that is not pumped up from the Jetty and released on the other side of the Seaway gathers to form perfect sand banks. Big green waves break beyond these sand banks and roll softly to the shore in waist deep water, this makes learning to surf at the Spit Beach consistently easier than the open beaches with strong currents and shore dumps, safe even for those who are not strong swimmers.

The beach between the rock wall and the Sand Pumping Jetty is the Gold Coast’s only non-bathing reserve, this means that there are no crowds swimming in the waves so we have loads of beach to pick the perfect spot for each lesson. For swimmers, the bathing area is just south of the Jetty.

Finding Us

The Spit has brand new toilets/changing rooms, fresh showers and The Spit is the home of the iconic Seaway Cafe where you can try their famous crab sandwiches, barista coffee, home-style burgers and the best chips on the Gold Coast.

Our head office, The Surf Shack, is located behind the Seaway Cafe in Doug Jennings Park, Seaworld Drive, Main Beach.
To find us, just walk down the right hand side, between the cafe and the amenities block and come in the back gate. Our office is usually attended from 7.30am to 3.30pm 7 days a week.

Get Wet Surf - The Spit

The Surf Shack, is located behind the Seaway Cafe in Doug Jennings Park, Seaworld Drive, Main Beach.

What do our Customers Think?

634 Reviews | #1 of 57 on the Gold Coast, Australia

I had such a good time. This was my first time trying to surf and the instructor was very helpful and knowledgeable. It was a lot of fun and i look forward to coming back!

Ellanne

Toronto, CN

Had an absolute blast with Get Wet! Had never been on a board before, and they built me up with so much confidence, I didn't want to get off! Great atmosphere, friendly staff!

Ella

Brisbane, AU