Learn to Surf Newcastle with Miles Niddrie

Learn to Surf Newcastle was founded in 2004 as Redhead Mobile Surf School and renamed Learn to Surf Newcastle in 2012. It is owned by Miles Niddrie and operates as a mobile surf school along the coast from Stockton to Catherine Hill Bay, covering the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie regions, with sessions timed to tide and surf conditions. The business is licensed with Surfing Australia. Offerings include group lessons (ages 5+) from A$49, private lessons (ages 4+) from A$150, intermediate-to-advanced coaching, a SurfTeens program for ages 13-19, a Surf Skate program, the NRMA SurfGroms program run through Surfing Australia and Woolworths, and Her Wave, a four-week beginner and intermediate program for women. The school operates year-round, including winter, seven days a week from 8:30am to 5:30pm. It states it was the first in Newcastle to offer lower coach-to-surfer ratios, in 2004, and won an ActiveActivities Most Popular award in 2023.