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Intermediate-Advanced Coaching

Push your progression further

If you have been surfing a while and you feel like your progress has slowed or come to a stop? 

Our intermediate/advanced sessions will give you a push in the right direction. All our sessions are tailor made and focus on your goals.

Just one session will fast track your progression and ultimately set you on the right pathway to gaining higher self-awareness and confidence in the water as well as improving your performance, technique and style.

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What to expect

We will begin with some dry-side surf theory and discussion about what areas you want to work on. This will be followed by 2 hours of expert coaching in the water. we will help you iron out any bad habits and encourage you to push boundaries. We also offer the option of a short video analysis of the areas you want to focus on which will be sent directly to you after your lesson. Video analysis is an invaluable tool to breakdown your surfing and help you see exactly what you need to improve on. Your coach will also give you a list of areas to work on and tips to take away and continue to improve on your surf progression journey.

We will structure our lesson process to suit your way of learning. Everyone is different and we pride ourselves in providing an encouraging and supportive experience, seeking to bring out the best in everyone with a positive and down to earth attitude.

What we can help with

Here’s a few example goals that many people come to us with:

  • Moving to shorter boards
  • Improving your pop up to a smooth swift pop.
  • Catching unbroken waves
  • Trimming left and right
  • Progressing to larger surf
  • Confidence building
  • Wave selection
  • Consistency and Fitness
  • Completing a manoeuvre
  • Improving flow and style

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1-1 Intermediate/Advanced Coaching

Details

Have been surfing a while and you feel like your progress has slowed or come to a stop?

Our 1-1 intermediate/advanced sessions will give you a push in the right direction. All our sessions are tailor made and focus on your goals.

£80pp

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2-1 Intermediate/Advanced Coaching

Details

Have been surfing a while and you feel like your progress has slowed or come to a stop?

Our 2-1 intermediate/advanced sessions will give you a push in the right direction. All our sessions are tailor made and focus on your goals.

£70pp

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Tori

Manager & Head Surf Coach

Known as Secretspot’s “Mother Hen,” Tori truly lives and breathes surfing. With over 20 years of surf experience, 16 years coaching, and 12 years as part of the Secretspot family, she plays a central role in everything we do. Tori manages all activities across the surf school and leads our coaching programme as Head Surf Coach, with a particular passion for junior development and performance surfing.

She created and leads our SuperGroms junior progression programme, helping young surfers build strong foundations and progress with confidence. Tori also delivers our advanced lessons, using video analysis, performance drills, and tailored coaching to support surfers looking to take their skills to the next level. Alongside this, she works as a Surfing England Coach Trainer Assessor, delivering coach courses here at Cayton Bay, and volunteers as a Team England Junior Squad Coach, supporting the next generation of competitive surfers.

You’ll probably recognise Tori from our socials, where she provides daily video surf reports, keeping the local community up to date with conditions and surf forecasts. Away from the water, she’s deeply involved in the local surf scene as the founder and chair of Scarborough Boardriders Club CIC and is often behind the scenes organising local surf contests, events, and socials.

During the busy summer months, Tori can be found at Cayton Bay day in, day out, making sure the surf school runs smoothly. When winter rolls around, she heads off to enjoy some free surfing at favourite destinations such as El Salvador, Bali and Ireland, before returning refreshed and ready for another season.

Paul "Tomo"

Owner

The backbone of our business, Tomo has grown up surfing Scarborough and has dedicated his life to the surf industry in the North East. With deep local knowledge and decades of experience in the water, he represents everything our surf school stands for: authenticity, expertise, and a genuine passion for the coastline we call home.

In 2008, Tomo took over the surf school from Ross and brought it together with Secretspot Surf Shop, established in 1989. As one of the oldest surf shops in the UK—and the largest in the North East—Secretspot has long been at the heart of the local surf community. Combining the two businesses was a natural progression, allowing Tomo to carry forward a shared ethos built on local knowledge, surf culture, and a lifelong love of Cayton Bay.

The philosophy has always been simple: run by surfers, for surfers. That means providing the best possible equipment, honest advice, and coaching rooted in real experience—whether you’re standing on a board for the first time or looking to progress your skills.

Known affectionately as our “Chief of Coasteering,” Tomo grew up exploring every nook and cranny of the East Coast. That lifelong familiarity with the coastline led him to become a trained coasteering instructor and to introduce coasteering to the Yorkshire Coast. Over the years, he has personally developed and led thousands of coasteering sessions, continually refining them to create the safe, professional, and unforgettable experiences we offer today.

Tomo’s depth of experience, commitment to safety, and passion for sharing the coastline are the foundation of everything we do.