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🥝 Trainee Lifeguard & Surf Coach

The Wave Group | bristol, United-Kingdom | Posted June 18, 2026

Job Description

We understand a barrier to achieving the required coaching qualifications can often be the cost and the location of course providers. We want to make this easier for aspiring Surf Coaches. We will therefore cover the cost of you training upfront, provide equipment and ensure you have guaranteed work for the season ahead.

The first step of your Surf Coach training will be completing our first RLSS NVBLQ Lifeguard Course, running from 8th– 17thMay 2026 (8th– 10th & 15th– 17th). You will then work as a Lifeguard for a period before joining a Surf England Coach Level 1 course.

To be considered you must be able to commit to the following:

  • Available for the duration of the 6-day RLSS NVBLQ course at Porthcawl
  • Can meet the timed swim target of 400m in 7.5 minutes
  • You must be available to work shift work,weekendsand the duration of the school holidays
  • Able to surf our intermediate wave setting here at The Waveboth forehand and...

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