Women’s Surf & Wellness Retreat

Friday 28 - Sunday 30 March 2025

Raglan, New Zealand

Come join us for the ultimate Women’s Surf & Wellness Retreat 🌊✨

Escape to the stunning shores of Whāingaroa Raglan for a three-day, two-night transformative retreat designed to inspire, challenge, and recharge you. Learn to surf or improve your skills, immerse yourself in Raglan’s breathtaking landscapes and vibrant surf culture, connect with like-minded and supportive women, and reset your mind, body and soul.

What’s Included

Base package
(without surf lessons and gear hire)

Accommodation: Beautiful house just a short drive to world-class surf breaks (rooms shared between 2 - 4 people with separate beds for comfort and privacy)
Surf Sessions: Daily surf sessions at Raglan’s best surf spots
Wellness activities: 1x yoga & 1x guided sauna and ice bath recovery session
Photography: Professional photography to capture your experience
Meals: Healthy and delicious meals made by a private chef. Includes day 1 lunch, day 2 breakfast, lunch and dinner, and day 3 breakfast
Dinner reservation: Day 1 dinner reservation at a local restaurant in town
Connection: Connect with like-minded women, build friendships, and create lasting memories!
Optional activities: Exploring Raglan and nearby activities, bush walks, hikes, meditation etc
Exclusions: Day 1 dinner; Transport to, from, and around Raglan; Surf lessons and Surfboard and Wetsuit hire

Price: $680.00 NZD

Beginner’s surf package

Everything in the base package plus:

Price: $890.00 NZD

Wellness activities

Reset your mind, body, and soul with our rejuvenating wellness activities. Enjoy a guided sauna and ice bath recovery session with Redwood Sauna and a restorative yoga session designed to leave you feeling balanced and deeply connected.

Yoga

Our morning yoga session will set you up for the day by gently stretching and relaxing your body while calming your mind. It will leave you feeling recharged, centered, and ready to embrace the waves.

Sauna & ice bath recovery session

After a full day of surfing, the sauna and ice bath recovery session will help you build mental, emotional, and physical resilience, elevate your mood, and provide a blissful sense of well-being. You’ll feel refreshed, revitalized, and grounded, with a renewed sense of clarity and calm.

Where we're staying

The Lava Lova Lounge @ the Institute of Awesome

Nestled on 110 acres as part of the Institute of Awesome eco-lodge, the Lava Lounge is located in Whale Bay and just a short walk to world-class surf breaks. This charming 3-bedroom house and 2-bedroom apartment underneath features a large sunny deck, private hot tub and nearby bush walks, perfect for a weekend getaway.

Each room is shared between 2-4 guests, featuring separate beds for comfort and privacy.

Testimonials

What Our Community Says

Absolutely loved it! It was such a worthwhile experience - a very relaxed atmosphere with incredible company. We felt so well looked-after; the food was incredible quality, plentiful and catered for everyone's needs. The accomodation was comfortable, clean, spacious and so private - like a little tropical haven! Everything was easy and provided for us - it was lovely to switch the brain off and not have to think about timings or taking money. The surf lessons were fantastic - good quality kit and they really tailored the experience to different experience levels with easy to digest technique. I couldn't recommend it highly enough!

January 2025

Retreat Guest

I had the best time at the retreat. Juls was wonderful, warm and welcoming, and effortlessly brought the group of women together so we all got to know each other over the short time we were there. There was a great mix of activities, food was amazing and catered for everyone’s dietary requirements and a good amount of rest time was included to. As a beginner surfer, I would absolutely recommend to anyone who has been thinking of dipping their toes in the water. I also thought the sauna/ice bath experience was really special and I didn’t expect the guided aspect to it.

January 2025

Retreat Guest

Amazing! A perfect blend of surf, yoga, down time, connecting. It was restoring and uplifting. 100% would do it again, absolutely LOVED it. Thanks so much Juls xx

January 2025

Retreat Guest

I had an amazing time - caught myself smiling so many times during the weekend. The retreat was just perfect for girls to connect and learn how to surf together.

January 2025

Retreat Guest

A great experience! It was a great introduction to surfing and an awesome opportunity to spend time with like-minded people.

November 2024

Retreat Guest

I loved the surf lessons, the instructors were really patient with us and took the time to understand everyone’s different levels and critiqued on what we needed to do to improve while we were out in the surf. It was super helpful and so so worth it!!

November 2024

Retreat Guest

Everything was organised so well, it was a fantastic trip and would highly recommend to everyone!!! Juls is an amazing host & put on an amazing retreat.