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:
- 2-days of progressive group surf lessons with local expert surf instructors
- Surfboard and wetsuit hire
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
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
January 2025
January 2025
A great experience! It was a great introduction to surfing and an awesome opportunity to spend time with like-minded people.
November 2024
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
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.
November 2024
Ready to join us?
RSVP to this event by filling out the registration form via the link below.
We’ll email you with all the payment details and instructions to complete your reservation.
A minimum of 30% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your spot, with the remaining balance due 3 weeks before the retreat.