GTown Surf School

After a long and fruitful season, Jon Hynes, owner of Gtown Surf school took some time out and visited one of the worlds premier Surfing destinations, Bali. Indonesia. After a gruelling 3 flights and 27 hours of travelling he touched down there in early November and was welcomed by 30 degree heat and perfect waves lighting up many of its famed surf spots.

Having hooked up with some other surfers there he quickly set about clocking off as many surf sessions as possible during his stay. Surfing there is a very warm experience as there is no need for wetsuits, boardshorts will do just fine. However sun protection is essential, the strength of the sun is such that if your surf unprotected you will very quickly find yourself cooking!

The waves there are wide and varied, if you wanna nice mellow beginners wave, wl they can be found in abundance but if you are there looking for fast hollow short board waves then ou will quickly find yourself in heaven! Jon brought 2 boards (Thankfully,hey survived the flights!), a 6'6 Black beauty and a 6'2@ JC "El Quattro". The 6'2 received most usage and Jon was delighted with ts performance. He also used a Go Pro Hero surf camera (Check out the video below!).

The daily routine ran something like this. Wake around 5 or 6, straight in for a dawn surf for a couple of hours then back for a breakfast of esh juices and the worlds best banana pancakes! Sometimes a light breeze would kick in the middle of the day which would take the edge of the waves slightly but like clocwork this would fade late every afternoon and another dusk session would be enjoyed. He also travelled far and wide to many lesser known spots.

Watch the Video of Jon in Bali

One of the standout highlights of the trip was a boat trip to the Island of Nusa Lembongan. Here the crowds are virtually non existent and thaid back isalnd life couples nicely with uncrowded breaks, Jon really enjoyed the famed reef break of Shipwrecks.

This Autumn has seen a great development for the future of Cork Surfing. Having spent every Summer for the last 5 years running Surf Camps for young people from the locality and Cork city, Jon Hynes has seen some fantastic aw surfing talent. However this wasnt always resulting in these oung people progressing once school kicks back in. With this challenge in mind, Jon designed and set up a Surf Club specifically for teenagers whereby they can join with their basic skills and avail of customised and specific Coaching programs further their surfing skills.

Welcome to our website where you can find out all about our Surf School at Garretstown (Gtown for short!), Co. Cork. Our site is also a resource for surfing information at Gtown and in Cork.

You can check out lots of cool stuff from todays waves to lessons, camps, boards and the latest Surf news!

Our Surf School started in 2004 with just a few boards and a bunch of enthusiasm! Since then we have grown and many stoked people have learned to surf with us. Kids, Teens, Adults, Mom’s & Dad’s, no matter who you are it’s never too late to start surfing! With Gtown, we’ll show you all the tricks and tools to enjoy Irelands fastest growing Sport!