My sons (10, 15) and I enjoyed an early morning lesson with our positive and patient instructor Jimmy. My husband and 13yo son took pictures of us from the breakwall and made sand castles in the shade while watching us surf. So it was a fun family time even though we were not all surfing! FYI, the section of water set aside for lessons is pretty small and gets really crowded with inexperienced people with large surfboards so I strongly suggest doing the early morning 7:30 lesson as it is the least populated. Because the waves are so gentle and the instructors are so good at giving the perfectly timed push into the wave... literally everyone is able to stand up!