Even though we weren’t ever out of our depths, I would only feel comfortable taking along children who are able to swim. Lucky’s accepts children aged 6 years and up. For a 90-minute lesson, it costs around Rs3000 – 5000 per person (approx 20 – 30USD). Thanks to a friend’s recommendation, we chose Lucky’s Surf School although I had also heard good things about Surf n Lanka. There is also an abundance of reasonably-priced surf schools dotted along the palm-lined bay. Not only is the surf long and consistent, and the sea temperate, but the sandy bottom means a soft landing following a wipeout. Located on Sri Lanka’s south coast, around a 2.5-hour drive from Bandaranaike International Airport, Weligama is the perfect destination for those keen to catch their first wave. I have multiple witnesses and a weight of expectation.Īnd so this is how, at the age of 41, I find myself the next morning on the soft sand of Weligama beach, organising a surf lesson for me and my son. But before I can backtrack, my 8-year-old son is suggesting we learn together, and my little girl is grinning and asking if she can come too. ‘You’re brave,’ comes my husband’s response, his eyebrow arched. It is in this insouciant frame of mind, I mention that I’m thinking of trying surf school tomorrow. My pomegranate-laced sundowner is the perfect antidote to the remaining humidity in the early evening air. The crashing ocean and beeping tuk-tuks below us provide the musical score. It feels exhilarating if a little menacing. There’s a collective gasp as a group of large, black bats swoop out of the sky and land with a thud on a nearby palm tree.Įveryone in the rooftop bar had been watching the growing mob for a while now, beating their way closer, occasionally getting lost against the heaps of brooding cloud.
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