Surf Therapy Camp at La Jolla Shores – June 7, 2025
June 7 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
June 7, 2025
Mental Health Awareness Month
Surf Therapy Camp at La Jolla Shores
Please check the email you provide for additional details if you have not attended a surf camp this season. Emails will be sent out the week of the event by jaidyn@us4k.org.
Want to spend the whole day with us? This can be an all day event for families or chaperones and athletes to enjoy recreational activities and sports with our on land activities/recreation volunteers during the opposite session of your chosen surf session. Arrive early or stay for the afternoon session games and activities. **Recreational activities do not include boogie boarding or other water time.
Any Questions? Please contact our Surf Therapy Camp Coordinator.
Jaidyn Cooper
jaidyn@us4k.org
Arrival Times:
Set Up Crew: 7:15 AM
AM Registration Team: 8AM
AM Wetsuit / Rash Guard Team, Morning In-Water, Activities / Recreation Volunteers: 8:30 AM
AM Session Kids: 9:00 AM
Food Service Team: 11AM
PM Volunteers: 11:30AM
PM Session Kids: 11:30AM
Sign up forms will open one month prior to the event.
Please review our US4K Code of Conduct
Schedule for the day:
7:15 AM – EVENT SET-UP TEAM ARRIVES / SETUP CAMP
8:00 AM – REGISTRATION TEAM ARRIVE
8:30 AM – MORNING VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE / CHECK-IN
9:00 AM – NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION / NEW VOLUNTEER IN-WATER INSTRUCTION
9:00 AM – MORNING KIDS ARRIVE / REGISTRATION / KIDS + CAREGIVER PRE-SURF SURVEYS / SUIT UP
9:30 AM – ANNOUNCEMENTS / KIDS LAND SURF INSTRUCTION / STRETCHES
9:50 AM – 11:50 AM – AM SURF TIME / BEACH ACTIVITIES
11:30 AM – AFTERNOON VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE / CHECK-IN
12:00 PM – AM VOLUNTEER + KIDS POST-SURF SURVEYS / LUNCH / PRESENTATIONS / NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION / AFTERNOON KIDS ARRIVE / KIDS + CAREGIVER PRE-SURF SURVEYS / SUIT UP
1:00 PM – LUNCH COMPLETE / KIDS LAND SURF INSTRUCTION / STRETCHES
1:30 – 3:30 PM – PM SURF TIME / BEACH ACTIVITIES
2:30 PM – PM EVENT BREAKDOWN TEAM ARRIVES / BREAKDOWN CAMP
3:45 PM – VOLUNTEER + KIDS POST-SURF SURVEY
4:00 PM – SURF CAMP COMPLETE
Every US4K surf therapy camp is themed and we pride ourselves on collaboration with the community including: nonprofit organizations, businesses, volunteer groups, clubs, and foundations. We strive to create safe spaces for children overcoming trauma between the ages of 3-18 so that they may have equal access to the transformative power of the ocean.
Additionally, we practice "Leave no Trace" policies, ensuring we leave our beaches cleaner after every event. We teach sustainability, encouraging our volunteers and young athletes to bring reusable water bottles and eliminate the use of single-use plastic at each event. With our partnership with Board & Brew, we promote healthy lifestyles by offering every child, chaperone and volunteer a healthy, gourmet sandwich, fresh fruit and nutritious snacks at every surf therapy camp.
US4K's surf therapy camps pair an adult volunteer with a youth athlete for 1:1 in-water instruction. Our staff are CPR / First Aid certified and lifeguards are skilled, certified and trained water experts. The safety of our attendees is our utmost priority.
We provide an Ohana (the Hawaiian word for family) to our youth through our strong volunteer base. We have been offering surf therapy for 15 years in San Diego County and we look forward to creating more young stewards of the outdoors, young advocates for our oceans and beaches, and empowered youth through healthy relationships on and off the beach.
If you are interested in volunteering your group, sponsoring an event, hosting a donation drive, and partnering with us, please contact us here.
