I was solo practicing surfing in Bali for a week (still a beginner, having previously spent a week last year with Mojosurf, a big surf camp) and chose Helvia based on the warm reviews. I found Helvia and her team feature super interesting/well traveled/educated/ex-corporate world/multi-lingual and truly local talented surf instructors and I have no regrets! Communication was quick, friendly. Scooter pickup to her spot in Kuta beach. We surfed to my schedule, but with her advice on best times. I like the way her team focused on my experience/confidence, then based on that decided to assess me in the sea - other schools may use precious time re-going over basics to cover themselves. Instructor wise Omry was brilliantly talented and passionate – he could see when you are getting tired and where you need to build strength. Seven was happy and re-assuring company and gave the motivation I needed while waiting for the next wave. Both were extremely patient with me and calibrated their style to my level. Back on the beach the rest of Helvia’s team who were chilling/surfing themselves casually saw my mistakes and talked to me about it with a constructive attitude, where I didn’t feel embarrassed at all. It’s a one to one lesson, but by training in front of Helvia’s beach spot you get the feeling that a surf family is keeping an eye on you! Later in the week Helvia let me/encouraged me to experience hard boards (including her own long board). Seven was also helpful outside of surfing (e.g. offering help for renting a scooter). Choosing this school was the best decision for myself, who wanted to get more confident surfing in Bali, and totally recommend this over the bigger (expensive) surf groups/camps!

Great experience. Friendly professionals - easy going, welcoming, helpful. All well organized - no time wasting, very responsive to sms and what’s up, picked us from the hotel even outside of school’s coverage, made pictures. Definitely recommended.

I felt safe with Helvia seeing how responsive she was from the moment I got in touch with her. Her speed of communication and reliability was one of the main reason I decided to book her services. She was really accommodating and arranged the transport to pick me up at a reasonable price. The driver was super polite and friendly, on top of being a super safe and a calm driver. As we were the only clients for the day, we had an opportunity to connect with Helvia and understood her motivation behind this experience/service. Helvia not only took videos and photos of us in the water, upon scrubbing the footage, I realised how she was rooting for us and cheering us in the video. How sweet! She was also very encouraging when my partner was having trouble adjusting her phobia of the open water. She shared her surfing journey and strategies she took to get acclimated to the water and started enjoying surfing. Coming from a perspective from someone who used to live in Bali and who used to surf regularly (a long long time ago - this experience was a b'day gift), I would highly recommend this experience to all beginners. In response to previous reviews on the quality of instructors, we got both the super friendly and quiet instructors, but I think it has more to do with how extroverted and introverted they are. They were generally polite, cordial and will guide you along the way. Although I understand that for total beginners, they do require an extensive amount of supervision, especially because with surfing, you are exposed to the elements and the currents. It's exhausting but super fun and addictive! I'm already planning to come back and to use her services again, so thank you and see you soon Helvia!