Salty Sensations X Rebelle Surf bring you a week-long, in-depth surf retreat in Ireland, blending world-class surf coaching with Kassia Meador, Leah Dawson, Makala Smith, and Candice O'Donnell with a nurturing, community experience in collaboration with our friends at Rebelle Surf at an eco-dome in the spiritually charged land of Sligo, home to many ancient legends and  beautiful surf!

Rebelle Surf founded by Melanie White is the only female owned and led surf school in all of Ireland. Melanie is breaking new ground left right and centre and is excited to share the fun! Her focus is on connection, expression, strength and fun to help people experience surfing and strengthen their surf skills. She is a radical ocean goddess and that is why we are so pumped to go back and team up with Rebelle Surf co-create this unique and magical retreat.

This is a co-ed experience 💙🌊

Our Irish Chef, AIne McAteer, will be nourishing us with healthy, local food.  Aine is a private chef in the US,  visits her home of Ireland often, and certainly carries the Irish Fairy Magic within her!  

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, Water, Coffee, Tea, will all be on offer with Aine's special twist.  Be sure to have the best potatoes you've ever experienced.  

Food will be organic and locally-sourced as available, with an emphasis on ideal pre and during surf day foods and warm, hearty meals in the evening.

We accomadate any food allergies and sensitivities, please notify us when you sign up of ay food requirements!

Enter the wonderful world of the Gyreum, an earth ship style eco-dome tucked into the rolling hills outside Co. Sligo.  Built to be a regenerative gathering place, this circular building has energy that accentuates community gatherings.  Each piece of rubbish is separated, with a goal to have the smallest footprint possible.  There are individual beds and rooms throughout the perimeter building, most will be in a semi-shared sleeping space. 

The Gyreum is a 20 minute drive to Strandhill, where we aim to surf most of our sessions.  There are also plenty of waves in the surrounding area should the swell take us elsewhere from Strandhill!

Surf Level Required: must  be able to catch your own waves.  

With 3 top professional longboarders as our surf coaches, an emphasis on improving our surfing skills will be priority throughout the retreat!  Kassia Meador, Leah Dawson, and Makala Smith have long been studying the techniques of surfing, and have been coaching and hosting. Salty Sensations retreats together for four years.  Their in-depth, warm-hearted coaching is highly unique as they help to bring focus to tips that can help surfers where ever they are in their surfing journey.  The surf coaching team will identify personal progress tips for each participant.

Co. Sligo offers a variety of waves. We suggest bringing longboards,   fun boards or fishes if you like to ride them!

If you need to cancel your spot-

If cancelled Prior to July 15th, deposit refund minus $50 rebooking and processing fee

If cancelled July 16th - August 15th, deposit and 2nd installment refund minus $100 rebooking and processing fee (as long as we fill the spot) 

If cancelled after August 15 - Start date - Deposit and 2nd installment refund minues $100 rebooking fee ( as long as we fill the spot).  If we are unable to fill the spot, we will only be able to refund the 2nd installment and not the initial deposit.

1. Warm Clothes - check the weather forecast prior to coming.  

2. Rain Jacket, Rain shoes? - check forecast 

3. Beanie

4. Extra Socks

5. Wetsuits (depending on your comfortability - this time of year is in flux as autumn fills in and the cooler days begin to bring the waves.  We. suggest bringing. two suits - , 4/3 when its sunny, 5/4. when its not!  If you like to wear booties, bring them.  Most locals don't wear them in September as its still relatively warm, at least compared to winter there!

6. Bathing Suit

7. Beach Towel

8. Beach Hat

9. Surf Hat

10. Sunscreen

11. Good hiking/walking shoes

12. A crystal if you have one that you can travel with easily!

13.  Yoga Mat - good padding for surfboard bag!

14. Vitamins, Personal Needs

15. Personal pillows - pillows and sleeping necessities will be provided, but if you are particular about your type of pillow, bring your own!

16.SURFBOARD - Longboards, mid lengths, fishes- bring what you like to ride!  Dublin airport recently updated their systems so Longboards are able to travel through the airport now!!

Enjoy this ancient Irish tradition of seaweed bathes!  There are bathhouses all over Ireland, where they bring in daily fresh cut seaweed to private rooms with a sauna and bathtub.  Seaweed is a powerful healing tool for circulation, skin issues, muscle aches, joint pain and so on. This hour long Seaweed delight will take place in your own private tub and will leave you with the silkiest skin and hair you've ever had ("Speaking from experience, I have very dry hair, and post seaweed bath, its the best its ever felt!" says Leah from Salty Sensations)

The Bathhouse is located right at Strandhill beach, so we'll have a short commute to the best post-surf treat!

Kassia Meador has been working with Sound and vibrational medicine for over a decade. During our retreat she will facilitate a few sound meditation journies. With the intention to support you in southing your nervous system and nourishing your mind body and spirit. The Gyreum holds a special space for sound baths, allowing the sound to travel in interesting and unique ways!   

Our friend and local photographer/filmer extraordinaire Gary McCall will be capturing video content of some of our sessions.  We will do at least 3 group video feedback sessions through the week. 

These video feedback sessions will aim to identify different areas in which you can improve your surfing that we will highlight and offer our expert advise. When we see ourselves on video it helps to bring a visual awareness to what is working for us and what is working against us and how we can improve!

For those of you who may be a bit shy do not fret our video feedback sessions are never judgmental or negative in any way. 

Our video feedbacks are always supportive, encouraging, fun, playful, and highly informative.  We love to do group feedback because we can all learn from each other and we love creating an energetic environment for the feedback experience!

We will loosely hold group body movement sessions throughout the week as the daily surf schedule allows. 

Sept. 15 - Arrival to Gyreum between  2-4pm

Dinner and Welcome Circle: 5:30 - bedtime

Sept. 16-21 - 

Surfing takes priority!!  We will make our schedule daily based on the swell available.  

We plan to spend at least 4 hours at the beach each day.  Sometimes we can do two different sessions a day, depending on the tide and swell forecasts.  

We will balance surfing, body movement practices, rejuvenating seaweed bath's, a hike up to the top of the sacred Knocknarae and other Irish wonders, and other fun activities throughout the week.  

We will have dinner at the Gyreum each night.  At least three nights, we will do a group video feedback session to learn and grow with each other!

Sept. 22 -

Breakfast and Closing circle: 7:30

Departure from Gyreum: 9:30 am 

Leave for airport depending on flight times

Option to surf at Strandhill after checkout