IF YOU GO

East Coast Surf School offers winter surfing lessons and rentals by appointment at Lawrencetown Beach. A one hour beginner lesson with a full day rental costs $75. A surfboard rental is $20, and a wetsuit rental is $20. www.ecsurfschool.com. The school is also running a series of group surfing lessons from December through May at White Point Beach Resort in White Point, N.S. The lesson is $100, or $90 for overnight guests of the resort, and includes a winter wetsuit, surf board, dry-land orientation, two-hour lesson and a post-surf warm up in the pool. To check out dates, visit www.whitepoint.com and to reserve your spot, call 1 800 565 5068 ext 1 at least seven days prior to the preferred date.