URBNSURF Melbourne

URBNSURF Melbourne opened in January 2020 as Australia's first surf park, at 309 Melrose Drive beside Melbourne Airport and about 20 minutes from the CBD. It runs a Wavegarden Cove lagoon with two areas: The Point, where hour-long sessions run named wave settings from gentle to barrelling, and The Bays, a shallow whitewater zone for lessons and beginners. Three Blue Ducks runs the restaurant and Rip Curl has a surf shop at the entrance. A sister park opened in Sydney in May 2024.

Point sessions are sold by named setting. Cruiser is the gentlest, a waist-high green wave; Progressive Turns and Progressive Plus step up the take-off and add carvable pockets; Intermediate and Intermediate Plus add sections for manoeuvres; Intermediate Barrels mixes 20 minutes of turns with 40 of medium barrels; Advanced Turns and Advanced One are high-performance walls; Advanced splits 30 minutes of turns and 30 of barrels; and Expert is a full hour of the biggest, most technical tubes. Pro Turns runs only in winter, capped at 12 surfers per side. Every surfer gets 10 to 12 waves a session, and you paddle out against the machine. Flowstate cameras film every wave of every Point session. In The Bays, knee-high whitewater suits first lessons and practice.

Melbourne surfers who want repeatable waves close to the city, and travellers with a few hours around a flight, since the park is about five minutes from the terminal. First-timers start with a 90-minute lesson in The Bays; families can use Surf In The Bays and Boog In The Bays as a cheaper way to play in the whitewater.

All prices in AUD. Point sessions from Cruiser to Advanced are $114 Monday to Thursday and $119 Friday to Sunday off-peak (up $5 from the prices listed on 27 September), rising to $119 and $125 in the peak season from 15 December to 26 January. Expert sessions are $149 any day. Surf In The Bays, whitewater practice on a softboard, is $39 to $45, and the 90-minute Beginner Learn to Surf lesson is $109 to $124 with wetsuit and softboard included. Board hire starts at $15 and wetsuit hire at $19 per session for Point sessions. Multipacks bring the per-surf price to $102 to $105 (a 10-pack is $1,025 and a 20-pack $2,025), and memberships run from $165 a month (Aqua, two surfs) to $729 (Platinum, eight surfs), per the compare-pricing page on 23 October 2026. Non-surfing guests pay $5 for an Entry Pass. Read from urbnsurf.com on 27 September 2026.

Arrive 45 minutes before your session: check in at the welcome desk, collect any hire gear, and be at the lifeguard tower for the mandatory safety briefing 15 minutes before the hour. Complete the waiver online beforehand. Bring a towel, as URBNSURF does not rent them. Parking is free on site next to the entrance on Melrose Drive. The park opens seven days a week in summer, from 6am until late, with shorter winter hours.