The go-to board rental and surf shop on Tourism Road, stocking a deep quiver of well-maintained Surftech shortboards, fish, quads and eggs alongside wax, fins and its own apparel line. Staff give honest board recommendations for the day's conditions and let you swap boards mid-rental if something isn't working.
The surf school at Harana Surf Resort on Tuason Point, where patient local instructors like Kwa Kwa, Dion and Lo-loi coach everyone from first-timers to intermediates working on their reef-break confidence. Lessons come with the resort's laid-back Filipino surf-culture vibe, and the on-site Bayani restaurant is a favourite for post-surf meals and cocktails.
One of the island's original surf institutions, run out of the Italian-founded Kermit resort where lessons, wood-fired pizza and 'sleep-eat-surf' culture blend into one compound. Head instructors Eloy and Jong are ISA Level 1 certified with over 20 years in Siargao's waves, and every lesson runs on a strict 1:1 student-to-instructor ratio with transport to breaks like Cloud 9 and Jacking Horse included.
A Yoga Alliance-registered school (est. 2015) whose open-air shala looks out over General Luna's rice paddies — regularly called the most beautiful yoga space on the island. Daily drop-in classes span Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin and breathwork, and the centre also runs 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings.
Hands-on Filipino cooking classes run from garden kitchens along Malinao Road, where you cook — and then feast on — island staples like chicken adobo, pinakbet in coconut sauce, lumpia and a local dessert. Variants include a vegetarian menu, an evening class in a traditional local kitchen, and a beachside class cooking everything inside bamboo over charcoal.