The National Surf Schools and Instructors Association (NSSIA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering surf etiquette, water safety, and quality surfing instruction programs through professional instructor development, education, accreditation and research.

NSSIA is created to form cooperation between surf schools and to share their knowledge in teaching techniques and new ideas within its membership thereby furthering NSSIA’s expertise in the surfing world.

NSSIA will educate and promote to the public the importance of using only qualified, accredited and certified surf schools and instructors who are active members of NSSIA and are duly licensed and insured.

NSSIA will actively educate and petition state and local governments the advantages of licensing all surf schools and surf instructors and to license only qualified and active graduated members of NSSIA thereby ensuring governments that NSSIA’s active members are well qualified and current in safety and teaching techniques.