360 Travel Surf

What 360 Travel Surf does

360° Surf Travel is a privately held French travel agency founded in 2013 by Matthieu Ruty, a former French Junior Fun Board Champion and former agency director. Headquartered in Toulon, France, with a second office in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, the company specializes in packaging surf vacations across 35+ countries spanning Europe, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Asia. It operates as a licensed French travel agency (immatriculated by Atout France) and a member of APST, providing consumer protection and financial guarantees that direct bookings with surf camps cannot match.

The technology base is a multilingual (French, English, German) website with destination search, quote-request forms, and travel-planning tools; no mobile app, no API, and no AI/ML capabilities are documented. The product portfolio centers on surf-camp packages (Séjours Surf), surf cruises, all-inclusive packages (accommodation, surf lessons, equipment, flights, car rental, and travel insurance), and custom trip planning. The company has extended its offering through wholly-owned sub-brands 360-kite.com (kitesurf, windsurf, wingfoil) and 360-dive.com (diving holidays), and has partnered with PayPal (4x interest-free payments for French residents up to €2,000) and Leetchi (crowdfunding for trip financing). Distribution is sales-assisted via phone, WhatsApp, and email (Monday-Saturday 14h-22h) supported by content marketing, SEO, social media, and an ambassador program.

Revenue is generated primarily through transaction fees (commissions on partner surf camps and operators) and custom itinerary services, with unit-priced packages ranging from approximately €150 (Morocco) to €684+ (Nicaragua, Maldives). Customers are predominantly individual surfers (beginners through experts, including families and couples) with a smaller B2B corporate-group segment for team building and incentive trips. With eight team members, no external funding, and no disclosed revenue figures, the business remains small, founder-led, and operationally lean.

Name

360 Travel Surf

Legal name

360° Travel

Website

https://360-surf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

360° Surf Travel is a privately held French travel agency that packages and sells surf vacation bookings across 35+ countries via a multilingual website, serving individual surfers and corporate groups with curated camps, cruises, and custom itineraries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surf Travel Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (561520), Tour Operators (56152)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAJAJAJ

Surfing & Kitesurfing Experiences (Lessons, Camps)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Marine & Water Experiences (Boat Tours, Diving, Snorkeling, Fishing)

SECONDARYTHAKAFAL

Island, Beach & Resort Travel Agencies

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Specialty/Niche Travel Agencies (Luxury, Adventure, Honeymoon, etc.)

SECONDARYTHAJABAK

Surf, Kitesurf & Wind Sports Adventures

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Adventure & Outdoor Experiences (Hiking, Rafting, Zipline, Safaris)

Keywords

• Surf travel agency
• Surf vacation packages
• Surf camps booking
• Surf cruises charter
• Custom surf itineraries

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Travel package sales: Commission-based revenue from selling complete surf vacation packages including accommodation, surf lessons, transport, and insurance. Agency negotiates directly with partners and offers same pricing as booking direct.
2. Custom itinerary services: Bespoke trip planning services for tailor-made surf vacations including flights, car rental, and local logistics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

360° Surf Travel is a French-licensed travel agency that organizes and sells surf vacation packages worldwide through a network of verified surf camp partners. Core offerings include packaged surf camps, surf cruises, all-inclusive surf vacation packages, and custom tailor-made surf trip planning covering accommodation, surf lessons, equipment rental, flights, car rentals, and travel insurance across 35+ countries.

Product overview

360° Travel operates as a specialized surf travel agency with nearly 10 years of experience since 2013, offering a portfolio of travel services centered around surf vacations. The core offering includes curated surf camp packages (Séjours Surf), surf cruise charters, all-inclusive packages with accommodation and lessons, and custom trip planning. The company operates through a network of verified surf camp partners globally and also extends its services through sub-brands 360-kite.com (kitesurf/windsurf/foil) and 360-dive.com (diving holidays). Complementary services include flights, car rentals, and specialized sports travel insurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surf Camps (Séjours Surf) Packaged surf camp stays including accommodation, surf lessons, and guiding at verified destinations across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, offered to surfers of all skill levels.
• Surf Cruises (Croisières Surf) Surf charter boat trips offering access to remote wave destinations, including cruises to the Canary Islands, Mexico, Indonesia (Bali, Mentawai, Banyaks), and the Maldives.
• Custom Surf Trip Planning Tailor-made surf trip creation service including flights, car rentals, administrative formalities, on-ground transportation, and surf camp bookings built around individual customer requirements.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• APST (Association Professionnelle de Solidarité du Tourisme)minorOthersProfessional tourism association membership providing consumer financial protection and solidarity guarantees for travel agencies.
• Atout FrancecoreOthersOfficial French tourism development agency licensing and regulatory oversight for travel agencies operating in France.
• PayPalminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPayment processing partner enabling 4-interest-free installment payments for French customers up to €2,000.
• LeetchiminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCrowdfunding partner allowing customers to create shared funds for surf trip financing through friends and family.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Surfline: Dominant surf-forecast and surf-media platform that has expanded into trip planning and surf-camp booking. Larger incumbent with overlapping destination-discovery and booking intent, but its core business is forecasting/media rather than agency packaging.
• Voyageurs du Monde: French specialty travel agency offering bespoke, niche-theme trips worldwide. Comparable as a French licensed tour operator with multi-destination, multi-language bespoke service, though not specialized in surf.
• Booking.com: Global OTA offering accommodation and experience inventory across 360°'s destinations. Represents the structural disintermediation threat: customers may bypass surf-specialist agencies to book lodging directly on a generalist platform.
• Magicseaweed (Surfline-owned): Global surf forecast and destination information brand, now part of Surfline. Comparable as a surf-content destination-discovery platform but does not package or sell trips directly as a travel agency.

Direct peers

• Surfholidays.com: UK-based online surf travel agency booking surf camps, lessons, and holidays across Europe, Morocco, and the tropics. Comparable DTC + sales-assisted surf travel agency model with multilingual European reach.
• World Surfaris: Australian surf-travel operator running surf resort, boat charter, and camp packages in Indonesia, Maldives, and the Pacific. Direct competitor on premium surf-cruise and destination inventory overlapping 360°'s Bali/Mentawai/Maldives offering.
• The Perfect Wave: Australia-headquartered surf travel agency specializing in surf trips, boat charters, and surf camps worldwide. Closest like-for-like competitor to 360° Surf Travel in business model, customer profile, and surf-camp packaging focus.
• Pure Surf Travel: Specialized surf travel agency offering surf trips and camps globally with destination guides and partner surf schools. Operates in the same niche intermediary role with similar supplier aggregation model.
• Trip-N-Surf: France-based surf travel specialist offering surf trips, boat charters, and surf holidays. Head-to-head French-market competitor with overlapping European and tropical destination inventory.
• Loco Surf: French surf travel operator organizing surf trips and camps. Direct competitor in the French-speaking customer segment with similar destination mix and pricing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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