Surfing is a global sport and one can find a surfer in almost every coastal nation in the world. Here’s a breakdown of popular surf areas around the world, so no matter where you are, there’s bound to be a suitable area nearby.
France (particularly the Atlantic coast south of the Gironde)
Australia
- Newcastle, where Surfest is held annually.
- Gold Coast, Snapper Rocks and Burleigh Heads, where many surfing competitions take place annually.
- Sydney’s ocean beaches, particularly Bondi Beach.
- Victorian Jan Juc Beaches and Bells Beach, where the annual Rip Curl Pro takes place every year.
- Western Australian beaches Margaret River.
Brazil
Peru
- white cape
- Pico Alto (home of the South American Mavericks)
- Blue hill
- Saint Gallant
- Chicama (home to the longest left in the world)
Mexico City
- Baja States of Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur; Several great breaks, the island of Todos Santos being the most famous.
- Mainland: States of Sinaloa, Jalisco, Colima (home to Boca de Pascuales and its huge beach), Michoacán (where rural surf towns abound), Guerrero, Oaxaca (where Puerto Escondido, the “Mexican pipeline” is located), and Chiapas . .
- gulf coast
Indonesia
Ireland
- The Maharees – South West Ireland County Kerry
- Easkey North West Coast near Sligo
New Zealand
- Manu Bay and Ballena Bay, Raglan
- Bay of Plenty and East Coast, Mount Maunganui
South Africa
- amanzimtoti
- Cape San Francisco (Seal Point)
- Durban
- elandsbay
- jeffrey’s bay
- mossel bay
- scottburgh
- port alfredo
- port elizabeth
United Kingdom
- Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall
- Croyde Bay in North Devon
- The Mumbles near Swansea, Wales
USA
- Northern California, while sometimes having its moments, is a much less consistent place to surf than Southern California, with consistently worse winds and waves. The main problem is that most places are too exposed to wind and swell, often resulting in “stormy” swells. Northern California is home to one of the most revered and dangerous places in the world, Mavericks, which is unmatched in Southern California.
- Southern California, from San Diego to above Santa Barbara, boasts exceptional beaches like Windansea, Tourmaline Park, Ponto, Lunada Bay, Huntington Beach, San Onofre and Rincon, and is where American surf music and culture began. evolve. This stretch of coastline is notable for the large number of consistently pleasant and surfable breaks.
- Most of Hawaii, especially the north shore of Oahu. The North Shore is home to perhaps the best stretch of surfing waves in the world, including Sunset Beach, Waimea Bay, and the world’s most famous and revered wave, “Pipeline” (or “Banzai Pipeline”), named for the enormous abysses. it is regularly launched on the heads of amazed surfers.
- The central east coast of Florida, particularly Brevard County, is known as the “Small Wave Surfing Capital of the World” and is home to surfing luminaries like Kelly Slater, Todd Holland, and Matt Kechele.
- The Mid-Atlantic region includes popular places like the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Long Island, Virginia Beach, Ocean City (Md.), and the Jersey Shore.
- There are decent breaks all over the East Coast, especially Cape Cod Massachusetts
- Even areas along the Great Lakes receive local storm surge with barrels of fresh water.
The west coast of the Americas tends to have better surf breaks than the east coast. While the continental shelf off the west coast is sinking rapidly, on the east it extends a great distance, creating resistance and forming smaller, less powerful waves.
