Surf Destination Guides

Surf destination guides for the world’s best regions — when to go, what the waves are like, how to get there and where to stay. Free, no subscription, on SwellByte.

• Basque CountrySpain - EuropeThe Basque Country spans Spain's north coast and southwest France, home to Mundaka's world-class river-mouth left and the urban beach break of La Zurriola in San Sebastián.
• Hossegor & the LandesFranceHossegor and the Landes coast hold Europe's most celebrated beach breaks, where the Capbreton canyon funnels Atlantic swell into powerful, hollow barrels best surfed in early autumn.
• AlgarvePortugalThe southern tip of Portugal, where the Algarve's exposed west coast and sheltered south coast meet around Sagres, letting surfers switch sides to find offshore, surfable conditions in almost any swell.
• North Shore, OahuUnited StatesOahu's North Shore is the legendary 'Seven Mile Miracle' of reef breaks—Pipeline, Sunset, Waimea—that fire on winter NW swells and host the world's premier contests. Mostly expert terrain.
• BaliIndonesiaBali offers year-round surf, from world-class lefts on the Bukit Peninsula to beginner beach breaks at Canggu and the high-performance right at Keramas, split by season and coast.
• SiargaoPhilippinesSiargao is the Philippines' surf capital, a teardrop island off the Pacific edge of Mindanao whose reef passes peak on autumn typhoon and northeast swells around the famous right-hander Cloud 9.
• Arugam BaySri LankaArugam Bay is Sri Lanka's premier east-coast surf town, known for long, mellow right-hand point breaks that fire from May to September when the south and west coast goes flat.
• Gold CoastAustraliaQueensland's Gold Coast is home to the Superbank, Snapper Rocks, Burleigh Heads and Kirra: world-class sand-bottom right point breaks that draw heavy crowds and the WSL pro tour.
• RaglanNew ZealandRaglan, on the Waikato coast of New Zealand's North Island, is the country's most famous wave: a series of long, consistent left-hand point breaks peeling along a black-sand and boulder coastline.
• Jeffreys BaySouth AfricaJeffreys Bay, on South Africa's Eastern Cape, is home to Supertubes, one of the fastest, longest right-hand point breaks in the world and the long-time host of the WSL Championship Tour.
• Taghazout (Souss-Massa)MoroccoTaghazout is Morocco's surf hub, anchoring a string of long right-hand point breaks along the Souss-Massa coast, with consistent Atlantic winter swell, mild water, and waves for every level.
• Central Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica's central Pacific coast pairs warm, year-round beach breaks on the Nicoya Peninsula with Pavones, a marathon left-hand point near the Panama border to the south.