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34 spots · 8 countries

USA(8 spots)

Northern California, USASanta CruzPoint break

Santa Cruz has a real claim to being the birthplace of mainland American surfing — three Hawaiian princes repo…

Southern California, USASan Diego (Pacific Beach & La Jolla)Beach break

San Diego's beginner surf scene centers on two easy, sandy-bottom beaches: La Jolla Shores, a gently sloping b…

Oahu, Hawaii, USAWaikikiReef break

Waikiki isn't just a beginner-friendly wave — it's the wave that took surfing from an ancient Hawaiian traditi…

Maui, Hawaii, USALauniupoko (Lahaina, Maui)Reef break

Launiupoko Beach Park, just south of Lahaina on Maui's leeward coast, is the island's most consistently recomm…

Florida, USACocoa BeachBeach break

Cocoa Beach is the East Coast's answer to Surf City — home of the original Ron Jon Surf Shop (the largest surf…

Southern California, USAHuntington BeachBeach break

Huntington Beach earned the trademarked nickname "Surf City USA" the hard way — miles of open, sandy beach bre…

Southern California, USASan OnofrePoint break

San Onofre State Beach, and specifically the wave known as Old Man's, is one of the most storied breaks in Cal…

Southern California, USADoheny State BeachPoint break

Doheny State Beach, tucked inside Dana Point Harbor's protective breakwater, is one of Southern California's m…

Brazil(11 spots)

Ceará, BrazilTitanzinhoPoint break

Titanzinho is the most storied wave in Ceará and arguably in northeast Brazil — a right-hander breaking beside…

Ceará, BrazilPraia do FuturoBeach break

Praia do Futuro is Fortaleza's main surf beach: seven or eight kilometres of open sand running from the Mucuri…

Ceará, BrazilIcaraí de AmontadaBeach break

Icaraí de Amontada — Icaraizinho — is a fishing village turned wind-sports town about two hours west of Fortal…

Ceará, BrazilTaíbaBeach break

Taíba has quietly become the competitive centre of surfing in Ceará. It opened the 2025 Circuito Cearense de S…

Ceará, BrazilParacuruPoint break

Paracuru is the real surf town of Ceará. Where the rest of the coast offers beach breaks that happen to have w…

Ceará, BrazilJericoacoaraBeach break

Jericoacoara is world-famous for wind and dunes, and the surf lives in that shadow — which is precisely why th…

Ceará, BrazilIcaraí de CaucaiaBeach break

Icaraí de Caucaia is where Fortaleza locals actually surf, and Stormrider rates it among Ceará's most consiste…

Ceará, BrazilPecémPoint break

Pecém is a strong right-hander that Brazilian sources compare directly to the waves at Paracuru — which is hig…

Ceará, BrazilCapongaBeach break

Almost everything written about surfing in Ceará looks west from Fortaleza toward the kite coast. Caponga, in …

Ceará, BrazilPrainha (Aquiraz)Beach break

Prainha, in Aquiraz just southeast of Fortaleza, is a beach break at the mouth of the Rio Catu with lefts and …

Ceará, BrazilPonte MetálicaBeach break

Ponte Metálica breaks beside the landmark iron pier at Praia de Iracema, in the middle of Fortaleza's most pho…

Australia(4 spots)

New South Wales, AustraliaByron Bay (The Pass)Point break

The Pass, tucked beneath the Cape Byron lighthouse at Australia's easternmost point, is one of the country's m…

Queensland, AustraliaGold Coast (Coolangatta & Kirra)Beach break

The Gold Coast's southern end is home to Snapper Rocks and the Superbank — on its day, one of the longest, fas…

New South Wales, AustraliaSydney (Manly Beach)Beach break

Manly Beach is the wave most visitors to Sydney actually learn on — a wide, patrolled, sandy beach break a sho…

Victoria, AustraliaTorquayBeach break

Torquay calls itself Australia's surfing capital, and the résumé backs it up — birthplace of Rip Curl and Quik…

Mexico(2 spots)

Nayarit, MexicoSayulitaBeach break

Sayulita is the town beginner surfers in mainland Mexico end up at almost by word of mouth — a small, bohemian…

Oaxaca, MexicoPuerto Escondido (Carrizalillo)Beach break

Puerto Escondido is world-famous for Zicatela — the 'Mexican Pipeline,' one of the heaviest, most powerful bea…

Portugal(2 spots)

Leiria, PortugalPeniche (Baleal)Beach break

Peniche is best known internationally for Supertubos — a powerful, hollow beach break good enough to host a Wo…

Porto, PortugalMatosinhosBeach break

Matosinhos is Porto's surf beach — a genuine city wave, a short metro ride from Portugal's second-largest city…

France(4 spots)

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceBiarritz (Côte des Basques)Beach break

European surfing effectively started here: in 1957, screenwriter Peter Viertel, in Biarritz for the filming of…

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceHossegorBeach break

Hossegor's beaches have hosted the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro world tour events for years, and the town's most fa…

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceSeignosse (Les Bourdaines)Beach break

Seignosse sits on the same energetic stretch of Landes coastline as Hossegor, a few kilometres north, and shar…

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceAngletBeach break

Anglet sits between Biarritz and Bayonne, and its long run of beaches — Chambre d'Amour, the VVF beaches, Sabl…

United Kingdom(2 spots)

Cornwall, EnglandNewquay (Fistral Beach)Beach break

Newquay is Britain's surf capital, and Fistral Beach is the reason — a wide, sandy bay that has hosted UK and …

Devon, EnglandCroyde BayBeach break

Croyde is a small North Devon village with an outsized surf reputation — a compact, sandy bay that packs a sur…

Spain(1 spot)

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, SpainCaleta de FamaraBeach break

Caleta de Famara sits beneath the dramatic Risco de Famara cliffs on Lanzarote's north coast, a long, sandy, c…

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