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AYON Wave · Surf spot guides

Real waves, real schools you can book.

AYON Wave reads real swell, wind and tide for the actual beaches where SurfSchool's partner schools teach — from Huntington Beach and San Onofre to Waikiki, Santa Cruz and beyond. No fabricated numbers, no generic spot-page filler.

Wave spotSanta Cruz

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

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Wave spotSan Diego (Pacific Beach & La Jolla)

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

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Wave spotWaikiki

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

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Wave spotLauniupoko (Lahaina, Maui)

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

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Wave spotCocoa Beach

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

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Wave spotSayulita

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

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Wave spotPuerto Escondido (Carrizalillo)

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

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Wave spotByron Bay (The Pass)

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

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Wave spotGold Coast (Coolangatta & Kirra)

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

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Wave spotBiarritz (Côte des Basques)

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

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Wave spotHuntington Beach

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

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Wave spotSan Onofre

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

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Wave spotDoheny State Beach

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

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