Pacific Coast Surfing Travel Guide

Pacific Coast Surfing Travel Guide

• Pacific Coast Overview
• Pacific Coast Hotels
• Pacific Coast Attractions
• Pacific Coast Feature Articles
• Pacific Coast Adventure Trips
• Pacific Coast Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Pacific Coast

• Pacific Coast Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
  • Caving and Canyoneering
  • Climbing
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
  • Skiing
  • Snow Sports
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Surfing Destinations In Pacific Coast

• Monterey, CA
  (116 mi.)
• Maui, HI
  (92 mi.)
• Oahu, HI
  (167 mi.)
• San Diego, CA
  (11 mi.)
• San Francisco, CA
  (158 mi.)
• Kauai, HI
  (107 mi.)
• Santa Barbara, CA
  (183 mi.)
• Carmel, CA
  (118 mi.)
• Florence, OR
  (126 mi.)
• La Jolla, CA
  (1.2 mi.)

Travel Guides In Pacific Coast

• Monterey, CA (116 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Portland, OR (2.7 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Shasta-Trinity National Forests, CA (118 mi.)
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK (80 mi.)
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• San Luis Obispo, CA (115 mi.)
  • Beach Guide
• Anaheim/OC, CA (24 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Honolulu, HI (167 mi.)
• Lake Tahoe, NV (2.7 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Los Angeles, CA (0.3 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Maui, HI (92 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide

United States Surfing Subregions

• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Feature Articles
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Pacific Coast Surfing Destinations

• Alaska
• California
• Hawaii
• Oregon

Top Surfing Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Maui		Hotels
Oahu		Hotels
San Diego		Hotels
San Francisco		Hotels
Santa Barbara		Hotels
Kauai		Hotels
Monterey		Hotels
Santa Cruz		Hotels
Molokai		Hotels
Morro Bay		Hotels

Feature Articles

• The Coldest Ride
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  Fall in Yakutat, Alaska, means camouflage, salmon, and the sweetest swells on the far north shore
• Crowding Giants
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  The growing mob at surfing's premier big wave has tow-in veterans fearing for their lives
• The Lip Comes Down
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  Wipe out trying to bodysurf the Newport Wedge and you'll burst an eardrum, yank out a shoulder, or snap a few ribs. Daniel Duane tackles the mean blue beast and meets the elite riders who court her lash.
• Holoholo Hawaii
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  You'll hit more surf than pavement on this 250-mile pleasure drive around the Big Island
• Surf & Destroy
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  Can a monster swell be tracked down and hunted like some great beast? That's the mad mission of the $3 million Billabong Odyssey, surfing's rapid-response quest to find and ride the biggest wave in history?

Gear

• Surfing
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  Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
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• Board Rules
  outside
  Rising star Dane Reynolds sheds some light on everyday surfing
• Walden Retro Wing Swallow Surfboard
  outside
  Shred-Ready

Fitness

• The Move
  outside
  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
  outside
  
• Is surfing a good workout?
  outside

• See All Pacific Coast Articles »
• See All Surfing Articles »

Attractions

Coronado Island

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Across the bridge from downtown
Coronado, California

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San Diego Bay

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San Diego, California

Description: Rent 22-foot to 45-foot boats on Harbor and... Read More

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Ocean Beach

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1950 Abbott Street
San Diego, California

Description: Ocean Beach is a beachfront neighborhood located... Read More

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Hotels

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The Edgewater

2411 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98121

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4.6 out of 5
148 reviews

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Hilton San Diego Resort

1775 East Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA 92109

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4.4 out of 5
31 reviews

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Hotel Vitale-Embarcadero

Eight Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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4.0 out of 5
8 reviews

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