Guides, tips and stories for athletes and the photographers who shoot them
Surf Spots
Panama City Beach, Florida: pier breaks, warm Gulf water, hurricane season swell, real hotel and seafood prices, and where photographers shoot the session.
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Black's Beach in La Jolla is California's heaviest, most famous beach break: a brutal, beautiful wave reached by a cliff trail, for advanced surfers only.
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Surf San Francisco's wild Ocean Beach: heavy sandbar peaks, cold water hazards, the best season to go, and real nearby places to stay and eat.
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Wizard Beach on Panama's Isla Bastimentos pairs a mellow, sandy bottomed wave with a jungle hike from Old Bank. A quiet, uncrowded spot to learn or relax.
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Playa Malibu near Gorgona is Panama Bay's most consistent river mouth beach break, 45 minutes from Panama City with real tubes.
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Surf Playa Negra's mellow beach break near Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica, with howler monkeys next door and real Caribbean prices below.
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Surf travel guide to Playa Veracruz, Panama City's closest beginner beach break, with real hotel and restaurant prices seen November 2026.
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Surf travel guide to El Estero Beach, Santa Catalina: the beginner friendly wave beside La Punta, with real lodging and food prices, seen Nov. 2026.
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Surf travel guide to Playa Samara, Guanacaste: Costa Rica biggest beginner surf bay, with real lodging and food prices, seen November 2026.
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Surf travel guide to Rincon, Puerto Rico: Maria's and Domes breaks, real lodging and food prices, and the best season for Caribbean swells.
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Surf travel guide to Pease Bay, Scotland's busiest surf beach near Edinburgh. Real caravan park, hotel and food prices, seen November 2026.
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Surf travel guide to Windansea Beach, La Jolla: the historic reef break, the landmark surf shack, real lodging and food prices, seen November 2026.