Where have you surfed?

dave3004

Just wondering where in the world have you surfed?

A nice chronological report of your surfing adventures !!

Helpyouspeak

Apart from the west or north-west coast here, I have only surfed in Iceland as only started surfing recently.There are loads of places I'd like to go to though!

Mickeroo

Mayo, Clare, donegal and Sligo :P Needless to say an overseas jaunt is on the cards for a while now.....

ted1

Ireland, j bay in south Africa, few places in Hawaii. Portugal

Decos

Ireland, Australia, Morocco and Portugal.

cornbb

Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway, Sligo, Donegal and Morocco. Morocco wasn't as fun as it might sound, unbelievable amounts of garbage in the water.

spaceHopper

N,S,E,W Ireland, W and SW France, N Spain, SW Spain, SW Portugal, Lanz and Fuerto.

BGOllie

india, israel would be my top experiences, not for the waves themselves but for the privilege of finding myself there and then and surfing places few have.

aside from that ... Australia, California, France, Canaries, England and Ireland of course/

promethius

To be honest, bar the fickleness of the surf there's no place like home. If i go somewhere again it would be a bali type scenario for at least a month

Ireland
Strandhill
Coney Island
Dunmoran
Northern Sligo Reefs
The Peak
Rossnowlagh
Rosses Point
Mullaghmore
Streedagh
Tullan Strand
Lahinch
Portrush

Australia
Manly
Surfers Paradise
Kirra

USA (All sandiego)
Grandview
Oceanside
D Street
Cardiff Reefs
Pipes
Tamarack
Swamis
Tressels

Hawaii
Waikiki
Rocky Point (North Shore!)

Jamaica
Boston Bay

Feurtoventura

France
Anglet
Biarritz

Spain
San Sebastien

keryl

Mayo, Sligo, Phuket, Margaret River (W.A), Victoria.

rodento

Ireland
Wales
Denmark
France(Biarritz)
Portugal(Algarve)
Morrocco
Peru(3 trips)
Maldives(2 trips)

promethius

demark? please tell us more!

rodento

promethius wrote: »

demark? please tell us more!

Well, it's the only place I ever surfed with marigold rubber gloves on

Place was called Skagen, needed to jump off the harbour to get out back

Did you ever get stuck on the island...

promethius

marigolds? are you ritchie fitzgerald

never got stuck on coney, am from that area and familiar with the tides, plenty have though, many's a car has been written off on that spin. it comes in real quick.

rodento

Break was called Loekken



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd74quFbT4A

Also had a drink spiked in one of the nightclubs, guess I was lucky to get back to the hotel with my bum intacted:eek:

One hell of a weird night

dermo909

I'm only surfing 18 months so have only gotten to Tramore, Lahinch and Inchydoney.

Oh and Ericeira in Portugal. Got my ass kicked for a week out there but it was huge fun

OldGuysRule

Kinda in chronological order;

Ireland - too many spots to list (for about 18 - 20 years)
France (for about a month, three different locations)
Tenerife (for two weeks)
Australia (for a year, far to many spots to list to list / remember)
New Zealand (for two months - only 4 spots)
Bali (for two weeks)
Fiji (surfed only 2 hrs!) for 1 day (due to coup)
US four times (east and west coast, too many spots to list / remember)
Morocco (6 times - 4 different spots)
Hawaii twice (south, east, west and north shores - lots of breaks)
Barbados (for two weeks south and east coasts)
Fuerteventura (for two weeks - north shore)
Portugal (4 visits - many spots)

Thank that is it . . .

Decos

OldGuysRule wrote: »

Kinda in chronological order;

Ireland - too many spots to list (for about 18 - 20 years)
France (for about a month, three different locations)
Tenerife (for two weeks)
Australia (for a year, far to many spots to list to list / remember)
New Zealand (for two months - only 4 spots)
Bali (for two weeks)
Fiji (surfed only 2 hrs!) for 1 day (due to coup)
US four times (east and west coast, too many spots to list / remember)
Morocco (6 times - 4 different spots)
Hawaii twice (south, east, west and north shores - lots of breaks)
Barbados (for two weeks south and east coasts)
Fuerteventura (for two weeks - north shore)
Portugal (4 visits - many spots)

Thank that is it . . .

Wow. That's impressive! Would you have a favourite trip that stands out in your mind?

OldGuysRule

Ireland, no question

But overseas, Hawaii without a doubt, such a range of waves, such a range of surfing styles, the aloha spirit that is everywhere, the weather, the history. I delayed going there for so long as I thought it would be really cheesy, but no way. It is touristy, but just seems appropriate and well managed, for the want of a better word. All the main development is fairly well restricted (in Oahu anyways) to Waikiki, Honolulu and Pearl Harbour, the majority of the rest of the island is just perfect, especially the North Shore and Halewia.

Will be back for sure.

Very few places I would not bother going back to, maybe Bali and Tenerife

keryl

Sounds great

OuterBombie

Tough to resist this thread.

I'd second OldGuysRule opinion of Hawaii, legend spot.

Here's my list, starting with close to home...

• Mainly North Clare at the mo
• Ireland (Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal), since 1994.
• France (Brittany, Gironde, Lacanau, Hosseger, Biarritz/Anglet, Cote de Basque), maybe 6 or so trips from 2 weeks to a month each time.
• Spain (San Seb, Mundaka, Barcelona!), couple of trips, more drinking than surfing done!
• Morocco (usual spots), month trip in 1999.
• Canaries:
• Tenerife (South and North), 4 trips, two of them were a month long.
• Lanza (all over), 3 trips.
• Las Palmas, quick trip via ferry.
• South Africa (lots of spots from Durban to Cape Town (including up to Elands bay), 8 months.
• Maldives (regular spots), three week boat trip, such easy waves to surf.
• California (Norcal, San Diego), 6 months, favorites were Santa Cruz in the north and Blacks beach in the south.
• Mexico (Northern Baja), token week trip, bandit country!
• Hawaii (Kauai and Maui), awesome.
• New Zealand (North/South Island), month trip. Highlights, Hot water beach in the North Island and Kaikora in the south)

Get me out from behind this desk and on the road to any of those locations right now and I'd be stoked

rodento

OuterBombie wrote: »

Get me out from behind this desk and on the road to any of those locations right now and I'd be stoked

Question is which one would ya go back to

Decos

OldGuysRule wrote: »

Ireland, no question

But overseas, Hawaii without a doubt, such a range of waves, such a range of surfing styles, the aloha spirit that is everywhere, the weather, the history. I delayed going there for so long as I thought it would be really cheesy, but no way. It is touristy, but just seems appropriate and well managed, for the want of a better word. All the main development is fairly well restricted (in Oahu anyways) to Waikiki, Honolulu and Pearl Harbour, the majority of the rest of the island is just perfect, especially the North Shore and Halewia.

Will be back for sure.

Very few places I would not bother going back to, maybe Bali and Tenerife

Good to hear Ireland tops the lot

What didn't you like about Bali, too crowded?

OldGuysRule

Bali was fine, but I was on a holiday with others on way to Aus, so only surfed Kuta and Nusa Dua (?). Just had no love for the place, attitude in the water was crap (especially Australians) and questionnable water quality at times. Would have loved to explore more breaks but it was not the time. If I was to travel that far again, it would be somewhere better. Same with Tenerife, if I was going back to those islands, it would be Fuerte

OuterBombie

rodento wrote: »

Question is which one would ya go back to

I'd be happy to head back to where I surfed last Sunday

On their day most decent spots in the country here are as good as anywhere in the World (that I've surfed) so Ireland too would top the list for me.

However, nearly everywhere else is more consistent than here so more quality waves more of the time. To get the same number of surfs here you'd need to be all over the coast, with a van and pwc, all the time.

Winter in SA for example, it was nearly never flat, always waves, always offshore in the mornings. The only problem was the feckin sharks!

While we suffer from no surf blues in the summer here, there are waves all up and down the SW coast in France, same deal, always waves, always offshore in the mornings! The only problem is the feckin boobies!

Its the same ocean for gods sake, they just have the advantage of the greater fetch while we sit in the low pressure.

Ah well.

Badly need a decent surf trip!

gerk86

Cork, Kerry and Cali

Ronnie Beck

I was in indonesia for two months. Only spent a week in Bali. Didnt like it. The stink the trafic the people the drunken aussies. I'd recommend Lombok and Sumbawa the next two island to the east. Lombok is class. an island the same size as bali with genuine friendly people from all over the world and a surf break every 1/4 mile for all levels and some cool scenery up the volcano in the centre of the island. The reefs in the inner bays of grupuk are flat like concrete and are perfect for beginners.

keryl

Hi Ronnie

You stayed in Indo for 2 months, how much did it cost roughly and were there any issues with boards etc

Ronnie Beck

keryl wrote: »

Hi Ronnie

You stayed in Indo for 2 months, how much did it cost roughly and were there any issues with boards etc

roughly 1000 for flights and 1000 spending money. That was for b&b's, lunch and dinner, bike hire, buses, public ferry's, pay the fisherman for a lift out back. that was about it nothing fancy. charter boats and 5 star accommodation didn't come into it;). Bought a nice board out there for about 300 euro. probably cost about 450 for the same board here. You can get lots of nice aussie boards like webber for cheap. probably about 400 euro or so. Cant remember how much the shots and visa were 100 euro or so. A tip on bringing the board back or over is collect all your small 500ml water bottels and stuff them into your board bag around the rails of the board with all you clothes and towels and salvage some bubble wrap. the baggage handlers dont give a **** they literally throw your board onto the plane and thers three over and three back. It was just a surf trip so if you want to do any touristy stuff like boat trips or that bring an extra couple of hundred. You can also fly to darwin in oz for about 150 euro which i wish i had of known about.....:pac:. fire away with any other questions.

rodento

Always use bubble wrap & pipe insulation to cover the rails of my boards when I travel and have some sun cure in hand just in case:D

Ronnie Beck

rodento wrote: »

Always use bubble wrap & pipe insulation to cover the rails of my boards when I travel and have some sun cure in hand just in case:D

ggood idea cheaper than water bottles for headin over