Zones
One coastline at a time. Everything around the surf — never the surf itself.
169 Surf Zones
Every coastline we’ve traveled through or were told of the riches and then researched. The Map is made. You know the treasures exist. The information to help your travels has been provided. Now its on you to get out there and find them yourself.
HAWAIʻI10 ZONES
N. AMERICA WEST6 ZONES
N. AMERICA EAST4 ZONES
MEXICO7 ZONES
CENTRAL AMERICA5 ZONES
CARIBBEAN &ATLANTIC10 ZONES EUROPE26 ZONES N. WEST AFRICA3 ZONES CANARY ISLANDS2 ZONES WEST AFRICA6 ZONES SOUTH AFRICA7 ZONES EAST AFRICA &
INDIAN OCEAN4 ZONES S. AMERICA WEST6 ZONES S. AMERICA EAST7 ZONES ASIA22 ZONES PHILIPPINES12 ZONES INDONESIA6 ZONES OCEANIA &
S. PACIFIC12 ZONES E. AUSTRALIA &
NEW ZEALAND8 ZONES WEST & SOUTH
AUSTRALIA5 ZONES
Americas
Europe & Africa
Asia & Philippines
Oceania & Australia
Know exactly where you’re headed? The search bar at the top of the page jumps straight to any zone by name.
The Two-Layer Promise.
A zone is a stretch of coast treated as one trip: how to get there, how to get around, when to go, what to pack, and which local businesses deserve your money. Every zone goes through two passes, and we tell you plainly which one you’re reading.
Researched
Layer one. We’ve done the desk work: found the real local operators, vetted them on paper, mapped the logistics, checked the seasons and the paperwork. It’s honest, useful intel — but we haven’t shaken every hand yet, so treat details like prices and hours as a strong starting point, not gospel.
Ground-Truthed ✓
Layer two. We went back. We drove the roads, ate the tacos, rented the boards, met the owners. When a zone wears this badge, every listing on it has been confirmed in person. That’s the standard everything is headed toward.
One more term you’ll see around here: wave treasure chests. Some of these coastlines hold a concentration of surf riches packed into one stretch — that’s a treasure box. We’ll tell you when a zone is one. We still won’t tell you where the treasure is buried. That part is the adventure, and it’s yours.
Twenty Regions, Every Zone Accounted For.
Each zone below opens a full zone sheet — logistics, seasons, paperwork, and the local businesses that earned their place. Every page starts Researched and upgrades to Ground-Truthed ✓ once we’ve verified it in person.
- French Basque Country & Landes
- Vendée & Charente-Maritime
- Nantes Gateway
- Brittany
- Brest Gateway
- French Riviera
- Spain — Basque Country
- Cantabria & Asturias
- Galicia
- North Portugal
- Portugal — Silver Coast
- Lisbon Gateway
- Portugal — Algarve
- Faro Gateway
- UK — Southwest England
- UK — Wales
- Cardiff Gateway
- UK — Scotland
- Inverness Gateway
- Ireland — Northwest
- Dublin Gateway
- Shannon Gateway
- Cork Gateway
- Knock Gateway
- Ireland — Clare & the West
- Ireland — Kerry & the South Coast
- Italy — Sardinia
- Italy — Mainland & Sicily
- Pisa Gateway
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Aalborg Gateway
- Norway
- Bodø Gateway
- Germany
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam Gateway
- Cyprus
- Larnaca Gateway
- Greece
- Byron Bay & Northern Rivers
- Gold Coast Gateway
- Coffs Coast & Mid North Coast
- Sydney & South Coast
- Sydney Gateway
- Gold Coast & Sunshine Coast
- Brisbane Gateway
- Discovery Coast
- Far South Coast NSW
- Northland & Auckland
- Raglan & Taranaki
- Gisborne & Bay of Plenty
- Wellington & South Island
- Wellington Gateway
- Christchurch Gateway
- Timor
- Muscat, Sharqiyah & Masirah, Oman
- Karnataka & the Konkan Coast
- Malé & the North Atolls, Maldives
- The Central Atolls, Maldives
- The Southern Atolls, Maldives
- Ari Atoll, Maldives
- Malé Gateway, Maldives
- Salalah & Dhofar, Oman
- Vietnam Central Coast
- Phuket & the Andaman Coast
- Cherating & Malaysia’s East Coast
- Kerala & India’s Southwest Coast
- Taiwan Northeast Coast
- Taiwan East Coast
- Kenting & Hengchun
- Kaohsiung Gateway
- Nouméa Gateway
- Port Moresby Gateway
- Honiara Gateway
- Monrovia Gateway
- Antananarivo Gateway
- Gothenburg Gateway
- Sri Lanka South Coast
- Arugam Bay & the East Coast
- Colombo Gateway
- Tokyo Coast
- Okinawa
- Miyazaki
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Yangyang & Sokcho, South Korea
- Seoul Gateway
- Hainan Island, China
