Legendary Surf Breaks
The waves surfers cross the planet to ride. 16 places, mapped and ready to build a trip around.
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Oahu, HawaiiBestNov–FebClimate68–86°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportHNLThe most famous and fearsome barrel in surfing, breaking over shallow reef on the North Shore.
Teahupo'o
TahitiBestApr–SepClimate72–84°FCurrencyXPFLanguageFrenchAirportPPTA thick, heaving slab wave over razor reef: one of the heaviest on Earth.
Jeffreys Bay
Eastern CapeBestJun–SepClimate52–77°FCurrencyZARLanguageZuluAirportPLZA perfect, fast right point break that peels for hundreds of meters at Supertubes.
Nazaré
Silver CoastBestOct–FebClimate48–73°FCurrencyEURLanguagePortugueseAirportLISHome of the biggest waves ever surfed, funneled by a deep undersea canyon.
Uluwatu
BaliBestApr–OctClimate75–84°FCurrencyIDRLanguageIndonesianAirportDPSCliff-framed reef lefts and a cave paddle-out beneath a clifftop temple.
Bells Beach
VictoriaBestVariesClimate46–73°FCurrencyAUDLanguageEnglishAirportMELThe spiritual home of Australian surfing and its oldest pro contest.
Mavericks
Half Moon Bay, CaliforniaBestNov–FebClimate46–70°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportSFOA cold, monstrous big-wave break that only wakes up in the biggest swells.
Cloudbreak
TavaruaBestApr–SepClimate70–86°FAirportNANA flawless reef left in the middle of the ocean off Tavarua.
Puerto Escondido
OaxacaBestMay–SepClimate70–91°FCurrencyMXNLanguageSpanishAirportPXMThe Mexican Pipeline: a heaving beach-break barrel on the Pacific.
Snapper Rocks
Gold CoastBestDec–AprClimate52–81°FCurrencyAUDLanguageEnglishAirportOOLThe start of the Superbank, a sand-bottom right that can run for a mile.
Hossegor
LandesBestSep–NovClimate41–79°FCurrencyEURLanguageFrenchAirportBODPowerful Atlantic beach-break barrels in the pine-backed dunes of southwest France.
Raglan
WaikatoBestVariesClimate48–72°FCurrencyNZDLanguageEnglishAirportAKLOne of the world's longest and most consistent left-hand point breaks.
Mundaka
Basque CountryBestSep–NovClimate45–77°FCurrencyEURLanguageSpanishAirportBIOA rivermouth sandbar that produces a legendary, hollow Basque left.
Chicama
La LibertadBestApr–SepClimate61–79°FCurrencyPENLanguageSpanishAirportTRUThe longest rideable left in the world: a two-kilometer point.
Skeleton Bay
Walvis BayBestMay–AugClimate50–73°FCurrencyNADLanguageEnglishAirportWVBA freakishly long, sand-bottom barrel down a desert coastline.
Trestles
San Clemente, CaliforniaBestMay–SepClimate50–79°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportSANA cobblestone point of playful, high-performance California peaks.