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Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby Wave4Surf » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:50 pm

I haven't found such a topic yet. So, what is your top 5 of surfspots? (You must've been there!)

1. Hendaye (fr)
2. Biarritz (fr)
3. Mimizan (Fr)
4. Montalivet (Fr)
5. Zandvoort (NL)
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby surf patrol » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:53 pm

1. Magnet Bay (NZ) - I love the drive to get there over the hill, really enjoyed the wave when surfing there. Happy memories.
2. Cromer (UK) - Where I learned to surf. Great bunch of locals, the most fun sessions. (crappy waves though)
3. Wilkes Passage / Namotu lefts (Fiji). Only surfed once, was in Fiji for friends wedding. Your classic warm clear water & live coral racing by underfoot.
4. Fistral (UK). There's always been surf whenever I've gone, and it's on the list as its where I first stood up on a board.
5. Boscombe Reef.
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby drowningbitbybit » Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:13 pm

surf patrol wrote:5. Boscombe Reef.

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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby billie_morini » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:20 am

hmmm...
no entries for breaks in California, Hawaii, or Australia.
I detect bias. :wink:
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby surf patrol » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:19 am

I've not surfed waves in California or Hawaii, so they don't make my list. I have surfed on the East and West Coast of Australia, but the waves there are all decidedly average :wink:
Feel free to post your Cali favorites Billie
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby jaffa1949 » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:29 am

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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby surf patrol » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:33 am

Boscombe reef and Australia's average waves, I should stop now :lol:
How about your top 5 Jaffa, I bet you've surfed some quality spots in your surfing career.
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby surferdude_scarborough » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:15 pm

ooo good topic, will be back to comment when i have had time to have a think about it. Not sure 5 is enough can we make it top 10?
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby Wave4Surf » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:11 pm

surferdude_scarborough wrote:ooo good topic, will be back to comment when i have had time to have a think about it. Not sure 5 is enough can we make it top 10?

Thanks :D. Well ok, there can be an exception
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby surferdude_scarborough » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:02 pm

right here we go with my top 10!

1. Three Cliff Bay, South Wales - For being the spot me and my buddy would drop everything whenever it is working. fast and hollow on the right tide and swell.

2. Polzeath, Cornwall - Where i learned to surf and destination for family holidays. Ive surfed it at all kinds of sizes up to double overhead and always had fun.

3. La Lette Blanche, France - scene of my first surf holiday. equal quality to horsegor and other Famous Landes spots but few crowds.

4.Pantin, Spain - huge grinding rights which left a large impression on me on an epic holiday.

5. Rhossili, South Wales - not the greatest wave in the world but so many fun sessions here with mates I can't begin to count. plus Worms Head sunset.

6. Oxwich Bay, South Wales - Works once in a blue moon but heavy beach break barrels when it does.

7. Runswick Bay, Cleveland - 1st reef break I ever surfed. Lovely right hander with friendly locals.

8. Cayton Point, - Scarborough - for giving me the most terrifying suring experience ever, heavy heaving barrels.

9. Playa Christina, Spain - for making a miserable rainy sunday on holiday epic by providing awesome clean steep waves.

10. Boilers, South Wales - Just making the cut solely for being a quality left hand reef break.


There we go, took a bit of thought that.
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby Makka » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:22 am

1: D-Bah, New South Wales, Australia - Scored a small but clean day with some epic banks!

2: The Pass, Byron Bay, Australia - Too much fun was had during my stay in Byron, Waves weren't all time but some good rides were had!

3: Little Fistral, Cornwall, U.K - Low tide autumn swells @ Little Fistral on the right day is something special.

4: Playa Maderas, Nicaragua - Mad fun beach break with all the elements you need to make a trip!

5: Noosa, Queensland, Australia - Scored small waves with several 6 hour longboard sessions for nearly a whole week straight!
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby PolzeathSurferSarah1 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:50 am

Polzeath is awesome, trust me, you won't want to leave!
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Re: Top 5 Surfspots?

Postby frreako104 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:31 pm

Hawaii had a nice surf when I was there, though it was before I got into surfing. Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina is favourite spot.
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