Secrets of Surf Travel
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The stories. Roads that end, boats that break down, storms that move in — and the trips that turn out better because of it. Surf travel rarely goes according to plan. That’s the good part.
Surf travel is modern-day treasure hunting.
We don’t reveal spots. We solve the trip.
What this is
The adventure is yours. The logistics are ours.
For decades I’ve chased waves from Baja and mainland Mexico to Central America, Southeast Asia, and remote corners of Indonesia. Most people dream about trips like that and hesitate — the unknown feels intimidating. This site exists to shrink the unknown down to the part that’s supposed to stay unknown.
Plan
The logistics, solved. Flights and boardbag fees, seasons and packing, wheels, border paperwork, cash versus card — the practical layer of a surf trip, written by someone who has done it the hard way.
Book
Direct links to real local businesses — surf guides, camps, kitchens, rental counters, healers, horsemen. Your money lands in town, not in a booking platform’s pocket. That’s the whole point.
The No-Reveal Code
We will never tell you where to surf.
The search is the point — a spot handed to you is an adventure deleted. So we publish everything around the surf and nothing about the surf itself. It’s a promise to travelers and to the locals who live where we roam.
Read the full Code
Zones
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All twelve
Twelve zones, three regions, done properly.
Every zone gets researched on paper first, then ground-truthed in person. The badge tells you which layer you’re looking at. Twelve zone sheets are live — from the Baja border to the far side of Indonesia — and some of these coasts are wave treasure boxes: concentrated stretches of surf riches. The sheets solve the trip. The treasure stays buried until you paddle out.
Mexico
Six zones down one long coastline: Baja Norte, Southern Baja and its remote Pacific villages, Colima & Michoacán, Guerrero, and Oaxaca & Salina Cruz.
Start with Southern BajaCentral America
Four countries down the isthmus: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama — borders, shuttles, cash coastlines, and the independents worth finding.
Start with El SalvadorIndonesia
Bali & Lombok, then the remote arc of Sumbawa & Sumba — visas, ferries, scooters, and the genuinely local operators.
Start with Bali & LombokThe full zone list
Every zone sheet in one place, with the two-layer promise explained.
Browse all zones
Field Notes
Get the stories and the intel.
New zone sheets, trip logistics worth knowing, and the stories from the road — straight to your inbox. No spot reveals, ever.