First and foremost you cannot visit the States on a surfing holiday without heading to Cocoa Beach, Florida. The swells can serve up some pretty sweet surf but you have to be there at the right time. Go in summer and your surf trip might end up being a wash out, with you spending more time paddling about than you do riding. Pay a visit in winter however and it will be whole different ball game. The winter surf is a great deal more reliable and often kicks up swells of close to 10ft. The beach and waves are pretty safe making it great for beginners and the party atmosphere here is perfect for chilling out and enjoying yourself. November to March is when you can find the best surf
Secondly, it would be criminal not to visit the iconic place where surfing was born. Hawaii has long been known as a surfing paradise. Mainly because it’s home to some of the best and largest waves on earth but also because it embraces surfing so openly. It’s so steeped in surfing history that you would not be blamed for grabbing some wetsuits and spending your whole time in the water, however also visiting historic sites, talking to locals about surfboards, or checking out the thousands of surfboards on sale is also recommended. Well, maybe not the whole of your time, you must save a little for the 20ft monsters at Oahu and the sheer beauty of the beaches and surf and Waimea and Ehukai. Heaven on Earth
Last but not certainly not least, no American surf holiday would be complete without experiencing the “surf city” and land of board shorts, Huntington USA.The sun never goes down on this area and its attracts top surfers like bees to honey. Some of the biggest names in surfing spend a lot of their year here and its no surprise there are surf comps going on all the time.It can get a little on the busy side however, there were eleven million visitors last year. So if you’re after more of quiet surfing holiday come and enjoy the water in the winter months.
