One of the best parts about surfing is the fact that it’s so conducive to traveling. It gives you (as if you needed one) an excuse to take a trip. It’s a surf trip. You have to go. It’s part of the mystique, part of the fun… it’s a big part of the whole thing. It’s not just waves. Surfing is leaving. Surfing is looking. Surfing is finding.
Here, we’ve compiled twelve destinations you may not have considered before that might be worth exploring. Enjoy. And please, leave. Look. Find. And suggest a wild destination below to win $200 worth of gear from Howler. They’ve got your back.
-Alexander Haro, The Inertia Associate Editor
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1. Philippines. You know that feeling when you're so excited your head feels like it's going to explode? This is a picture of that feeling. Photo: Callahan/SurfExplore
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2. Great Lakes. Quite possibly the world's coldest barrel. Photo: Mike Killion.
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3. Mexico. O'Neill Spain team, getting lost. Sometimes lost is the best place to be. Photo: Javier Munoz
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4. Morocco. These are a few of a regular footer's favorite things. Image: Sbrizzi
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5. Greece. There's so much more than olives and wine. And you really don't need much more than that. Photo: Andreas Tsamtsouris
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6. France. La plus grande vague! Image: Sbrizzi
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7. Basque Country. As if you needed another reason to go there. Photo: Laure-Hélène Thibaud.
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8. South Oz. Australian ocean pothole. Photo: Russell Ord
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9. Costa Rica. Anyone can take a boat from Tamarindo, Flamingo or Coco Beach for couple hundred bucks, but driving over the hills and through the woods to score empty Witch's Rock is priceless... Photo: Trevor Murphy
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11. Ireland. Big pints, big men, and big waves. Photo: Rusty Long
And congratulations to last month’s winner, quality surf toys, on his suggestion for 5 Tips: An Amateur’s Guide to Spearfishing. Check out the rest of the Call of the Wild Series. It’s good stuff.
