Climate battle: best places for surfing

[Ed's Mountain]

Originally Posted by Junter

I think it misses Tarifa, which is a well known place for surf and kite surf! Also maybe some place in southern Brazil like Rio.



it's a Csa/Csb borderline climate. Btw, the climate of Half Moon Bay is too blergh and probably the ocean is too cold year round. The others seem nice for surfing.

I'd take the Gold Coast or Port Elizabeth, I don't know at the moment which one to vote!

The best-known spots on the Iberian Peninsula seem to be in Portugal. Of these, Nazaré is the most prominent because of stuff like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5g6I-FOguQ

[russ8]

For best climate in general: gold coast.
Best climate to compliment surfing: hawaii

[ase42dv]

Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain

The best-known spots on the Iberian Peninsula seem to be in Portugal. Of these, Nazaré is the most prominent because of stuff like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5g6I-FOguQ

and what's the relationship with Tarifa? it's not a competition lol, I mentioned Tarifa as being pretty famous in Europe and also because it has an official station...



In Spain the most known is not Tarifa (internationally) but some places on the Basque coast (north of Spain)

[Rozenn]

Originally Posted by Junter

and what's the relationship with Tarifa?

Nazaré is the biggest and most well known wave of the Iberian peninsula, which Tarifa is located on, that's all.

[Ed's Mountain]

Originally Posted by Junter

and what's the relationship with Tarifa? it's not a competition lol, I mentioned Tarifa as being pretty famous in Europe and also because it has an official station...



In Spain the most known is not Tarifa (internationally) but some places on the Basque coast (north of Spain)

I was explaining why Tarifa didn't make the cut. If someone's doing a top 5 and they don't include Nazaré then they're definitely not going to include Tarifa.

[Ed's Mountain]

Originally Posted by Junter

and what's the relationship with Tarifa? it's not a competition lol, I mentioned Tarifa as being pretty famous in Europe and also because it has an official station...



In Spain the most known is not Tarifa (internationally) but some places on the Basque coast (north of Spain)

And face it: you mentioned Tarifa because somehow you have to get Spain into every thread. We could have a thread about the best climate Antarctica and you'd find a place in Spain to talk about.

[ase42dv]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

Nazaré is the biggest and most well known wave of the Iberian peninsula, which Tarifa is located on, that's all.

ok, but I didn't say that Tarifa is the most known surfing place in Iberia, it's not even in Spain...

Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain

And face it: you mentioned Tarifa because somehow you have to get Spain into every thread. We could have a thread about the best climate Antarctica and you'd find a place in Spain to talk about.

if I mentioned Nazaré or Cornwall and not Tarifa i'm sure that you wouldn't say nothing, right?

I just mentioned Tarifa because it's pretty known on this forum and has an official station... it hasn't any relationship with Spain lol, it was a mere suggestion... btw, nevermind.

[Joe90]

Hawaii, South Africa or Gold coast all look good, but I'll go with the Gold Coast for seasonality and rainy days -South Africa is getting just a bit too dry.


I learned to surf in Southland (Invercargill), so I'm not too worried about water temperature..... within reason.