Real Surf Trips

by Bulgarian Mermaid @bulgarianmermaid January 6, 2020 From my first solo travel by plane at the age of 3 to being dragged to the Sahara Desert of Africa by car by my crazy parents and thru the Gobi Desert of Mongolia on the TransSiberian Railway all before the age of 10, I can honestly say I […]

“Touristy” might be most people’s swift, no-brainer response if Tamarindo” came up in a word association game. They might find it hard to believe how recently this description came to fit what is now one of Costa Rica’s most popular Pacific beach towns. In fact, it was barely a generation ago that Tamarindo was getting […]

This is where I spent one of the best chapters of my life. Pantai Bingin, Indonesia. I used to sleep on that massage table. Then moved into the kampung (village). Engaging in day to day life there was transformative. The warm, caring, present way of being in all social interactions forms a strong connection between […]

The Surf Cast coming in hot, live and direct from a remote jungle setting in Costa Rica! Join us for topics including: Staying psyched, WSL Portugal WCT, Direction of Progression, Literal Abuse, WQS qualifying scenario, The Search for the Ultimate Salsa in Mexico, Favorite Surfing VHS, 1st CD, Coaches Corner, Team Anti- Over It, Travel […]

On the Pacific Coast of Central America, November-Feb is typically small, dry, hot and very windy (offshore winds). That being said we do get swells during those months, and for longboarding and fish type boards it is actually quite good. But don’t count on much good normal shortboard worthy pumping surf with plenty of power like […]

The Summit Hunnies group are active, creative women who love to travel to the best locations. They do an annual Real Surf Trips workshop every year, surfing, doing yoga, and generally living the warm water tropical dream for a week. They love Real Surf Trips because they want more than a surf camp. They like […]

The best season for swell and conditions for Jamaica is October through February. For a reggae lover’s cultural surf trip Jam Rock is hard to beat!

The Dominican Republic is one destination where you can really enjoy riding a wide variety of boards in a plethora of epic surf. Nothing like the feeling of watching those turquoise lines wrapping into Playa Encuentro and waxing up your favorite log. This video of Real Surf Trips owner and founder Tony Roberts was filmed […]

Absolutely! Our luxurious Cabarete location has 24/7 high security staff, private entrance and cameras. In town and at the beach the presence of friendly and helpful tourist police is everywhere. There was some unfounded bad press about the D.R. in the U.S. Media last spring based on 11 tourist deaths on the other side of […]

Consistent surf for all levels of surfers and a variety of amazing breaks await in the land of the Aztecs. Combine deep culture and world famous food and you have one of the best surf trips one can experience. Our mainland Mexico trip is guided by one of Mexico’s greatest surfers and fisherman: Diego Cadena […]