Nalu Surf Travel — plan a real surf trip to 12 of the world's best waves

Fly a toy helicopter around a pocket Earth, land at a break, and book a planning session with a real surf-travel agent. Nalu Surf Travel is a one-surfer travel agency. Tell us the wave you dream about; we plan the flights, the boards, the beds, and the backup spot for when the wind turns.

Oahu — North Shore · Hawaii, USA 🌺

Winter's proving ground — when the North Pacific fires, the world's best paddle out here while the rest of us watch from the sand, jaws on the floor.

Best window: Nov – Feb — NE trade winds groom the faces; Best around mid tide.

• Pipeline — the world's barrel
• Sunset Beach — big open walls
• Waimea Bay — the big-wave classic

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 25°C

Bali — Uluwatu · Indonesia 🌴

Cliffside temples above, mechanical left-handers below. Dry-season Uluwatu is the trip that turns a surfer into a pilgrim.

Best window: Apr – Oct — SE trades blow offshore all dry season; Mid-to-high — the reef is sharp below.

• Uluwatu — long walls under the temple
• Padang Padang — the Balinese Pipeline

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 28°C

Ericeira · Portugal 🐚

Europe's only World Surfing Reserve — a fishing town with a dozen world-class reefs a short drive apart, and good coffee between sessions.

Best window: Sep – Nov — E winds are offshore in the mornings; Coxos turns on at mid tide.

• Ribeira d'Ilhas — rippable rights all day
• Coxos — world-class point when it lines up

Skill level: Intermediate · Water temperature: 18°C

Taghazout · Morocco 🐪

A sleepy Berber fishing village that wakes each winter for the long, peeling right at Anchor Point. Warm sun, cheap tagine, endless walls.

Best window: Oct – Mar — NE mornings hold the points offshore; Points line up low-to-mid.

• Anchor Point — the endless right
• Killer Point — bigger, longer, emptier

Skill level: Intermediate · Water temperature: 19°C

Nosara · Costa Rica 🦥

Jungle meets a golden beach break that works on any tide. Howler monkeys for an alarm clock, offshore mornings, no bad days for learning.

Best window: Dec – Apr — Offshore every dry-season morning; Guiones works on all tides.

• Playa Guiones — friendly beach-break machine
• Ostional — punchier peaks up the coast

Skill level: All levels · Water temperature: 28°C

Jeffreys Bay · South Africa 🐋

The fastest wave on Earth. Supertubes doesn't ask if you're ready — it just races, and if you make the drop it's the ride of your life.

Best window: Jun – Aug — W winds offshore with winter swells; Lower tide makes it race.

• Supertubes — the fastest wall on earth
• Boneyards — the take-off above Supers

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 17°C

Teahupo'o · French Polynesia 🌋

The end of the road, literally — a reef so shallow the wave folds into a slab of pure Pacific. Watch from the channel unless you truly know what you're doing.

Best window: May – Sep — Light morning offshores over the reef; Mid tide — the reef is razor-shallow.

• Teahupo'o — the heaviest wave on Earth
• The Channel — watch the pros from a boat

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 27°C

Snapper Rocks · Australia 🦘

The Superbank funnels sand into one of the longest rides on the planet. On its day you can run from Snapper all the way to Kirra with your legs screaming.

Best window: Feb – Jun — SW winds groom the bank; Runs best mid-to-high.

• Superbank — one of the longest rides on Earth
• Kirra — the barrel at the end

Skill level: All levels · Water temperature: 24°C

Puerto Escondido · Mexico 🌮

Mexico's Pipeline — Zicatela throws heavy sand-bottom barrels and doesn't care who's paddling out. Warm water, cold beers, real consequences.

Best window: Apr – Oct — Offshore in the mornings; Heavy on all tides.

• Zicatela — the Mexican Pipeline
• La Punta — a mellow left down the beach

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 28°C

Cloudbreak · Fiji 🐠

A boat ride from anywhere, breaking over living reef in the middle of the Pacific. Perfect, powerful, and worth every mile to get there.

Best window: Apr – Oct — SE trades blow it clean; Mid tide over the reef.

• Cloudbreak — a perfect reef left
• Restaurants — a shorter, sharper wall

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 27°C

Raglan · New Zealand 🥝

One of the longest left-hand points on Earth, peeling down a black-sand coast. Pull on a wetsuit and settle in for the long walk back up the point.

Best window: Mar – Sep — E winds hold up the points; Mid tide links the sections.

• Manu Bay — an endless left point
• Whale Bay — the next point down

Skill level: Intermediate · Water temperature: 17°C

Hossegor · France 🥖

Europe's beach-break capital — when the autumn sandbanks line up, La Gravière throws barrels that pull the whole world tour into town.

Best window: Sep – Oct — E offshores at dawn; Banks fire around mid tide.

• La Gravière — heaving autumn barrels
• La Nord — the tour's beach-break stage

Skill level: Advanced · Water temperature: 18°C

Book a real trip-planning session with your surf agent — Surf trip planning session, a 30-minute online video call to pick your dates, your break, and your backup spot for when the wind turns.

Questions? Email aloha@nalusurftravel.com or call +1 (808) 555-0134.