As a San Diegan, I love proper surf cities and I've been to all these except Sydney. Tokyo is very underrated as a surf city, you can get to the beach (Shonan) very easily via train and surfboards are welcome onboard as long as they're in a bag. If you live in between Shonan and Tokyo, it's 30 minutes to each via train.
Great video! Living in Lisbon, I have to say that it is indeed a great place to be as a surfer, although the cost of living is not as low as it was in the past and housing prices are now ridiculously high for the Portuguese standards
I just have to take this chance to tell you how much I've enjoyed your book you did a fantastic job my friend especially for your first crack at it I really hope that you have another in the works really appreciate you Dan the Man keep em coming Be well and Safe travels 👍🤙🏻
Hey Michael! Thank you so much, stoked you liked it! Definitely gonna keep going and keep improving at writing. Gonna hopefully release another book next year :)
I wouldn’t recommend LA so much as I would a few hours south. California is giant, like huge, and people often forget that you can’t just hop from Malibu to San Diego. I’d recommend Orange County or San Diego. I was born and raised in this area and it has to be the most consistent place on the planet for surf
Oahu south shore summer seasons are usually very underwhelming, we are lucky to get waves over 3 to 4 feet one time each month in the summer (unless you go to bowls where the swell is magnified and usually a foot or two bigger than any other spot on a given day). This month in particular has been non stop pretty solid swell but it is looking like after this swell hitting now it is going to go dead for the foreseeable future up to about three weeks. Really good for longboarders but if you are a shortboarder I wouldn’t even bother coming to Oahu during summer. Btw you should turn on the bowls cam some time in these next few days on the higher tide of the day and see how good that wave is!!
Durban, South Africa. If you can earn foreign currency you’ll live very comfortably. Great waves in town, as well as on both north and south coasts of the city.
Love your stuff 10X. But I’m going to troll you for lumping LA, San Diego, OC, and the north swell spots in Santa Barbara into one surf city. Come on bro!! Give California two designations on this list 😊 (And keep up the great content)
Even tho San Jose Costa Rica is not by the beach I am considering moving there because of how relatively close it is to so many good spots. An hour drive to Playa Hermosa sounds good to me. What do you think?
wdym? those places got really consistent, good swell. These aren't necessarily the BEST surf destinations on earth but if we are talking about the best metropolitan and surf destinations then it's valid.
@@Jason124-zp9os surfing with 300-400 people. No carparking fighting snaking drop ins burning angry Brazilians, get real, a million better places to surf
Let me know your experiences with surfing in these cities, and any other epic surfing cities!!
Was just in Peniche and Lisbon. Waves were fun. Lisbon and Porto are great walking cities, and ahead of the curve with vegan restaurants.
As a San Diegan, I love proper surf cities and I've been to all these except Sydney. Tokyo is very underrated as a surf city, you can get to the beach (Shonan) very easily via train and surfboards are welcome onboard as long as they're in a bag. If you live in between Shonan and Tokyo, it's 30 minutes to each via train.
Hi mate!! Epic shout on Tokyo actually, I missed that one!
Great video! Living in Lisbon, I have to say that it is indeed a great place to be as a surfer, although the cost of living is not as low as it was in the past and housing prices are now ridiculously high for the Portuguese standards
good stuff mate! I would like to add Porto, Portugal and Florianopolis, Brazil to that list. Those are great cities to live as surfer too.
I just have to take this chance to tell you how much I've enjoyed your book you did a fantastic job my friend especially for your first crack at it I really hope that you have another in the works really appreciate you Dan the Man keep em coming Be well and Safe travels 👍🤙🏻
Hey Michael! Thank you so much, stoked you liked it! Definitely gonna keep going and keep improving at writing. Gonna hopefully release another book next year :)
San Diego, Bilbao, San Francisco should all be on the list. Nyc could deserve a shout
Lima looks epic!always great info Dan!lets go!
Stoked! Another Harmon video...
Thank you!
Lima is amazing
I wouldn’t recommend LA so much as I would a few hours south. California is giant, like huge, and people often forget that you can’t just hop from Malibu to San Diego. I’d recommend Orange County or San Diego. I was born and raised in this area and it has to be the most consistent place on the planet for surf
Thanks Dan!
Great vid thanks Dan
So good video information surf 🏄 😊
Oahu south shore summer seasons are usually very underwhelming, we are lucky to get waves over 3 to 4 feet one time each month in the summer (unless you go to bowls where the swell is magnified and usually a foot or two bigger than any other spot on a given day). This month in particular has been non stop pretty solid swell but it is looking like after this swell hitting now it is going to go dead for the foreseeable future up to about three weeks. Really good for longboarders but if you are a shortboarder I wouldn’t even bother coming to Oahu during summer. Btw you should turn on the bowls cam some time in these next few days on the higher tide of the day and see how good that wave is!!
Durban, South Africa. If you can earn foreign currency you’ll live very comfortably. Great waves in town, as well as on both north and south coasts of the city.
Can you make a video of the best surf spots in the world with no crowds?
Dan when you come to CTN I will show you around the joint.
Love your stuff 10X. But I’m going to troll you for lumping LA, San Diego, OC, and the north swell spots in Santa Barbara into one surf city. Come on bro!! Give California two designations on this list 😊
(And keep up the great content)
Even tho San Jose Costa Rica is not by the beach I am considering moving there because of how relatively close it is to so many good spots. An hour drive to Playa Hermosa sounds good to me. What do you think?
Carcavelos in Lisbon can be one of the best beachies in the world on it's day
Yup. Crazy barrels out there.
Lima was a great place to live.
San Diego should definitely be on the list as it destroys LA in all catagories pretty much, and certainly in the surf category
Dan, Mate, you unfortunately forgot MARGATE in KENT…. How dare. You?
You forgot Cleveland Ohio... surfing on Lake Erie
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Gold coast, Sydney, really, you must be kidding
Always gotta be some clown like you who thinks he's cool by making a post like this. OK bud...you're sooooo "CORE!!!"
wdym? those places got really consistent, good swell. These aren't necessarily the BEST surf destinations on earth but if we are talking about the best metropolitan and surf destinations then it's valid.
@Leonardo-oy8ry melbourne far superior but shh!!
@@Jason124-zp9os surfing with 300-400 people. No carparking fighting snaking drop ins burning angry Brazilians, get real, a million better places to surf