The World Stormrider Guide Volume #2

Detailed description of the Environment for each regional chapter including notes on pollution, erosion, access and hazards, plus essential country statistics, ocean buoy locations and a listing of Environmental organizations and surf travel companies. Each of the 80 zone spreads focus on a particular area and provide accurate wave descriptions, a detailed zone map, swell, wind and water temperature tables, Stormrider symbols for wave size, bottom contour and wave type, plus quick reference pros and cons and an easy to use, monthly guide showing when to go. Travel Info.

The World Stormrider Guide Volume #1

The 1st volume of the trilogy focuses on the most famous surfing coastlines around the planet. Broken into 9 regional chapters, the introductions include detailed descriptions of the Oceanography and Meteorology for each regional chapter including where and when to find the best waves, swell forecasting, water temperatures and tidal info, plus essential country statistics. Each of the 80 zone spreads focus on a particular area and provide accurate wave descriptions; a detailed zone map; swell, wind and water temperature tables plus quick reference pros and cons and an easy to use, monthly guide showing when to go. Travel Information.

Stormrider Guide Europe 4th edition

The new Stormrider guide Europe, The Continent has now arrived. Includes: Denmark; Germany; Netherlands; Belgium; France; Spain; Portugal; The Mediterranean and Morocco.

Note: for Britain, Scandinavia, Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira you will have to wait for our Atlantic Islands companion guide due out Spring 2007.

The Stormrider Guide North America

Detailed coverage of the North American coastline from Alaska and Canada in the north to Baja California in the south including the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. Individual surf break reports with full colour photos and accurate relief maps.

Footprint Surfing Europe

Footprint's Surfing Europe combines essential surf and travel information to guide you to the big swells and through the flat spells with colour photographs, weather charts, regional maps and tips from Europe's top surfers...

Footprint Surfing The World

This unique guide takes you around the world in 80 waves. The very best breaks on the planet, as selected by many of the top surfers, dissected and explained with the aid of clever graphics and spectacular photography.

Surfing Indonesia

Indonesia is well known to surfers the world over as "The Last Frontier" of their sport. Indeed, except for Hawaii, where the ancient Polynesian sport of surfing originated and was refined, no other maritime nation on earth is so rich in challenges for accomplished wave riders. Periplus' team of renowned author-photographer-surfers takes you on a surffari that is the stuff of dreams -- from the huge island of Sumatra through Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, and Indonesia's "Far East".

Surfing Australia

Capturing the adventurous spirit of Aussie beach culture, this guidebook shows the reader how to find and surf Australia's hottest beach, reef, and point breaks and get away from it all. Filled with invaluable travel tips, the book also explores Oz surfing history, characters, and the unique surf lifestyle which has inspired and entertained the world.

Surfing Hawaii

Although centuries have passed since Polynesians first surfed, the same timeless waves rise up out of the deep Pacific, and a world popular sport still reaches its apex in the place of its birth: Hawaii. This big, action-packed guide book is full of maps, travel advisories, beachside commentaries and up-to-date inside info on surfing sites and, all the information needed to make any surfer's next visit to Hawaii an endless summer of waves and more waves. Surfing Hawaii covers every island and every great beach in lush, exotic detail.

Surfing Travel Guide Peru

Peru, home of many of the longest, loneliest and more perfect lefthanders in the world, is without doubts one of the best places for a surftrip in the whole planet. Due to that and everything that sorrounds it, this guide will show you why a surftrip to this country is a unique and unforgettable experience. When and where to go, what to bring, food, accomodation, hazards...

Surfing Travel Guide Costa Rica

For many reasons, Costa Rica is one of the most recommended places to plan a surftrip. Everything is pura vida over there! This complete guide will help you optimise your time to the maximum and enjoy this dreamt paradise full of waves. When and where to go, what to bring, food, accomodation, hazards...

New Zealand Surfing Guide

New Zealand offers some of the most consistent and crowd free surfing in the southern hemisphere. It’s rugged coasts are littered with quality points, reefs, bar and beach breaks making it a truly world-class surfing destination. The size of a small brick, the 550 pages Wavetrack New Zealand Surfing Guide covers the Islands of New Zealand in extreme detail making it an essential tool to own if you’re planning a New Zealand surf adventure.

Surfriding in New Zealand

The essential guide for anyone planning to surf seriously in New Zealand. This full colour book includes detailed info, maps and photos for 327 indexed surf locations. Provides phone numbers for weather forecast, tips on travelling within N.Z., how to get around, talk the local language and understand the culture....etc. 4th edition since 1968.

The Surfer's Guide to Baja

Ninety percent of Baja's breaks are rarely surfed. And those are the breaks we talk about.Surf guide to over 75 breaks, from Tijuana to Isla Natividad to Scorpion Bay to Cabo. Hotels and campgrounds, handy hotel tables, maps and directions, wave height seasonality chart, travel tips, how to pack surfboards for air travel, rental car tips...etc. If you are ready to surf Baja, this guide is ready to travel. Just shove it in your backpack and go.

Surfing in South Africa

Surfing in South Africa celebrates the unique subculture of a country surrounded on three sides by just under 3000 km of pristine coastline.Not only does it burst with colors, photos and culture, this book is rich in resources for surfers, whether visitors or locals. Complete with comprehensive list of surf spots, wacky surfing slang, surfing history, top quality photos, swell prediction tools and surfing stories by locals, this guide will be at home in backpacks or bookshelves.

Surf Réunion

Declined in French and English, this guide starts with a chapter dedicated to environnement and protection of the lagoon, as well as weather in the island (swell, waves, precipitations, winds, tropical depressions...) allowing to plan your trip at the right period. Then the guide focuses on the West coast which counts 12 kms coral beaches offering more than 17 spots. A page is devoted to each spot, illustrated by splendid photos, precise information and pictograms. Also travel tips, food, accomodation, etc.

Oceansurf Portugal

Portugal offers surfers an envious amount of options, and this book, the only surf guide dealing exclusivelywith Portugal, gives you all the essential information you need to have a killer surf trip. Hundreds of surf spots, from mellow beach breaks to grinding barrels, are covered in an easy to use format with advice on the ideal swells, winds and tidal stage to catch each break at its best. And for a smooth and easy trip use the practical travel information to find the best accommodation options and the craziest nights out.

Guia del Surf Espana

This guide is the first and only one dedicated to surf in Spain. It provides detailed info about all spots available in the Basque country, Asturies, Galice, Canarian Islands, Andalousia, Murcia, Valencia, Cantabria, Catalogne and Baleares... For every spot : swell, tides, size and kind of wave, winds, locals, best season to go, water quality, spot access. Also general surf info and addresses for schops, schools, accomodation, restaurants, tourist offices. A real complete guide for a nice surfing destination.

Encyclopedia of surfing

The first comprehensive reference book on surfing; contains 1,500 A-through-Z entries on all surf-related subjects: people, places, equipment, language, art, music, movies, business, contests and organizations. Includes 300 photographs and illustrations, a short history of surfing, and five appendices. Softcover version of the Encyclopedia adds 36 new entries to the original Hardcover edition.

Bodyboard Hardcore Spirit

Bodyboard through its history. This book is the continuity of "Bodyboard Book" published more than 10 years ago, when this activity became famous in France. Its approach is much more modern and it focuses on the recent evolutions of the sport and its spectacular sides. Through nicely written texts and awesome images, it is dedicated as well to involved bodyboarders as people who have interest in boardsports.

Oceans - Vagues - Spots

Wether your are surfer, bodyboarder, bodysurfer, kneeboarder, skimboarder, windsurfer, kiteboarder, fan of kayak or sailing, waves lover, this book is dedicated to you.Oceanography is a vast science! This book will teach you a lot about winds, low pressures, waves, coasts, tides and much more. Info are arranged under a FAQ model, and illustrated by many drawings and schemes. After more than 60 surftrips around the world and 25 years practicing waves, Antony “YEP” Colas (author of the Stormrider Guides) offers readers a nice and captivating book to get initiated to "spotology".

Kosta : côte basque au fil des vagues

A new book fully dedicated to the basque coast (France & Spain) through awesome photos by Eric Chauché, a famous local photographer who works and travels for 16 years now with international surf media. This book is a photographic ride along the basque coast (from Anglet to Bilbao) through waves, seasons, atmospheres and lights. Simply beautiful !

Surfland 1 & 2

These 2 comic strips will help a surfer to survive during a no-wave period! They are also really usefull for a non-surfer, who will understand the weird customs of the surfing world !

Guide complet du surf

Wether you are a beginner or an experienced surfer, you will find in this book a huge quantity of info : advices, history of surf, the pionners, boards, waves, tricks, safety, big wave riding, bodysurf, bodyboard, surf ethic, environment... Peter Dixon's book is a best seller (sold over 350.000 copies) available in french since 2003.