best easy to get to destination?

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  1. Nov 24, 2014 #1
    Arc1

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    Ok, so I've defaulted into Puerto Rico, Rincon, etc, as my relatively easy to get to destination from the northeast (CT). It's usually pretty darn good, but can be a little hit or miss swell wise.
    Question is, what am I missing that is as good/better with same general travel parameters?
    So probs got to be Carribean - warm water a must. Your thoughts?
     
    Arc1, Nov 24, 2014
    Arc1, Nov 24, 2014
  3. Nov 24, 2014 #2
    metard

    metard Well-Known Member

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    whatever you do, don't be adventurous

    that would suck for a surf trip
     
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  5. Nov 24, 2014 #3
    Losttsol

    Losttsol Well-Known Member

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    South Texas?
     
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  6. Nov 24, 2014 #4
    Arc1

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    Metard, you do a fine job of living up to your name.
     
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  7. Nov 24, 2014 #5
    metard

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    [​IMG]

    free bump
     
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  8. Nov 24, 2014 #6
    salt

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    Yeah, PR is fun, but there are other options:
    Barbados
    Dominican Republic
    Bocas Del Toro Panama
    Caribbean side of Costa Rica
    Other more fickle spots in the Caribbean...Jamaica (yes, Jamaica), Trinidad, British Virgin Islands
    If you're young, no kids, have a passport, and got a couple weeks to explore, try the above.
     
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  9. Nov 24, 2014 #7
    Sandblasters

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    i though about a few of those but there hell of risks.
     
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  10. Nov 24, 2014 #8
    Arc1

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    Good ideas, thanks. Got everything but a lot of time, thus the easy to get to part. Hmm, Barbados...
     
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  11. Nov 24, 2014 #9
    Sandblasters

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    looks choppy....mr.chop
     
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  12. Nov 24, 2014 #10
    sisurfdogg

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    Belmar
     
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  13. Nov 24, 2014 #11
    Mr.Belmar

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    Yea- totally the easiest surf trip I have done- with the sickest waves and warmest water. I would do it all over again,anyday over those other ''destinations"
     
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  14. Nov 24, 2014 #12
    Big Wet Monster

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    Slater always raves about Soup Bowls in Barbados so that's always been a spot I want to visit. PR is much cheaper than everywhere else in the islands. I've tried to go other places but always go back. and I like it there. I live in baltimore so I can handle a little grime in PR.
     
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  15. Nov 24, 2014 #13
    Big Wet Monster

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  16. Nov 24, 2014 #14
    leethestud

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    I'm going to second PR, getting to CR isn't too bad either if you fly into Liberia. Sort of eats up a whole day each way if you try to save some bucks and fly in and out of san jose. I'm about to fly to hawaii and it's like 16 hours of travel. As basic b*tches would say... "ugh"
     
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  17. Nov 24, 2014 #15
    sisurfdogg

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    A couple of guys around here go down to Barbados each year. They say Soupbowls is awesome. The trip is pricey compared to PR, but would be a new spot for you to explore, and the island of Barbados is pretty big and has waves on one side or the other 365. If you have the dinero, pull the trigger.
     
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  18. Nov 24, 2014 #16
    ukelelesurf

    ukelelesurf Well-Known Member

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    El Salvador ....you can literally surf in front of the airport
     
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  19. Nov 25, 2014 #17
    worsey

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    (huh?)
     
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  20. Nov 25, 2014 #18
    Mr.Belmar

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    Dude... But the 16 hrs and jet lag are well worth it when your paddling out I perfect waves in board shorts!
     
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  21. Nov 25, 2014 #19
    worsey

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    metard - besides florida and cr have you ever taken one?
     
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  22. Nov 25, 2014 #20
    metard

    metard Well-Known Member

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    tbh besides cr 4 times, i have only been to tortola and turks and caicos to surf

    i lived in florida 4 years in indiatlantic and 5 years in palm beach county. so florida doesn't really count as a surf trip
     
    metard, Nov 25, 2014
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