| Country | Currency | Safety |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Pesos | Organized crime, Banditos, Driving at Night |
| U. S. | U.S. Dollars | Violent crime, theft. |
| Costa Rica | Colones | Theft, use caution at night, driving hazards. |
| Barbados | Barbadian Dollars |
Safe, but getting more dangerous. |
| Dominican Republic |
Dominican Pesos |
Caution at night. Driving hazards. |
| Puerto Rico | U.S. Dollars | Violent crime, theft. |
| Place | Wetsuit | Wave Size |
|---|---|---|
| Baja | Full, Booties, Trunks | waist high to giant |
| California | Spring, Full, Booties |
waist high to giant |
| Florida | Trunks, Spring, Full |
waist high to overhead |
| Costa Rica | Trunks | waist high to double overhead |
| Barbados | Trunks, Top | waist high to double overhead |
| Dominican Republic |
Trunks, Top | waist high to triple overhead |
| Puerto Rico | Trunks | waist high to giant |
Extending from the Georgia-Florida border on down to Cape Canaveral is the coastline of North Florida. This stretch of the Florida coastline probably has the best surf in all of Florida primarily because of two spots: Mayport Poles and the New Smyrna Inlet.
North Florida gets a decent amount of surf, but like most of the East Coast there is a wave drought during the summer months. The fall, winter, and spring bring in a good amount of swell and sometimes even the summer can provide some decent surf from a passing hurricane or a wind swell.
The water temp can get fairly cold in the winter time and a fullsuit with booties is desirable. In the remaining months, springsuits, trunks, and a wetsuit top will suffice.
Boards that work on this coastline include fish, longboards, shortboards, etc. Actually a traveler may want to have one of each of those boards: a fish/hybrid, a longboard, and a standard shortboard. There are surf stores here so it’s no problem buying what you need.
Hazards include sharks, currents, hypothermia, and sharks. Sharky areas tend to bring out the social butterfly in surfers who ordinarily shun other surfers, but there is plenty of open space for a surfer to get their own peak.