| 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 |
Broward County is north of Miami-Dade County and stretches from Hallandale Beach to Deerfield Beach. The water stays warm year round, but the air can sometimes take a dip. There are plenty of surf shops around to get equipment. Fish, longboards, and shortboards can be ridden here. Most of the time trunks and sometimes a wetsuit top will suffice, but in the wintertime a spring or full suit is nice protection from the cold air.
John U Lloyd State Park in Dania is a good location to surf when it is extremely windy because somehow it is sheltered from the wind. Fort Lauderdale has a few spots north of Sunrise Avenue which get some wind swell and good lefts when a Nor’easter pushes them down. Commercial Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea can have a decent wave from time to time. 2nd Street in Pompano Beach gets good consistently, some say because there is a hole in the Bahamas Swell Shadow that lets waves through and they end up at 2nd street. Trespass is by the Embassy Suites in Deerfield Beach and sometimes has a wave worth riding. North of Trespass is the Deerfield Beach Pier, which gets good sometimes.