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Who Surfed It First?
These iconic waves, and WaterWays destinations, had all been unridden until they weren’t. But which intrepid adventures surfed them first, and when? We delve into the origin stories of some of our favorite locations.Grajagan, Indonesia Grajagan is located on the very...
In Celebration Of Earth Day
Your donations to Seatrees have made a difference in supporting ocean health and protecting the planet’s most vital ecosystems. On April 22, 2025, WaterWays will be celebrating Earth Day. This year’s theme is OUR POWER, OUR PLANET, which has the goal of getting...
Surfing’s All-Time Turns
Sometimes you have to go back to basics. And there’s nothing more elemental than a good, old-fashioned turn. Sure, a barrel is the best part of surfing, and aerials add excitement and progression, but for the ultimate bang for your surfing buck, nothing beats burying...
Forrest and Janine’s Excellent Adventure
Into The Eye of The StormsThe Ultimate Stop-over Leading up to Forrest Minchinton and Janine Jolie’s trip to Tavarua in February, there were two cyclones parked in the South Pacific; one sitting a few hundred miles to the north of the Fijian Islands, the other...
Best Locations To Teach Your Kids To Surf (and get some barrels yourself)
There is nothing quite like sharing your love of surfing with your kids. However, it isn’t always a smooth ride. A family surf vacation can be the perfect way to remove some entry barriers. With a checklist that includes warm water, beginner waves, great instructors,...
The Ultimate Surf Trip Two Surfboard Quiver
With advice from world-class shapers who make them Here at WaterWays Travel, we like to make the logistics of surf travel as easy as possible. We do the heavy lifting; you do the surfing. Yet we know flying with surfboards isn’t easy. With airlines adding fees...
Cloudbreak’s Days of Days
Six of the best swells ever recorded at one of the world’s best waves. Cloudbreak is widely regarded as one of the world’s premier waves. As such, its ceiling is pretty high. An average surf at the Tavarua reef pass could be your surf of the year and it consistently...
The Best Places To Surf And Train
A surf trip away doesn’t mean you have to leave your gym, cardio, cross-fit, yoga, cycling, or swim sessions at home. Adding your regular exercise routines to the extra surf sessions on vacation makes it possible to come back fitter and stronger than when you left....
Our Favorite Four (Slightly Lesser Known) Lefts
At the risk of upsetting the natural footers of the surf world, we trawled through the Waterways destinations to find our favorite, slightly lesser known, lefthanders. These waves will make goofyfooters' hearts sing and warm the cockles of those who surf with their...
The World’s Best Surf Honeymoon Destinations
Risky? Sure. But these five WaterWays options will stoke your non-surfing partner, keep the romance alive... and get you barreled. The surfing honeymoon with a non-surfing partner is surely one of life’s greatest challenges. Juggling chainsaws on a tightrope has less...
How To Stack The Pack On Your Next Surf Trip
The questions you should ask and the answers you should know from our WaterWays surf travel expert Bryan Pohlman. Bryan Pohlman has spent more than 25 years making surf trips happen. “BP” started working with WaterWays in 2013, and our Tavarua Island Reservation guru...
Rating All The Eddie Aikau Invitationals
Rating All The Eddie Aikau Invitationals Like choosing your favorite child or picking just two boards to take to Indo, rating all the Eddie Aikau Invitational events is no easy task. While requiring 25-foot “Hawaiian” sized waves to run, it has been held just 11 times...
Surf Travel Trends To Look Forward To In 2025
From packing racquets, radical surf sabbaticals and a neutral La Niña, there are a load of positive trends that could help make your next surf trip even more epic. The Radical Sabbatical A new trend forsees more and more workplaces increasingly offering extended...
The Best Books For Your Surf Trip
Congrats, you’ve done the hard part. You’ve booked an incredible surf trip with WaterWays. And hopefully, you’ve boxed off one of life’s more fun to-do lists. Quiver is updated (and hopefully recently expanded). The appropriate warm water wax is bought (and sniffed)....
WaterWays during Covid-19
While the world copes with an unprecedented global health situation, the crew here at WaterWays is continuing to work remotely in order to help you plan for a future beyond the uncertainty. Whether you have an existing booking or would like to prepare for a new strike...
Swill in Pohnpei 2019 / 2020 – Week 7
I just sat down and went over all my blogs from the last 7 weeks .WOW I had forgotten all the great times. Not to mention great waves. It is too easy to take for granted surfing great waves with only a handful of humans out, everyone taking turns with an epic...
Swill in Pohnpei 2019 / 2020 – Week 6
The last week of the Fall season forecasts gave us horrible winds but forecasts do not take into consideration local weather systems resulting in completely different conditions. It has been raining a lot more than usual for Pohnpei, but the surf has been...
Swill in Pohnpei 2019 / 2020 – Week 5
Just when we thought the surf was not going to be good this week, the forecast changed. Even with today’s technology, there are those gaps modern surf-forecasting misses. We really were not expectation this, but Monday morning had some of best and cleanest surf...
Swill in Pohnpei 2019 / 2020 – Week 4
Like anywhere else in the world, eventually the swells have to come down, but no reason for desperation. Finally a day to rest and see a bit of the island. Winds have been light. Fishing has been fun. A new week of head high to overhead surf starting Monday the...
Swill in Pohnpei 2019 / 2020 – Week 3
There has been some unusual weather for Pohnpei but no shortage of waves. A rare and large swell generated by a high-pressure system to the east sent a 15 ft swell to Pohnpei. Because of the direction, P-Pass was around 8ft with some amazing moments. Other...