NYC’s subway-to-surf backyard: the Beach 67th-69th Rockaway zone serves playful, shifting sandbar peaks that can turn punchy and hollow when Atlantic E/SE energy lines up.

A Californian icon where First Point’s long right-hand peel has shaped surf style for decades, blending cruiser-friendly trim days with high-performance walls on stronger W/SW pulses.

San Francisco’s proving ground: Ocean Beach is a powerful, shifting beachbreak where heavy winter swell, fog, and strong currents define the city’s serious surf culture.