Yearn to Travel: Surfing in Rhode Island

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Surfing in Rhode Island

Labels: Rhode Island, Surf Rhode Island, Surfing

Photograph by Dana Smith
November 2007 Rhode Island Monthly

It still amazes me! Most people I meet in my travels find it surprising that I surf in Rhode Island and that surfing is popular here. I am not sure if it is because they think the east coast just doesn't have waves or if they have this idea that it is cold here most of the time and that the water must be way to cold to surf in.

Well listen up, Rhode Island is a great place to surf!!! But you have to be willing to pull on a wet suit in the fall and winter to appreciate the best the state has to offer it's surfers.

The Rhode Island Monthly recently ran an article (November 2007) The Perfect Wave, about the diehard pioneer surfers of Rhode Island and their role in establishing the sport of surfing in this small state. All you folks from Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut will need to grin and bear it as you read on, but it provides an interesting perspective on the history of surfing in Rhode Island and is worth a once over.
View Article

Now, much to the chagrin of Peter Pan, I would like to dedicate a section of this Blog to providing information to those that want to surf in Rhode Island. Personally, I have only surfed at about four different breaks here, primarily in South County. So I am encouraging readers to contribute by sending information, pictures and stories (via e-mail) of anything that they consider relevant to surfing in Rhode Island. And maybe together we can actually produce something worth looking at.

I have dedicated a separate Blog site to this endeavor....Yearn To Travel Surf Rhode Island

For starters, here is a list of Websites that I like to check out regularly and a list of surf shops in the Ocean State.

Surf Reports:
Magic Seaweed(New England)
Surfline

Web Cam:
Warm Winds

Surf Shops: