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surfing in Taiwan
  Taiwan is dotted with surfing spots that break during all times of the year. Without a car you are limited to the better known spots such as Daxi, Jia le Shuei etc but if you look there are better spots to be found.

NE-E Taiwan has many spots that pick up even a sniff of swell and SW-S-SE Taiwan is a myraid of breaks that you just need to look around to find.
Check the weather charts, get hold of wheels and look around the point/ corner road and you will get waves.

It is quite impossible to manage to carry a board on some kind of public bus from taipei to any surfing beach. Either you rent a board at the beach or you bring ur own.Other wise, ask if anyone you know who surf in Taiwan can drive you with your board there.

In the 60's, we all surfed MacCaully Beach - I think it is called Green bay now. What I can tell you is that Taiwan, on its day, freaking rips!!! We surfed mostly the north coast, between the road from Dam Shui, east. Tons of perfect reefs and points - you just had to track the typhoons and get off the bus and look. One special place we called "Mary's Beach". Past the tunnel by MacCaully's beach, about 4 - 5 miles headed east, there is a coast road overlooking an old farmers village, down at the bottom of a steep ravine. Next to the village is a lagoon that punchs a hole in the beach and flows out. Give it 2 - 4 feet overhead, solid ground swell from a Typhoon headed for Japan - Dude, you are smoking some heavy river mouth barrels. FULL ON!

Don't really have to worry about the ghost month thing, just be as careful as you usually do. We still go in to the water anyway.


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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 An pin right sand-bar all surfers
2 BashienDong left point-break
3 Boulders   right and left beach-break experienced surfers
4 Cheng-Gong left reef-coral experienced surfers
5 Chunan 19  right and left sand-bar all surfers
6 Da an right and left sand-bar all surfers
7 Dashi - Honeymoon Bay right and left all surfers
8 Dock Bay left breakwater/jetty experienced surfers
9 Donghe Rivermouth right and left rivermouth all surfers
10 Fongbin experienced surfers
11 Fulong Beach right and left sand-bar all surfers
12 Gongs   right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
13 Houbihu right reef-coral pros or kamikaze only...
14 Jia le Shui 20  right and left beach-break experienced surfers
15 Jici Beach   right and left all surfers
16 Jin San (Golden Mountain) 13  right and left beach-break beginners wave
17 Longman Penghu right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
18 Nan Wan 16  right reef-rocky experienced surfers
19 Queens Head rock left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
20 Shoaow   right and left rivermouth experienced surfers
21 Sun Yat Sen Beach beginners wave
22 Wai-ao right and left beach-break all surfers
23 Wu-shi harbor right and left sand-bar all surfers
24 Xiao Yeliu right and left beach-break all surfers


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Taiwan at a glance
 
Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China
Geographic coordinates: 23° 30' N, 121° 0' E
Coastline: 1,566.3 km km
Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year
Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west
Elevation: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m
Natural hazards: earthquakes and typhoons
Currency: new Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Population: 23,036,087 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Capital: Taipei
Divisions: includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby and and off coast of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is divided into 18 counties, 5 municipalities, and 2 special municipalities: counties: Chang-hua (Changhua), Chia-i (Chiayi) [county], Hsin-chu (Hsinchu), Hua-lien (Hualien), I-lan (Yilan), Kao-hsiung (Kaohsiung) [county], Kin-men (Kinmen), Lien-chiang (Lienchiang, also Matsu), Miao-li (Miaoli), Nan-t'ou (Nantou), P'eng-hu (Penghu), P'ing-tung (Pingtung), T'ai-chung (Taichung), T'ai-nan (Tainan), T'ai-pei (Taipei) [county], T'ai-tung (Taitung), T'ao-yuan (Taoyuan), and Yun-lin (Yunlin) municipalities: Chia-i (Chiayi) [city], Chi-lung (Keelung), Hsin-chu (Hsinchu), T'ai-chung (Taichung), T'ai-nan (Tainan) special municipalities: Kao-hsiung (Kaohsiung) [city], T'ai-pei (Taipei) [city]

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comment by Anonymous, 2008-08-06 13:52:42

Want to Surf in Early September
Hey! I'm going to Taipei from San Francisco for a conference at the end of August, but want to stay a week or so through the first week of September to check out some surf--Where's good? Do I have to sign up for a "surf camp" for access to breaks? Should I bring my own board or is it easy enough to rent? Anyone around and free at that time and want to join?

Email me: chelsea.mao@gmail.com

comment by Anonymous, 2008-04-13 10:03:03

Surf lessons
Wanting to go to Taiwan to surf and open a small surf school bussines to support myself. Anyone knows what would be the best place to do this. And if it is actually possible to do? Please write me at Kattarolivera@yahoo.com

comment by Anonymous, 2008-01-07 15:03:36

Surfer 101
If you are going to Kenting, the popular surfing spot down south of Taiwan, there is a good place called Afei Surfshop to rent boards, surf coaching, and they have boardings with very beautiful Balinese style rooms. The shopkeeper Afei is a very cool guy! You can check their website on www.afei.com.tw

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