Galveston Island has several spots to surf. The Galveston Seawall from the 61st Street Pier to the Flagship Hotel Pier offers many surfing spots. Short rock groins protrude from the Seawall every few hundred yards, offering protection from currents and holding the sand in place for sandbars. The surf can range from small, blown out chop to long peeling lines hundreds of yards past the groins. Usually there is a dumping wave right at the end of the groins. Paddling out next to the groins in the rip tide makes for an easy paddle. The Flagship Hotel Pier is probably the best spot in Galveston, offering long right and left peaks off the T-Head of the Pier. 37th Street Jetty offers a steep ledgy left on the same swell. Down by the San Louis Hotel you will find slower beachbreak waves and the 61st Street Pier offers a good outside pier take off with a jetty protected inside bowl. Then there are miles of beach break south to San Louis Pass, a very dangerous spot with strong currents and many sharks as all of Galveston Bay empties into the Gulf of Mexico here. The water is very shallow in Galveston as the Continental Shelf extends out for miles and miles here. Galveston rarely gets true ground swell and is usually best with a longboard.
Overview
Atmosphere
Good and friendly
General
Galveston is a great place to learn to surf and is best with a longboard. However, on certain swells, good dumpy spots can be found for shortboard use. Galveston offers something for everyone.
Who is the Mexican?
Who is that Mexican guy that hangs out at 37th street all day either surfing or by his truck. He has his name tatooed down his back in old english. Pretty typical of him to do so but he thinks he owns the place so my buddies kicked his skinny ass one day then he started crying about his salt water soul being hurt...
comment by LOCAL, 2007-01-10 21:45:53
GTOWN SURF
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO SURF. G-TOWN IS TERRIBLE.
comment by Pdaddy, 2006-11-29 02:50:34
where to surf
Ive had friends rent from Ohana's (around 27th and Seawall) I think a board is 25 for 2 hours, I dont know how that compares to other places on the island. As far as the conditions, its hit or miss. Good days followed by weeks of nothing. Best places are the Flagship, 37th and 61st depending on the conditions. The Flagship is fun but can become crowded on weekends when houston folk makes their way to the beach. If you were able to have fun in California Im sure youll be ok.
comment by Gabe P. , 2008-06-09 21:55:05