California's Coolest Surfing Museums

Surfing and California are synonymous. 

Perfect waves, hanging ten, surfer girls, suntans, surfboards, bikinis and beach blondes are total California Coast stereotypes. 

The surf music of the Ventures, Jan and Dean, the Beach Boys, the Surfaris, Dick Dale and the Surf Punks plays on.

California surfing museums showcase the history, the legends, and the world-famous culture of surfing in the Golden State.  Both locals and tourists enjoy these surfing shrines as hip and reverent tributes to the world of babes, baggies and boards.

The California Surf Museum is way down in Oceanside. 

Further north is the International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach. 

Up past The Rincon, is the Santa Barbara Surfing Museum. 

Up north, past Big Sur, is the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. 

These are the four coolest in California, and all you dudes and dudettes will have a total blast.

When my brother and I were kids, growing up on the beach, we lived in the waves and on the sand.  Everyone was always waxing down old surfboards and saving for new ones.  Boogie-Boarding and body surfing were daily rituals.  The bonfires and beach parties were legendary.

If you're living in the High Desert, in a forest, on a mountain, or in the snow, you may not get what the hoopla is all about.  Make the drive and check out these killer surf museums to see why California surfing is hot.

Then get on the waves, dude.