Surfing Heritage and Culture Center in Dana Point

This was a very interesting place to visit! Relaxing actually. Id come again.

Very cool display and history of surfing. Loved the tour and learning about the history, especially the local surf icons.

Interrsting csli history

If you care anything about surfing (or wish to call yourself a surfer), do yourself (and the curatorsa solid and visit this one-of-a-kind homage to surfing, where you can see WSL championship boards and walk through the entire history of surfing from past to present. Im from Santa Cruz, CA, where we are proud to have a small surfing museum, but it pales compared to what they have assembled here. Truly spectacular!

So cool to learn about the history of surf.

Loved seeing all of the surf history. Staff very friendly and knowledgeable.

Its a really nice place to visit

If you are in to the history and culture of surfing this is the place. Many community events take place here. Evidence of surfers contributing $, items, stories, to the community.

Biggest place ,intersection of surfing’ past present and future great exhibits activities events and shop

Cool museum! We learned a ton about the history of surfing, surfboards, and iconic surfers. We also went for an event hosted by Groundswell and Sandy Feet Initiative.

Why aren’t more people going here?? It was really cool to see the boards of Carissa Moore, John John Florence, & Tyler Wright 🤩 They have so many boards and cool artifacts from surfing history. Really enjoyed visiting here!

Its simply amazing!!

Collection de planche incroyable , belle mise en valeur , toute lhistoire du surf .Bravo pour ce lieu ,un super guide

The most comprehensive collection of surfing memorabilia on the planet. Super friendly folks that work there also.

We came up from San Diego for the Big Wednesday book signing. I was amazed at the number of classic boards and memorabilia on display. All of the people there were super nice and ready to answer any questions. Denny Aaberg was there to sign his book and Peter Townend was there to tell some really cool stories about the making of Big Wednesday. It was a great night and well worth the drive up from SD. Great group of dedicated people!

An incredible collection of Surfboards and Surfing History / Memorabilia. Assemblage is superb in both breadth and depth. A Must See for all Surfers and Beach-lovers!

Solid website documenting my life long love of Surfing.

Really pretty! Stunning and beautiful. Wish you guys all the best!

LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH

The history of surfing and its evolution can all be experienced here.

Great place great people a must to visit

Small, but what a history lesson youll receive! Fantastic place!

Incredible historic documentation of surfing history. Friendly staff and quite knowledgeable about surfing history.

This place was amazing. What made my visit special was being greeted by none other than the Legendary Paul Straugh what an honor and such a cool dude. 🤙🏄‍♂️.

Outstanding experience even though I dont surf!

Unbelievable collection of boards

I thought their history on local surf shops was really cool.

Loved the Temples exhibit and Lonny is a stokemeister!

Super cool place with a lot of history as you’d expect. Set up the did for Bing Copeland was amazing 🙌🏽

What a great history of surfing in the San Clemente to Huntington Beach area. Amazing as was Hal a walking ...talking.... historian of this museum. So many boards and their history. They have a calandar of upcoming activities that encompass so much about surfing...the greats of surfing the REAL surf boards from the eras past....take the time to see this great place....talk with Hal. Youll feel like you were there! Great!!

Great place to visit

The most comprehensive collection of surf craft and history available for public view. They also provide a meeting place for all surf & ocean related groups. Definitely a must see for anyone who loves the ocean.

Definitely a must for surfers and their support members and fans of the sport!

Its so nice to go in there and look at the history of surfing and all the different kinds of surfboards from Gears and years ago some of the little bit more updated ones I love going to the surfing Heritage Museum

Such a great place, got a tour and learned a lot. Totally worth the small detour.

Lots of great memorabilia, surf boards from every era, great photos and goodies to buy.

Excellent!

Historically important surfboards, greatest Museum collection in the world. Will eventually move down to Doheny by the ocean and a new complex, Dana Point.

Awesome place!

A MUST VISIT LOCATION TO ANY SURFERthese guys are amazing they can tell you any history of surf you needVery recommended

Decided to take a drive to San clemente and stopped into the museum . Me and my 13 yr old daughter enjoyed learning the history of surf! Such nice people

Great place to bring the family.

This place is great . Very nice people who work there.

Best Surfing Museum .. Amazing Surfboards..A MUST SEE..

Great exhibition lots of info and fun memories

Very roots and old school surf collection. Amazing boards on display from Duke Kahanamoku to Shaun Tomson. They have a killer Bruce Brown exhibit going on now (Mar 2018and have new exhibit openings throughout the year. Go see Barry and the crew. Aloha

Very interesting

So awesome, a must see in SoCal, incredible, dont miss it! Thanks for your hospitality!

Absolutely the best of significant surf history in the world.

Come explore the preeminent surfing museum on the west coast, smells like sunscreen & surfwax. Eddie Would Go!