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Cheap surf trips from Washington DC

Dulles and National cover the Caribbean and Central America well, and the no-passport Puerto Rico run is one of the cheapest good-wave trips on the East Coast.

Below: every break where we hold an observed in-season round trip from Washington DC, ranked by that fare. No estimates. A fare prints only because we saw it.

Ranked by the cheapest in-season fare we have seen

1 Pacific City (Cape Kiwanda) · USA Best Sep–Oct Seen from $283 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 2 Wrightsville Beach · USA Best Sep, Oct, Dec Seen from $427 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 3 Point Judith (Lighthouse) · USA Best all year Seen from $432 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 4 Sebastian Inlet (First Peak) · USA Best Sep Seen from $445 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 5 Rockaway Beach · USA Best Jul, Sep, Dec Seen from $479 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 6 Playa Venao · Panama Best Apr–Nov Seen from $545 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 7 Lower Trestles · USA Best May, Jun, Sep, Oct Seen from $655 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 8 Popoyo · Nicaragua Best May, Aug, Sep, Oct Seen from $689 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 9 Punta de Lobos · Chile Best all year Seen from $762 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 10 Soup Bowl, Bathsheba · Barbados Best Sep, Dec Seen from $867 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 11 Sopelana (Arrietara) · Spain Best Feb, Apr, Aug, Sep, Oct Seen from $869 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 12 Puerto Escondido (Zicatela) · Mexico Best Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct Seen from $955 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 13 Zarautz · Spain Best all year Seen from $1,045 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 14 Padang Padang · Indonesia Best Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov Seen from $1,290 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 15 Uluwatu · Indonesia Best Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov Seen from $1,290 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 16 Somo (Santander) · Spain Best all year Seen from $1,393 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 17 Fistral Beach · United Kingdom Best Mar, Apr, Sep Seen from $1,703 round trip out of WAS in September, in season 18 Ngor Right · Senegal Best Sep–Dec Seen from $1,991 round trip out of WAS in September, in season

Fares are round trips observed on this route in that spot's season; they move daily, so treat one as evidence of what the route does, not a quote. Seasons are medians from years of hindcast (methodology). Taking a board? Airline board fees · will your bag fit. Trips by month: where to surf, January through December.

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