World’s 10 Best Right-Hand Waves
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Here is your ultimate regular footer’s surf guide with our countdown of the world’s 10 best right-hand waves. From Australia to Africa, the following waves have been on every surfer’s bucket list over the last decade and are always looked up to as some of the world’s best waves!
Make sure to also have a look at our countdown of The World’s 10 Best Left-Hand Waves.
10. Scorpion Bay, Baja California, Mexico
Baja California is a very generous territory for surfers and Scorpion Bay is probably the highlight of this region. This right wave has multiple peaks that sometimes link together to form one of the longest right-hand wave on Earth!
When to go: The best time to surf Mexico is from April to October. However, waves are still great all year long.
Read our complete surfing guide to Baja California Sur, Mexico
9. Cloud Nine, Siargao Island, Philippines
This hollow right-hand wave could be considered as the Asian version of Pipeline. It is a short, intense wave that tubes every time it breaks. The reef is also just as shallow and sharp which makes you pay for every barrel you don’t make it out of.
Read our a complete surfing guide to Siargao, Phillippines
When to go: The best time to surf Cloud Nine, on Siargao Island, is from October to April.
8. Lance’s Right, Mentawai Islands
Located in the Mentawai Islands, just off the coast of Sumatra, Lance’s Right is a truly epic Indonesian wave. An absolute tube machine breaking over a shallow and sharp reef that should only be attacked by the most experienced surfers looking to push their limits.
Read our complete surfing guide to the Mentawai Islands
The Mentawai Islands represent a very remote area accessible by boat only which takes away most of the crowd factor. However, over the last decade, more and more surfers make the trip from May to October as this region is becoming the true surfing mecca.
When to go: The best time to surf the Mentawai Islands is from April to October.
7. P-Pass, Federated States of Micronesia
South Pacific perfection, that is what P-Pass is all about. A dreamy right-hand barreling wave that can be compared to some of the best waves from the Mentawais or Tahiti.
Located on Pohnpei, Micronesia’s main island, P-Pass is a short boat ride away from land and has been visited by many of the world’s best professional surfers looking for a stunning magazine cover shot. This wave is not so easily accessible but should be on every surfer’s dream list…
When to go: The best time to surf P-Pass, Pohnpei is from November to April.
Read our complete surfing guide to Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
6. Anchor Point, Morocco
Read our complete surfing guide to Taghazout.
This legendary surf break located in Taghazout represents, on a good day, one of the best waves in Africa. A long, peeling right that is not too critical and can even be surfed by inexperienced surfers if the swell is not too big. Anchor Point is a must on a surf trip to Morocco…
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5. Nias, Sumatra, Indonesia
Nias is just one of many epic waves to be found in the North Sumatra region, along with the Mentawai Islands. In season, conditions here are flawless and consistent. The Mentawais are becoming the number one playground for advanced surfers looking to get barreled day in, day out…Reaching Nias and its waves will require a boat just like if you were going to the Mentawai Islands
4. Winkipop, Torquay, Australia
Home of Ripcurl, the famous surfing brand, Torquay is a very popular little surfing village just about an hour from Melbourne. It is also home of Bells Beach, an Australian iconic surf spot.
Bells is a world-class “down the line” surf spot where surfers can really show their powerful carves and radical maneuvers.
When to go: Although surfing is great all year round, conditions in Bells Beach, Torquay peak from April to October, during the austral winter season.
Read our complete surfing guide to Torquay, Australia
3. Kirra, Queensland, Australia
Kirra, Snapper Rocks, Superbank and Rainbow Bay are all different names for different sections of the same incredible wave located in Coolangatta, Gold Coast.
The most famous surf spot on the east coast of Australia (for good reasons), Kirra is a very consistent point break that works nearly all the time and on a good swell, it can become truly epic. Instead of having several takeoff spots from Snapper to Kirra, the wave becomes one huge line that can go on for ages.
Read our complete surfing guide to Gold Coast, Australia
As long as the crowds don’t scare you (they tend to get pretty heavy), this spot offers the perfect set up to catch the wave of a lifetime and with a bit of luck you might share the lineup with local legends like Mick Fanning or Joel Parkinson.
When to go: The best time to surf on the on the Gold Coast of Australia is from March to September.
2. Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa
Jeffrey’s Bay and its surroundings are simply loaded with world-class right hand waves. From Cape St. Francis to Supertubes, this part of South Africa is a absolute surfing mecca and surfers didn’t take long to spread the word.
Read our surfing guide to Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa
Despite regular shark sightings, sometimes resulting in attacks, and some pretty chilly water, passionate surfers still rush to J-Bay every year to catch some insane rights.
The wave offers a bit of everything from fast down-the-line sections to challenging hollow ones to practice tube riding skills.
1. Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawaii
This long and consistent right wave truly embodies what Hawaiian surfing is like. Beautiful, consistent, powerful and raw. Honolua Bay lights up when the first north swells hit Hawaii early November and fires up until the end of winter somewhere around April.
Over this period of time, a highlight reel of tube riding action takes place is this peaceful bay located on the west side of Maui.
Honolua Bay has also been the venue for the last event of the women’s CT every year since 2014.