Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

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Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by tiboolt » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:15 am

Hi everyone,

Question (that hopefully can give ideas to others!): If you had 6-8 weeks parental leave when baby is about 6 months ago, in October/November, where in the world would you go to combine the trip with good surf?

To give you more details, I'll be fortunate to have a generous paternity leave entitlement next year while my wife is off for a full year. In particular, I should have 6 to 8 weeks around October/Novembre when the baby is about 6 months old, so I thought it'd be great to start thinking of destinations that can be great both from a surfing perspective as well as for the wife and little one... To me, an ideal destination should allow you to stay walking distance from a very consistent spot (I'm trying to really avoid having to drive to the surf to minimize logistics and the time it takes), pleasant weather for the wife and little one to enjoy themselves too, be safe (both in general, and from a health standpoint), and ideally not be too complicated to reach (i.e. not remote Indonesian or PNG spots ;) ...)!

After giving this some thought, I have a few ideas but if that's all right I'll share them later as I don't want to influence the ideas you might have :-D-:

You might also tell me that the ideal destination depends a lot on 1) budget and 2) time of year, so feel free to go wild with ideas if budget was unlimited, versus more "reasonable" destinations when taking budget into account! Same thing with time of year, we can explore ideas in general vs. the ones that fit October/November in particular... Also if you have specific accommodation ideas definitely don't hesitate as this will be a first for me to combine surf trip with family trip, so any advice will be welcome and greatly appreciated :) !

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by alakaboo » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:26 am

Nosara, Costa Rica.

I assume you are from Europe and can get by in Spanish?

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by Cranked » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:39 am

Unfortunately the holiday dates exclude the best surf seasons for Indonesia.
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Post by Yuke Hunt » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:53 am

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by Slobadan Madicubich » Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:52 am

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Post by BA » Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:56 pm

Lake Cargelligo

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by offshore1 » Tue Feb 01, 2022 1:23 am

Lucky Al's joint, seriously.
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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by Wyre » Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:44 am

I thing tiboolt is having way more luck putting the exact same question out on Swellnet.

Realsurf actually knows the PERFECT spot, but you'll need to give us more info-

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by channels » Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:55 pm

Just park up in a van on the point at Lennox for 6 weeks.

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by buddy » Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:12 pm

The van would rust out from the salt of constant northerlies in Oct/nov.
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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by realdsurf » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:24 pm

Following this thread, I will also be taking parental leave on next December. Hopefully to a place where a can surf

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by buddy » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:29 pm

Welcome.
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Post by realdsurf » Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:07 pm

Wow, You're so quick to reply. Yeah, i will make sure to keep a close eye

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Post by steve shearer » Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:21 pm

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Post by Pants » Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:03 pm

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Post by swvic » Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:50 pm

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Re: Destinations to combine parental leave & surf trip

Post by Grooter » Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:25 am

Southern California potentially. Base yourself in San Diego, better swell at that time. Water will be cold but I know that won't bother a Victorian
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Post by Beanpole » Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:31 am

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