Party All Night!” is their motto and it’s definitely fitting. I still remember the first time I saw surfers on the east coast of Korea about five years ago. All content on this blog unless stated otherwise is the property of The Soul of Seoul and cannot be republished without permission.The Soul of Seoul is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.The Hangang Parks: A Guide To The 11 Han River Parks In Seoul, KoreaGangnam, Seoul: What To See, Do, Eat & Where To StayThis website uses cookies to improve your experience. And expecially when the sun is … He went surfing a bit more north a few weeks earlier and after an hour, he came in to find six police cars and the chief of police waiting for him because you canNOT just head out to surf anywhere in Korea. They can easily be pulled out and lose footing. He fessed up that it wasn’t the safest of spots to surf as there were rocks in the area, but my instructor noted that he had watched the surf there for months before heading out into the water. They also have a kid’s club and play area for families visiting.The rooms are budget friendly and the closest you’ll get to Surfyy in the area so I highly recommend it if you want to stick to the area. Date of experience: March 2020. If you want to learn surfing, this beach is perfect for you. It takes all of 10 minutes so really isn’t bad. All the etiquette went out the window near the end of my lesson when a new group of surfers came into the water with instructors that apparently didn’t know the rules. I don’t want to be the person cutting someone off or cutting in line. Located in Yangyang, 1.2 miles from Hajodae Beach, Zio Resort provides accommodations with a restaurant, free private parking and free bikes. Among the facilities at this property are a 24-hour front desk and a kids' club, along with free WiFi throughout the property. If you are coming from Seoul, you can take the bus. We had a great time visiting Surfyy Beach and were thrilled to be invited out.
This is a very novice to expert friendly surfing beach to check out in Yangyang-gun, Korea and THE spot if you want to connect with other surfers in the area that have been watching the waves and the breaks for years on this coast.The owners/founders of Surfyy had to jump through quite a few hoops to get Surfyy designated as a surfing beach including meeting with county, village, and military officials. If you’re a pro, you still need to know the regulations in Korea and my Canadian instructor needed a little help from the Surfyy beach founders to get out of the jam.
From then until this summer however, the beach was controlled by the nearby military base that would come in each morning and evening to unlock and lock fences and gates that surrounded the area. Surfing Laws To Know Get a Corona beer, a mojito, or other perfect beach side cocktail to watch the colors change in the sky as the sun sets. Share.
Ask around about where to go surfing, and people might think of Australia, California, or Hawaii, but surfing is becoming more and more popular for beach goers in this country that is surrounded on three sides with beaches and waves and Surfyy Beach has been on the forefront of the momentum.While it would have been pretty bizarre to see surfers just a decade ago, it’s a trendy sport now. Surfyy Beach actually opened in the summer of 2015. I have been to beaches in Korea, mostly in the Incheon area, that were just strewn with trash and it just meant more people bringing stuff were more inclined to leave their own stuff behind.