Ride the stoke. Explore the shores.
SurfTrip.ph is a surf guide built by surfers, for surfers exploring the Philippines. We combine years of chasing waves across these islands with the technology to back it up — real forecast data, local knowledge, and a growing directory of spots, stays, and eats.
Whether you're planning your first trip to Baler, hunting down that magic left in Pundaquit, or just checking if the swell is worth the drive — we've got you.
A little backstory
SurfTrip.ph started with a simple frustration. Back when seven-day surf forecasts were locked behind a paywall and three days was the free limit, I just wanted to know if my local break was going to fire on the weekend without paying a monthly subscription to find out. So I started pulling raw data and storing it myself — and then quickly realized that staring at numbers in a database is its own kind of miserable.
That was the lightbulb moment. If I'm going to store this data anyway, why not build something readable on top of it? Something just for the spots I actually surf.
Many iterations later — from raw CGI scripts to jQuery pages to what you're looking at now — SurfTrip.ph grew from a personal tool into something worth sharing. I bought the domain, built it properly, and here we are.
We're building this because Philippine surfing deserves a proper guide. Not a generic aggregator pulling global data and slapping a Philippine flag on it. Something built specifically for these waters, these breaks, and the people who surf them.
As the site grows, we're committed to supporting the local surf community — helping businesses in surf towns get discovered, keeping our data honest, and making sure the stoke keeps flowing.
Want to get involved?
SurfTrip.ph is built by a small crew running on passion, strong coffee, and the occasional cold one after a good session. If you surf, know a break we haven't covered, or want to support what we're building — we'd love to hear from you.
Contributors get credited. The waves are free.