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It’s a great spot to put the best surfing tips for beginners into action since it’s gentler than a wave face. Paddle out. This is the act of paddling past whitewash and up to a breaking wave.

Note that surf schools do not operate in the state park, so if you need to rent equipment, you’ll have to do it in one of the adjacent cities, San Clemente or Oceanside.

In a list of the best beginner surf spots in the U.S. from The Inertia, a website covering surfing and the outdoors, Wrightsville Beach was placed among 16 beaches for beginning surfers.