They brought home souvenirs - carved ukuleles, Hawaiian shirts - decorated with surf scenes.

The surf scene, however, is not well developed and there's little in the way of board hire and tuition.

He dropped off the public surf scene in 1974.

The region is known for its avid surf scene.

The Great Lakes in Ontario have a very active surf scene.

It was more a surf scene from Hawaii's North shore, I thought, than what we might imagine to be - Africa.

Varnes said warm water and accessibility had boosted the local surf scene, too.

His shop, the focus of Muizenberg's surf scene, hires out boards and wetsuits for R100 each per day.

Along with its surf scene, Puerto has several calm beaches good for swimming, tanning and snorkeling.

It was only a few years ago that Machado, of Cardiff, Calif., had walked away from the international surf scene to raise a family.