Best Surf Trips from Singapore

Asia's surf hub. From Changi, the world's best waves are 2-7 hours away.

17 spots featured

Singapore is, hands down, the best-positioned major city in the world for surf travel. Changi Airport sits at the geographic center of the planet's most concentrated supply of world-class waves — Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Philippines — all within 7 hours.

Bali is 2.5 hours, Padang is 1.5, the Maldives is 5, Colombo is 4. These aren't trips, they're weekends. Singaporean surfers regularly fly out Friday night and back Sunday evening from spots that surfers from Europe and the Americas plan year-long missions to reach.

For longer hauls, Changi offers world-leading connectivity to Australia, Japan, and Africa — Sydney is 8 hours, Tokyo is 7, Cape Town is 11. If you live in Singapore and don't surf yet, the airport alone is a reason to start.

Indonesia(5 spots)

Maldives(5 spots)

Sri Lanka(4 spots)

Australia(2 spots)

Philippines(1 spot)

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