ABCD Beach Offers Best Surfing at Calicoan Island

ABCD BEACH

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The best surfing on Calicoan Island is at ABCD Beach, named after the four reef breaks along this coast, and also after ‘Advance Base Construction Depot’, which is one for the WWII buffs. It has great left- and right-handed reef breaks between June and October. Read More: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/philippines/attractions/abcd-beach/a/poi-sig/1502590/357304

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Calicoan Island ABCD Beach in Samar is an exposed reef break. Summer in particular tends to be flat. Works best in offshore winds from the west. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the east. Rarely crowded here. Beware of – Urchins – Rips / undertow – Rocks. Read More: http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Calicoan-Island-ABCD-Beach

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With big waves crashing in the Pacific Ocean, a small island at the southern tip of Samar is a surfer’s paradise just waiting to be explored.

Calicoan, one of the islands of Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province, has been getting the thumbs-up from surfing enthusiasts.

“It’s all about the waves, it’s really nice to surf there,” says surfer Frank Reed Andil.

“What makes Calicoan different is its reef break,” says Andil, comparing the island’s wave turbulence with those of Samar’s other surfing “great spots” such as Hernani, Llorente and Maydolong towns in Eastern Samar. Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1005729/surfers-paradise-in-eastern-samar#ixzz5i7Om2Ksb