SWERVE TRAVEL LISTINGS

BLUE CRUSH: RIPPIN IT UP FROM PERU TO TOFINO AND EVERY WAVE IN BETWEEN.

HIGH LIFE: Hotel los Delfines, Lima, Peru. Sure it’s in San Isidro, the city’s ritzy financial district, but that doesn’t mean surfers can’t stay here. After all, if dolphins are welcome—the hotel is named after them and includes a dolphinarium with two residents—how can they turn away humans in flip-flops? Rooms start at $450 but why not splash out on the Suite Olimpo, which runs $2,145 (US) a night? It includes a sauna and Jacuzzi, both of which might come in handy after a day in the waves. You’ll find those off one of the many beaches just outside Lima. In fact, the range of options might leave you wanting a break. Those who want a little turf with their surf will be happy to know Los Delfines overlooks a golf course. Visit losdelfineshotel.com for reservations and more info.

MIDDLE GROUND: Surf Diva, La Jolla, California. Back in 1996, twin sisters Isabelle and Caroline Tihanyi started their school and began introducing women to the waves. Surfers know the two as Izzy and Coco, and Surf Diva as the place to get their feet wet and hone their skills. This summer’s offerings range from two-day weekend clinics to an overnight camp or, as it’s known at Surf Diva, Boarding School (get it?). Clinics offer four hours of instruction per day and cost $135. The weeklong camps (there are some for teens and some for adults) are $1,485 and include accommodation at the University of California, San Diego, meals and transportation to the beach in Surf Diva’s eye-catching pink Betty Bus. Visit surfdiva.com for more information.

BUDGET CONSCIOUS: Green Point Campground, Pacific Rim National Park. There are more luxe ways to do a surfing vacation on Vancouver Island (pay up to $975 per night for the Canopy Room at the Wickaninnish Inn; wickinn.com) but if it’s a salty beach holiday you’re after, there’s nothing better (or less expensive) than waking up to the sound of waves crashing outside your tent. Cox Bay, Long Beach and South Chesterman, while not as balmy as, say, Maui get fairly impressive swells (six-feet plus) and the hot-blooded can rip it up every day year round. Visit gotofino.com for up-to-date wave reports. To book a campsite at Green Point (the only provincial campground in the area), situated midway between Tofino and Ucluelet, visit pccamping.ca. Pack a wetsuit—yes, even in July.