Used Surf
If surfboards could tell stories, the walls of Used Surf in San Clemente would sound like an anthology of waves. Every ding, every repaired rail, every chalk-smudged fin slot marks a memory — a session, a contest, a moment somebody threw caution to salt and foam.
Founded in 2005, Used Surf began in a space barely bigger than a closet, but with ambition that stretched to the horizon. Today, it stands as the world’s largest shop dedicated solely to used surfboards — a cathedral of second chances, with more than 800 boards in stock at any given moment.
Inside, the place breathes with possibility. Boards stand in racks like weathered guardians — some almost new, others deeply worn — each offering a bargain to someone who reads shapes like scripture. The air buzzes with quiet anticipation, the kind that lives between swell charts and salt-streaked dreams.
But this isn’t a dusty graveyard of retired foam — it’s a finely tuned ecosystem. Used Surf curates every board it sells, giving each one a second life. Their Fin Demo Program lets surfers test hundreds of fin sets before committing, and their Board Search Program notifies you the moment your perfect dimensions appear. They even offer rentals and buy-backs, so you can ride first, fall in love, and trade again when the next chapter calls.
What makes it special isn’t the price tag — it’s the pulse. On any given day you’ll find a grom hunting their first real board next to a seasoned local unloading a quiver with stories of Wedge and Rincon. It’s part flea market, part museum, part confessional. Every board has lived a life; every surfer adds a verse.
On Calle de los Molinos, the storefront is modest, but step inside and you’ll find something sacred — a marketplace of memory, where past sessions meet future ones. Because in the end, boards are like people: they get better with age, with scars, and with the stories they carry between tides.
Used Surf is where surfers find themselves again — in the shape of a stranger’s ride, reborn under a different sky.
Used Surf
216 Calle de los Molinos, San Clemente, CA 92672
(949) 310-6602
