2023 Women of the Waves
2023-06-02 19:00 - 2023-06-03 19:00 (America/New_York) | Cocoa Beach Country Club Pavilion, 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd, Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931, United States
The 2023 Florida Women of the Waves event is set for June 2nd and 3rd in Cocoa Beach. Friday night we will be showing movies at Drift House, 7pm Cocoa Beach. Dr. Diana is providing the movie program.

Saturday morning, we will have the Surfing Social at Lori Wilson Park north.

Saturday evening will be the covered dish dinner at the pool pavilion at the Cocoa Beach Country Club, at 6pm. The Aquanauts will be playing. The Florida Surf Museum will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, and drinks. Cost is five dollars, and it is open to the community. Hope to see you there!

For more details, follow the Women Of The Waves Facebook Group or call Melody DeCarlo at 321-537-2045.

2023 Watermans Challenge Surf Contest
2023-09-23 | Cocoa Beach Hilton Oceanfront, 1550 N. Atlantic Avenue
GO TO THE EVENTBRITE LINK FOR DETAILS AND ONLINE REGISTRATION
https://2023-wc.eventbrite.com/
This is a Longboard Competition for Surfers 40 and over.
It will be held at the Hilton, Cocoa Beach, 1550 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach, on Saturday, September 23. Heats start at 8am (alternative weather date is September 30).
On-line registration closes Wednesday, September 20 at 5:00pm. There is a single entry fee of $25 per person. You can enter as many divisions as you wish. Late registration will be $35 and will be held Friday, September 22 at the Hilton, Cocoa Beach from 5 to 7 pm.
***NO REFUNDS***

If there are slots left you can register in person Friday September 22, 5-7pm at the Hilton ($35 late entry fee).
NO BEACH REGISTRATION.

Divisions (NOTE, no short board divisions):

Men’s Longboard, board 9’0″ or longer: 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+.
Women’s Longboard, board 9’0: or longer: 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+.
Vintage, board 9’0″ or longer – open division
Surf-N-Turf, board 9’0″ or longer – open division
Luck O’ the Draw – open division
Scholastic Team Challenge – Teams pay $100 entry fee, do not pay the $25 admission fee.

Surfing Santas of Cocoa Beach- 2023
2023-12-24 08:00 - 12:00 | On the beach, 3 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931, United States
Ho Ho Ho!
It’s 2023 and we are calling all the tribes to gather again in Cocoa Beach on Surfing Santa Day to surf together. We want hundreds of Surfing Santas to show up and surf and thousands of spectators to come and watch. Let’s all share the love, joy, and hope on the beach, together again, 8am, December 24th, at the end of Minutemen Cswy, (located in front of Coconuts on the Beach.)
For more information, please visit our website-
Surfing Santas

Women of the Waves 2024
2024-05-31 19:00 - 2024-06-01 21:00 | Drift house cocoa beach
Women of the Waves
Aloha– The 2024 Florida Women of the Waves event will be held on May 31st and June 1st. Movie will be Friday night 7pm at Drift House in Cocoa Beach.
Saturday morning Surfing Social will be at Lori Wilson Park. Saturday evening covered dish will be at the Cocoa Beach Pool Pavilion starting at 6pm. Music by the Aquanuts. More information coming soon. Mark your calendars. Hope to see you there.
For more information visit our facebook page-
(7) Florida Women of the Waves | Facebook
or call Melody DeCarlo at 321-446-1583

Meet the Space Coast's Rising Stars
2024-10-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Florida Surf Museum, 4275 N Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931, United States
Join us at the Florida Surf Museum on October 5th, 6 to 9PM, to celebrate our local surfers who have brought home individual and team wins in multiple national and international competitions, including NSSA, USA Surfing and ISA Surfing events! Light refreshments and beverages will be available. There will be a raffle prizes and the Aquanuts will be providing the jams. The event is free and open to the public.

Surfing Santas of Cocoa Beach MAIN EVENT 2024
2024-12-24 07:30 - 12:00 | On the beach, 3 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931, United States
Join us on the beach in 2024!

When: Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 7:30am!
Where: 3 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach
Admission: FREE!
Surfing Santas is an annual Cocoa Beach tradition that brings hundreds of surfers of all ages and thousands of spectators, all dressed up as Santa, Elves, Snowmen and everything else in between. The costumes are as diverse as the people that wear them. Watch them ride in on the waves and kick off your holiday beach-side at this free event that benefits local, charitable causes. Family friendly with all kinds of entertainment on stage and in the ocean.

Movie Premier and book Signing
2025-05-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Surfside Playhouse, 301 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach, 32931, United States
Movie Premier “Surfing is a Natural Art” and book signing “On a Rising tide”
Time of showing 7PM. Doors open at 6PM
Ticket price- $10 + $2.75 handling charge at the door. Online ticket sales available here-
https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=279869
Video runtime- 90 minutes
Join the Florida Surf Museum for the premier of “Surfing is a Natural Art- An Interview with Pete and Debbie Dooley”. In this video, Pete and Debbie recount their decades spent in the surf industry.
Beginning as teenagers, they moved from the gulf coast to Cocoa Beach, making boards in a Visqueen plastic-covered shed. They built their business to become one the most of influential and successful manufacturers on the east coast -until the 9/11 tragedy forced them to close their doors.
Pete has been inducted into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame as well as the Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame.
There will be a silent auction for a “new” Natural Art twin fin fish made from a blank from this year’s “Surf Expo Shape-off, in Honor of Pete Dooley”, donated by Ricky Carrol. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Pete and Debbie Dooley.
There will also be a book signing with local author, Dan Reiter for his new book “On a Rising Swell- Surf Stories from Florida’s Space Coast”- A high-speed glide through Florida surf culture and a deep dive into the lore of a classic surfing destination.
In this book, Dan Reiter chronicles stories of the sport on Florida’s Space Coast, a region that has produced some of the world’s finest surf champions, Pipe masters, and surfboard builders. On this stretch of sand between Cape Canaveral and Sebastian Inlet, Florida’s surf history reaches back to the native Ais people of the Atlantic Coast and continues to the elites of today, including Kelly Slater, Caroline Marks, and CJ Hobgood. Reiter offers insights into the evolution of surfboard shaping and design, the distinctive culture of the East Coast surfboard industry, and the traits and traditions that make Florida surfing unique.
