SurfMusic.com


The purpose of SurfMusic.com is to compile and maintain a list of Surf Bands from around the world, both current and retired. 
The Surf Band list is updated almost daily.  Links are checked, added and deleted as necessary involving many hours of work.
Along the way, during my relentless search for Surf Bands throughout the world, I discover Surf Band concerts, cd/record releases and videos
which you can access through my Surfmusic.com Facebook page.  

Surf Band List  -  2,678 Surf Bands are listed as of February, 2026.  It's getting more difficult, as time goes on, to find Surf Bands that aren't already on the list, involving more research.  I estimate that about 75% of the bands listed are active, perform live and record cd's and albums.

View an extensive list of obscure Surf Bands by Phil Dirt at Surf Guitar 101.  Also a Surf Band Map is available.
NESMA  North East Surf Music Alliance  band member list.

Spotify ~~~ My Surf Music playlists -  Pet Sounds  SurfMusic.com At the Drags The Beach Boys 2nd & 3rd Wave Traditional Dick Dale's Greatest Hits.
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 <>< Surf Music Radio Stations, Playlists & Podcasts ><>

A Day at the Beach Podcast  ❄ Hosted by Clint Beachwood. One hour of new releases in modern surf music.  New show once a month.

Bad News Podcast     by John Blair.

Beyond the Sea  Surf covers of modern songs. Streaming for 1.5 hours at Mixcloud.

Beyond the Surf  Band interviews, recording processes, techniques, events. Host Kyle.

The Big Surf Show  Fridays 10pm - 12pm.  WFIT 89.5 FM ✿ Host Danny Morris.

Catching a Wave Radio Show  ★ A weekly radio show with archives, hosted by Jammin' James Riley and Beth Riley with the Beachboy's "Surf's Up" playlist.

Chad & Cherry's Surf Music Review  Hosts, Chad & Cherry, review and spin Surf albums for your listening pleasure.

The Clint Beachwood Show  ❄ 60’s surf, modern surf and misc. vocals and non-surf instrumentals.  A 3-hour program every Monday.  Facebook Link.  All Clint Beachwood information.

Cover Surf Rock Hits  Instrumental playlist on Spotify. 3.5 hours.

Crescent Swells  on Sydney’s ‘Radio Northern Beaches’.  Sundays 4-5pm • Thrursdays 10-11 • Fridays 10:30-11:30pm (AEST).  On Demand (Mixcloud).

The Dodge City Social Club  ❤  The Dodge City Social Club - the hottest Surf guitar tracks from all over the world, from rural Australia, fortnightly!

Dominic Priore  ツ  Exotica Radio Show.  Surf Bands do Exotica (with Soul).  1x 2 Hours. Scroll down for more Surf shows.

The Door into Summer  Host Hen Sacco diving deep into the world of Surf Music with classic and current.  Live ~ 6-7pm Tuesdays ~  2-3pm Fridays  ~ 6-7pm Saturdays ~ 10-11pm Sundays.   Replays.

The Drip ~ Surf Rock Radio.  Tuesday 5-6pm GMT.  Hosted by Patrick “Sunny Jake” Jacobson.  Archived shows (Stream - 1 hour each).

Dripfeed  DripFeed powers a network of internet radio stations dedicated to surf and instrumental.

Electric Beach Party   Carol Busbey, Radio Hatteras.  Mondays 8-9pm EST (re-airing at 12 midnight).

Enchanted Tiki Hut Show  ✿ Tiki/Exotica/Surf.  Hosted by Kitty & Mr. C.

Exotic Tiki Island Podcast  Join Tiki Brian as he travels to different areas of Exotic Tiki Island while playing vintage Hawaiian, Exotica and Island related music from his personal LP record collection.  Home of ETI (Exotic Tiki Island Radio.

Fiberglass Jungle   Jonpaul Balak hosts Fiberglass Jungle which  features the very best in Surf and similar guitar instrumentals from around the globe and across the eras.  Saturdays 2-4pm PST.  Podcasts (8 pre-recorded - scroll down).

Frettin' Fingers  Host Jim Hilmar.  Saturdays 11am PST. KSER 90.7. Swing, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Vintage Country, Rockabilly, Surf, Steel Guitar.

The Furious Wave  Thursdays 7 - 9 pm Pacific Time.  All instrumental surf and surf-influenced rock from around the globe.  99.1 FM.  Host - Mike Panico.

GTF Instrumental  A free radio station from St Petersburg, Russia ★ Playin' rockin' Exotic and Surfin' tunes non-stop.

Instromania  Three D Radio 93.7 FM Adelaide, South Australia.  Mondays 1-2pm.

Into the Music  Puts special emphasis on the incredible northeast Wisconsin music scene.  Lots of Surf Music

Jango  Unlimited, ad-free, customized radio. Enter the band of your choice in the search box.

Laguna Tropical Surf Show  KXFM 93.5 Each Sunday from 5 - 7pm PST. Host ✿ Tommy J. Over 200 archived podcasts are available.

Longboarders Radio  A Live365 station playing classic Surf Music 24 hours a day.

Longboards N' Longhorns  Country Surf Show.  Premiere monthly on Boss Radio 66, with many 1 hour long archived shows on Mixcloud.

Lounge King Radio  The Tiki Lounge ~ Kitty & Mr. C's Enchanted Tiki Hut Show ~ El Rompe Olas.

Mark Malibu Radio Show  On Surf Rock Radio.

Mixcloud  Search for Surf Music ~ by band, or performer.

Pandora  Search for Surf Music.  Sign up required.

Paradise Cove Podcast  ❤❤❤ DJ Dotty ❤❤❤ with the latest news from the world of Surf Music.

The Paul Groovy Show  Every Tuesday and Saturday on the Flash (UK) and every Monday 6pm (UK) & Thursday 8pm (UK) on RadioLux (EU).

Pi Records Interviews  ✿ Surf Band interviews with host, Ryan Hagerty ✿ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Facebook.

Psychedelic Jukebox. Catch a Wave. ~ Psychedelic Surfer ~ Surfin' in the Midwest ~ Wax  'Em Down and Burn Rubber ~ Surf 411.  On Mixcloud.

Radio Surf Rock  ❄ Live365 Surf Music Station broadcasting Surf Music 24 hours/day.  

Radio What Wave  Thursdays on CHRW 94.9 FM, 6 - 8pm from London, Ontario, Canada. Power Pop, Punk, Rockabilly, Soul, Afrobeat and Surf. Archived.

The Rockin' and Surfin' Show  Instrumental Surf Rock on WAIF 88.3 from Cincinnati, Ohio.  6 - 8pm Saturday - EST.

Shrunken Head Lounge Surf Rock Radio  Live and archived shows.

Southern Surf Stomp  Reviews of Surf Music on vinyl by husband and wife duo, ★ Chad and Cherry ★.

Southern Surf Stompcast  Select from 21 audio episodes.

At the Drags  ✿ (70 Car Songs) The Beach Boys (612 songs)  Pet Sounds (27 songs)  Surf Music 2nd & 3rd Wave (101 songs) ✿ .  My Spotify playlists.

Stoked Surf Radio  A live365 station. 24 hours a day.  Host - Mike Panico.

Storm Surge of Reverb  𓆟 Hosted by Hunter King ☆ WTUL, New Orleans, Mondays 4-6 PM CST ☆ Files stay streamable for 2 weeks.

Stream of Consciousness/Reverb Hour  Mondays 8-10pm with Cousin Mary ★ KFJC 89.7FM.

Sunset Beach Radio Show  On Mixcloud, broadcast from Kir Lake Beach,  France.  Every first Wednesday of each month on Radio Dijon Campus.  Archives.

Surf Blast  On Mixcloud. 3 hours of Surf Music.  Track list in comments.

Surfabilly Freakout  On a break since 2022 ☆ Thursdays from 6-7pm (central) on WEFT 90.1 FM in Champaign-Urbana, IL.  Catch the archived streams.

Surf & Love  A Spotify playlist from traditional to current.

Surf del Desierto Radio  Chihuahua, Mexico.

SurfGuitar 101 MP3 Compilations  ><> Tons of great Surf Music to listen to.

Surf Guitar 101 Podcasts  Not currently broadcasting ✿ 15  archived podcasts are available.  Hosted by Lady Reverb.

Surf Guitar 101episode ☀ The Surf Guitar Festival 2024 with Big Tiki Dude.  Bakersfield, California, USA.  # 467–The 2024 Surf Guitar 101 Festival!

Surfin' a Go Go Radio Show  Hosted by Mark Malibu from Toronto, Canada ⛧ History of Canadian Surf Bands. 

Surfin' in The Midwest  𖠳 2.5+ hours of Surf Music on Mixcloud.  Tracklist in comments.

Surf Music.com  My playlist of Surf Music ☆ 3 hours on Spotify. 3+ hours.

Surf Music  My playlist on Amazon Music.  Available using Amazon Prime.

Surf Music and Art  Reviews of Surf Music and Art by Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck.

Surf Music Madrid   A 50 minutes stream on Mixcloud.  14 - 1 hour radio shows ~ Spanish Surf Bands.

Surf Music Radio  The world's #2 Surf Music Radio Station.

The SurfPhony of Derstruction 2000  Hosted by Derk Brigante.  101 recorded shows on Mixcloud.

Surf Reviews and Art  Surf Instro. reviews and Surf Art reviews.

Surf Rock Music  Streaming via Streema from Kharkiv, Ukraine.  Instrumental Surf Rock Music.

Surf Rock Radio  ✿ Archives   “The world's #1 radio station” ~ dedicated to Surf Rock.

Surf Route 101  A comprehensive collection of Surf and Hot Rod Music reviews by album.

Surf Sounds  ✿ Assorted Surf Music playlist on AccuRadio, 24 hours a day.  Chicago, Illinois.  2 hours.

Surftacular 2017  Mixcloud radio station.  4 hours.

Surf's Up!  Surf's Up  On Mixcloud  ✿ The Atlantics, The Telestons, Meanwhile in Mexico, The Aqua Barons...

Surf's UP!   𓆉 On Spotify 3+ hours. 

Surf Wax & Vinyl Tracks  Hosts, Chad & Brad review and spin Surf albums for your listening pleasure.

Swingin' Surf Rock Shindig  Instrumental Surf Rock.  Hosted by John Lovell.  WAYO 104.3 FM - Rochester, NY.  Thursdays 11 - 12 am. 

The Terrorsurfs' Schlock n Roll Radio Show  22 recorded shows.

Triple Agent Records  𓇼 Mexico City, Mexico.

Venturesmania Radio With Eddie Angel, Jackie and the Cedrics, The Outtasites +++

Wax 'Em Down And Burn Rubber  𖠳 Mixcloud 3.5+ hours of Surf Music.

Wreckin' the Decks surf section  Many recorded shows.  hosted by Stas.

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SurfyBear Classic 3.0  updated for 2024, as discussed by Surfer Joe, from Surfy Industries. ~  also the SurfyBear Metal vs. Classic.

SurfyBear 3.0 & SurfyBear Compact Deluxe  2024 review and demo by Jason of Tombora Guitars. 

Accutronics' Reverberation Units  Electro Mechanical Spring reverbs.  Used by Fender, Marshall, Peavey.  Analog & Digital.

Austin DIY Summer Reverb  Guitar Pedal Kit with fully illustrated plans.

Austin Tube Spring Reverb Tank  Based on Classic 6G15 reverb tank.  Made in San Diego, CA.

Behringer DR600  Choose from the DR600's six 24-bit, high-resolution reverbs incluning Spring, Plate, Hall, Gate, Room and Modulate.

Blackhole Reverb Pedal  Haunting echoes, ethereal landscapes and otherworldly ambiences.

blueSky  reverberator by Strymon. blueSky provides three different reverb types: plate, room, and spring

Boss FRV-1  The legendary sound of the 1963 Fender® Spring Reverb.

Boss RV-500  With many options, including spring.

Deluxe Amplification 6G15 Deluxe Amplification Handwired Tube Reverb Unit, plus 3 other options.

Earthquaker Devices  From Spring to plate and more.

Electro Harmonix  Oceans Abyss Advanced Reverb Library.

Fender Reverb Units  Various reverb and effects pedals.

Flint Tremolo and Reverb  Flint is essentially two pedals in one, with tremolo on one half and reverb on the other.

Hooke Spring Reverb  Vintage tube-amp spring reverb and tremolo.

JHS Pedals  Reverb, Octave and Hall.

Keeley Electronics  Many effects pedals with reverb.

MS-70CDR  86 effects with reverb - rooms, halls, arenas, and plates.

MXR Reverb  6 Reverb syles including spring.

Oceans 11  11 Powerful reverb alogrithms in a compact package.  Yup it's got spring reverb.

Qi Etherealizer  Multi-effects pedal that combines Chorus, Delay, Granular effects, and Reverb.

Reverb X  From Ranger FX Company.   Digital Reverb mini-pedal with many additional effects to blend in.

Revisit Reverb Tanks  Largest selection of reverb tanks anywhere!  “Bringing back the sound of vintage Accutronics tanks.”

Super Spring Theory  Captures the nuances of tube driven spring reverb.

SurfyBear ~ Designed and sold by Surfy Industries. Various guitar effects are available. 

Surfrider Reverb ~ Spring reverb emulation.  Designed and sold by SolidGoldFx.

TC Electronics  Hall of Fame Mini2, Drip Spring Reverb and more.

Topanga Spring Reverb  Outboard Fender 6G15 Spring Reverb unit. Surf, Spaghetti Western.

True Spring Reverb  Source Audio. Natural spring reverb coupled with tremolo options. YouTube demo from 60 Cycle Hum.

✰✰  Guitar/Amplifier Repair  ✰✰

Condor Electronics  Seattle, Washington, USA

Nevin Audio  David Nevin ☆ Oceanside, California, USA

Soest Guitar  Steve Soest ☆ Orange, California, USA

Solderhaüs  Port Orchard, Washington, USA - on the Kitsap Peninsula

●● Record Labels ●●

Alscore  Stuttgart, Germany

Altered State of Reverb Washington D.C., USA

Boneyard Records  Sacramento, California, USA

The Continental Magazine  Bellingham, Washington, USA

Deep Eddy Records  Austin, Texas, USA

Dionysus Records  Joshua Tree, California, USA

Double Crown Records and Continental Magazine  Bellingham, Washington, USA

Freeky Dicky Records  A Caruña Spain

Gee-Dee Music  Hamburg, Germany

Get Hip Recordings  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Ghost Highway Recordings  Madrid, Spain

Go Down Records  Treviso, Italy

Green Cookie Records  Thessaloniki, Greece

Guns of Brixton Records  Bilbao, Spain 

Hidden Volume Records  Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Hi-Tide Recordings  Freehold, New Jersey, USA

House of Tabu  South Bend, Indiana, USA

Lance Records  Sandia Park, New Mexico, USA

La Stalla Domestica  Italy

Metrobeat and Peak Records  Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Missing Fink Records  Augusta, Georgia, USA

Misty Lane Records  Rome, Italy

MusSick Recordings  Los Angeles, California, USA

No Count Records  Seattle, Washington, USA

Oglio Records  A pioneer in the development of the joint venture relationship between artist and label.  Las Vegas, Nevada

Otto Records  Rock-N-Roll label from San Antonio, Texas

Pacific Records  San Diego, California, USA

Pin Up Records  Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Productions Impossible Records  France

Reverb Brasil Records  Brazillian Surf and Garage Label

Reverb Ranch  Nova Scocia, Canada

Rickshaw Records  San Diego, California, USA

Sharawaji Records  Coventry, United Kingdom

Social Beats & Sheephead Records  Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Squid Hat Records  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Sundazed Records  Coxsackie, New York, USA

Super Sport Records  Columbus, Ohio, USA

Surf Cookie Records Thessaloniki, Greece

Surf Record Labels History Part 1 - Part 2,  Southern California, USA

Swelltune Records  New England, USA

Tabu Records  Los Angeles, California, USA

Topsy-Turvy/Soundflat Records  Cologne, Germany

Triple Agent Records  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Yep Rock Records  Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA

Recording Studios

Beat n' Track Recording  Fallbrook, California, USA

Blue Baron Productions  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dave Klein Recording  Highland Park, California, USA

Doubletime Recording Studio  Santee, California, USA

Downtown Sound Recording Studio  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Empty Records  Seattle, Washington, USA

Goatsound  Preston, Australia

Lechehouse Music  Buda, Texas, USA - South of Austin

The Mousetrap  Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Rarefied Recording  San Diego, California, USA

Wild Records  Los Angeles, California, USA

★ Booking Agencies ★

Gig Salad  Carlsbad, California, USA

Rockin' Dogs  Montreuil, France

𖠳 Organizations and More 𖠳

NESMA  Promotion and recognition for the Surf Bands in the North, East, Southeast U.S.  Based in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.

Reverb Central  All things Surf Music, instrumental, that is - and then some.

SurfGuitar101  Southern California, USA, The world.

Surf Music and Art  Surf Instro. reviews and art by Keith “MuzikMan Hannaleck”.

Surf Route 101  Surf album reviews.

𓇼 Books, Magazines and Articles 𓇼

Colorado Instrumental Fanzine  A Parker, Colorado-based fanzine sharing a  love for surf and instrumental music..

The Continental Magazine  Surf Band information.  CD included.  Bellingham, Washington, USA.

Dead Man's Curve  The Rock'n'Roll Life of Jan Berry.

Endless Summer Quarterly  Magazine dedicated to The Beach Boys with interviews, images, information.  Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

God Only Knows  This remastered edition features forewords by Jimmy Webb, The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb and Melinda Wilson.

Jan & Dean:] You Don''t Come Back from Dead Man's Curve  An article by Mick Farren about Jan & Dean.

Pipeline Magazine  Surrey, United Kingdom.  Dedicated to Surf-Rock Instrumental music.

Reverb International  From House of Tabu, focusing on Surf and Garage Rock.

Sun, Sand, Surf & Sidewalls  3rd Edition (2024).  Surf & Summer Music as seen through autographs.  Author - Tom Tourville.

The Surf Guitar Book Vol. 1 & 2  Martin Schmidt.  Learn the basic techniques: double picking, muted picking, chords, writing, gear, backing tracks.