It’s very important to have a map for this stuff, so that you know where everything is. Therefore: behold! A very crude map of Red Beach, jeweled resort of the northern Gulf of California! Don’t worry, I’ll have somebody competent make the real one.
Also, funny story: today was the day that I realized that I know virtually nothing about surfing. After careful consideration, I have decided to handle this problem in the time-honored pulp tradition of not giving a damn.
I know virtually nothing about surfing.
Allow me to assist:
Just like with boats, the keys have little floats on them so they don’t sink.
Unlike boats they use a solid state fuel more like Sterno.
Always stick the nose in the sand, laying it flat or going tail first clogs the exhaust ports.
The map is perfectly serviceable. Unless you want to lay it out like a chamber of commerce infotisement, I’d just leave it.
With the minor change of “Here be Cows”.
(Seriously, putting a lot of work into the map means it’ll be expected that an equal amount was put into the geography. So unless you want to put a lot of effort into brainstorming why there are big waves in a gulf…)
I had a friend who was a surfer, so I know a bit second-hand.
The main tidbit that might be useful in a story is that fiberglass gets slick when it gets wet, so the tops of the boards are covered in a coat of sticky wax that’s refreshed as needed. The pucks of wax are most popular when shaped like a breast, with cheesy slogans which humorless scolds would deem problematic.