El Salvador has a growing surf culture. The Central American country has been blessed with consistent waves and warm waters.

Puerto Escondido has been selected as the 14th World Surfing Reserve for its world-class waves and ecological significance.

The two-time surfing world champion says she's alarmed at what she's been exposed to. "I've been attacked by men in the water, I've been hit in the head, I've been yelled at, screamed at," she said.

London could get "a slice of the ocean inland" as plans for a £50m artificial surfing lake progress, the company behind it has said. The Wave wants to develop 56 acres of land in the Lee Valley ...

An 18-year-old from Scotland has become the youngest British woman to surf huge waves that break off Nazaré in Portugal. Robyn Larg, from the Isle of Tiree, Argyll, surfed a wave of about 4.5m ...