Bird Rock Surf Shop

Very friendly and helpful staff. Always enjoy stopping by. As an intermediate surfer, I value getting input and advice from the experienced guys around the shop. Drew is the man!

Great shop! Also had a board shaped for me here a few years ago, which I still love. Always super nice and helpful. Private parking lot makes your life easy & love their smoothies and juices!

My favorite surf shop in San Diego for buying surf clothing!

I am a local and I like to support the shops in the area. I have seen this shop grow from a «hole in the wall» when the owner who happens to be a premier surfer would greet you and was happy to answer questions or just converse. The store is large now. Finally no more old BBQ restaurant that has been an eye sore for years.
I walked in this morning with cash that was burning a hole in my pocket to be spent. I am a 55 year old tanned paddler was well dressed and when
I walked in and started to look at the Ohana’s, I looked at the 2 girls behind the counter and said, «Hi». One looked at me and said nothing. The other did not even try to make any type of contact with me. I felt like I had no value to them. I decided at that point that I was not gonna buy anything. I did look around and was never offered help. I decided to leave. They continued to ignore me and talk amongst themselves.
I just had to write.
It did not feel right anymore.

I brought my surfboard in for an easy repair nob here, I was initially quoted a price of $ 60, which seemed like a lot but I agreed since the shop is close to where I live and I want to keep my business local, it took them 2 weeks to finish the job after they initially quoted 5 days, then when I got there the chick who checked me out tells me it’s now $ 70. Way too much for the repair, definitely a ripoff, I will take my repairs anywhere but here

What a great shop! Excellent variety of boards at good prices. We bought a board they held for my son via email. Then, if that was not A awesome service already, they pulled together parts and a fin for the board and did not charge us. We’ll be back! Thanks!

Matt and Lindsey were super friendly and helpful. Really nice selection of surfboards and accessories, with good prices. I just picked up a Trace Surf accessory here and I am stoked! Will continue to stop in frequently!

This surf shop has clothing, surf gear, and a juice bar next door. I like the clothes and they’re reasonably priced. The have a good selection of surf gear. The juicers are great. The people who work here always have a good attitude. I get the feeling that this places makes most of its money from tourists and walk in traffice which is why they have so much more than just surf gear.

This is my favorite surf shop in San Diego. The staff is very helpful and friendly. They all have experience surfing the area, for many years, so they know what they’re talking about. The atmosphere is really chill.
I bought a board from them back in September, one of their own shapes (Surf Through Life). I had been looking for a long time to find a short board shape I liked. I told them what types of waves I wanted to ride, how I wanted to ride the waves, etc, and they pointed me to the board I ended up buying. I’ve been surfing this board since then, and I absolutely love the board. They hooked me up with a great deal, and the entire package (board + fins + leash + stomp pad) cost less than a Channel Islands or Rusty board by itself.
I would recommend them for their expertise in knowing the local waves, the quality of their repairs (got a ding repaired here on another board), and their overall helpfulness/​friendliness.

We just bought our first long boards.
They were very helpful and the selection was perfect. The clothes are cute too!
Highly recommend Birdrock Surf Shop!

My local surf shop, friendly employees, cool vibe, all your surfing needs, dog friendly

Popped in to bird rock surf shop and was impressed with the selection. The shop owner Ben was very nice and helped me find some clothing for presents for my niece and nephew.
Great place and a good smoothie!

Why is this my favorite surf shop? I don’t know. I seriously don’t know. But it is. Maybe it’s the fun, friendly staff who are always helpful to a novice surfer. Maybe it’s the cute gear. Or maybe the puppies playing in the doorway last time I was there. I just like it.

Just ordered the custom board — enjoyed Matt’s (shaper) advice and the pricing was excellent. Expecting a 2 –3 month process — should be done in 2 – 3 weeks!
Nice folks — very helpful.

I like to come here because I am always greeted with a friendly smile like we’re all homies, even though we totally aren’t cause I don’t know anybody here, but I feel like I do when I walk in! Really good customer service, good selection of new and used boards (they run specials sometimes too, like $ 50 or $ 100 credit depending on which used board you buy). And good selection of clothes and sunglasses and art if you aren’t in the market for a board today.
I bought my soft rack for my car here cause these people are so friendly and the cutie that rang me up offered to come out to my car and show me how to set them up correctly. I’m sure I could have figured it out myself but I let him be a man and show me anyway. :)

Very familiar with the location. No greeting no asking if I needed help– I did, but became disenchanted and left.

The guys at Bird Rock Surf are just overall great! I don’t know anything about surfing, but they were so patient to answer my questions, which was so helpful that I ended up buying my wetsuit from them. Planning to go back to buy my surfboard from them after taking a few lessons first.
Bird Rock Surf carries so much — surfboards, wax, etc. to swimwear and wetsuits to casual clothing to flip flops/​bags/​dresses. Such variety! I love this place!

Bird Rock Surf Shop is great.
The selection of boards is diverse and they have all the gear you could ever want or need. But the thing that makes this place stand out is the people. The staff and owners are all really friendly and welcoming. They are happy to offer advice without being pushy. And unlike many other shops, you won’t find any condescending people here.
Overall, a great place with great vibes.

We stopped into Bird Rock Surf Shop when we were looking for board shorts and flip flops for my husband. I was planning on sitting outside with our dog, but he was actually allowed inside the store. That was nice as that allowed me to peruse around the store as well.
The store is very big and seems to have a very good selection of flip flops and board shorts. They have a lot of other items, but we weren’t looking for anything else so I didn’t pay attention to any of the other items. We found what we were looking for and the prices are comparable (if not better) than other surf shops. The staff was very friendly and the owner’s golden retriever was also friendly even to our over-​excited puppy.

I stopped by Bird Rock Surf shop because they had a sign that they were having a wet suit sale. Not that I’m about to go into a surfing craze but a sale is always worth looking at!
The staff was friendly and in this type of boutique shop, it was nice to be asked if we needed help and not bombarded every 4 minutes after despite not having many other customers in the store at that time. They had a huge variety of wet suits many of them great priced for wet suits (although I really did not need one …) and they also had a good selection of surf boards as the name would indicate.
They had a huge rack of flip flops but some were pretty awesome looking with an awesome price tag attached (think $ 56 for a pair that’s not rainbows!) … but otherwise their Bird Rock shop clothing (sweaters etc.) were pretty good quality and very warm … I was tempted to buy one since I had on a dress for a day that became inappropriately cold :(
Interesting browse but definitely a great location for all your surfing needs.