A Guide To Enjoying The East Coast’s Newest Chlorine Tube

Mechanically perfect waves, a decent place to sit with food and drink, and comfy beds — all in the same 200 meter orbit. Sounds a bit too good too be true?

Well, thanks to the advent of combining wavepools and accommodation it’s actually quite real, this time in Virginia Beach, of all places.

Atlantic Park Surf is attempting the equation at scale, using Wavegarden tech to produce waves the ocean rarely delivers on that stretch of coast. Beginner to expert, you pick from a menu based on ability. And please, be honest with yourself.

Like URBNSURF Sydney, Atlantic park Surf is home to a 46-module WaveGarden Cove, so you can expect a similar ramp to the one that launched Joel Vaughan to a lien-flip victory last October. The main difference is that Atlantic Park Surf is just a stone’s throw from dozens of restaurants, pumping nightlife, and ocean waves — plus it’s heavily backed by Pharrell (yes, that Pharrell).

We’ll be there this May for Stab High presented by Monster Energy — and here’s where we’ll be staying.

Overlooking the pool is The Sitio, a boutique hotel intentionally kept small. There are only twenty rooms, which means the halls, the bar, and the private pool deck never feel crowded, but you might still meet someone worth talking to.

Though it may come as a surprise to our international audience, the VB surf scene runs deep. It’s home to the oldest continually-run surf competition in the world — the East Coast Surfing Championships (ECSC) — which has been handing out trophies for over 60 years. The city of about 450k people has reasonably fun waves and is only a brief drive away from the objectively superior surf of the Outer Banks.

And, for the month of April, The Sitio is offering a Surf & Stay deal. Book a Standard King or Double Queen room, and a daily surf session plus beach passes for two come with the key. All for roughly the price of a decent dinner in most coastal cities.

Use code SURFnSTAY at checkout, or hit this link to get in the rotation.

We should probably tell you not to sleep on this one. But in this case, that’s the point.