Trip itineraries, wave pool knowledge, golf course guides and visa-free travel tips for Hainan — from the team on the ground at Riyue Bay.

Swap a hooded 5/4 for boardshorts in January. One long-haul leg and one short hop via Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Seoul, 30 days visa-free for UK passports, an included transfer, the world’s only tropical-island wave pool, Riyue Bay’s ocean surf in its October–March prime season and links golf — the winter surf trip from Europe nobody in your crew has done.

Yes, there is surf in China — warm, uncrowded and on a tropical island. Where it is (Riyue Bay, Wanning, Hainan), how the PerfectSwell® wave pool and its ~20 settings work, the two ocean swell seasons, when to go, 30-day visa-free entry, flights into Haikou and Sanya, boards and gear, where to stay and what to do beyond the surf.

China’s best links course, a former world top-100 layout cut through black lava and its 7,475-yard neighbour, all on one tropical island with 30-day visa-free entry. The seven-night golf week day by day, where to stay at each end of the island, which airport to book, and what we arrange — tee times, transport, clubs and English-speaking caddies.

A surf pool a minute from your room and China’s best links course thirty minutes up the coast, so one of you surfs, one of you golfs, and you are back at the same table by lunch. Which room to book, a five-night day plan, what happens when the golfer wants to try the pool, and how to get there visa-free.

The whole PerfectSwell® pool to your team — up to 20 surfers an hour, a beginner setting for the first-timers and a punchier one for the surfers, a resort inside the grounds, links golf thirty minutes away. A three-night offsite plan, what it costs and how to get a team there from Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia.

About an hour from Hong Kong, a few hours from Singapore, no time difference and no visa for most passports. How surfers in Asia’s two hub cities turn a Friday-to-Monday into a trip to the world’s only tropical island wave pool — with ocean surf and links golf on the same weekend.

The PerfectSwell® pool comes back online after its upgrade with a published schedule through 31 October. Which wave setting runs when, how Golden Week and weekend hours differ, evening sessions, and how to book the right hour for your level.

Rainforest waterfalls, Li villages and brocade weaving, Xinglong coffee, the morning market, China’s best links course and empty east-coast bays — the rest-day guide, most of it 30–90 minutes from the PerfectSwell® pool.

Visa-free entry, which airport, the hotel inside the surf park, how the 23 settings and 55-minute sessions work, every published price and how to book — a first trip to the PerfectSwell® pool, step by step.

One direct flight from Sydney or Melbourne, 30 days visa-free, a driver at arrivals — and the world’s only tropical island wave pool a minute from your room. The Australian surfer’s guide.

No taxis, no shuttle, no gate between your room and the lineup. Six room types, breakfast included until 1:30 PM, free gym and laundry — and the PerfectSwell® pool and beach about a minute from your door.

Your first wave shouldn’t be a matter of luck. How complete beginners stand up fast on the pool’s gentlest settings — warm tropical water, soft-top boards, and the same friendly wave on repeat.

Repeatable waves on ~20 settings or real South China Sea swell? The honest comparison — repetition, crowds, progression, certainty — and why Riyue Bay is the one destination where you don't have to choose.

The same wave, on repeat, with a coach watching every ride. Progression camps, crews and club training blocks at the world's only tropical-island wave pool — guaranteed waves, ~20 settings, no crowds.

Kids on gentle rollers, parents on real waves — the same pool, the same hour. With ~20 wave settings, warm water year-round and no crowds, this is the family surf trip that actually works.

China's oldest coffee culture grows an hour from the wave pool. Morning markets, Wenchang chicken, coconut hotpot, lobster noodles and bean-to-bar chocolate from local cacao — the food day worth building into your trip.

The wave pool runs year-round — so when you go depends on what you want around it. Cooler-month ocean swell, the summer typhoon wildcard, golf weather and the two holiday weeks to book around, season by season.

The course where Tiger Woods played Rory McIlroy — a former world top-100 carved through ancient black lava fields at the world's largest golf complex. The design, the history, and how it fits a surf trip.

Sand dunes, ocean wind and the South China Sea — 36 holes of true coastal links ranked #2 in China, designed by Tom Weiskopf, 30 minutes from the wave pool. The setting, the East and West layouts, and how a round fits into a surf trip.

Haikou or Sanya? Direct flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and London, one-stop connections through Asia's hubs, and the included private transfer down the coast — the complete routing guide to the wave pool.

No visa application, no embassy queues. Hainan gives U.S., Australian, NZ, UK and Canadian passport holders 30 days visa-free — how the policy works, which airport to fly into, and how to build a wave pool surf and golf trip around it.

How the world's only tropical island wave pool actually works: 23 wave settings from mellow beginner rollers to barrels and air sections, how sessions run, and how to pick the right waves for your level.

China has real ocean surf, and its home break is Riyue Bay. How the two swell seasons work, the longboard walls the WSL came for, family beach days — and the wave pool that means you never get skunked.

No crowds, no drop-ins — just your crew trading perfect waves back to back. Around twenty wave settings, from barrels to beginner waves, on a tropical island. Perfect for surf camps, family trips and group getaways.

The world's only tropical island wave pool with real ocean surf, China's best golf courses, luxury resorts and the biggest duty-free mall on earth — why no other surf trip on the planet stacks up like Hainan.

Surf the world's only tropical island wave pool in the morning, play China's best links course in the afternoon, then take on Tiger and Rory's lava-field course at Mission Hills. The full day-by-day plan — visa-free.

Perfect waves on demand, world-class golf, five-star resorts — we'll build the trip around you.