Totally worth it. Lots to see and there is even a theater in it. Learnt lots about surfing. The shark opener is so cute. A big thank to Bud for the great tour intro.

Excellent attraction! Check it out for boards, stay for the history.

One of the pitstops for the surfing 🌊 pilgrimage. A very well done 👍 museum showcasing various surfboards as they evolved through the ages, detailing how shape and length have continuously innovated and modified. Museum 🖼️ also includes artworks, posters and anecdotes from local surfers, which definitely sheds light 🕯️ on why Australia has become a surf-crazy nation. If you like surfing, expect to spend well more than an hour here.

Fantastic array of surfing facts and memorabilia on. Brilliant displays and strong surfing atmosphere. I challenge you not to get a buzz (and I am 77 years old).

We loved it. It's a small museum but full of history. I really recommend going and spending a couple of hours watching all the surf boards, surf suites, etc reading the history behind each item.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, I never knew there was so much history to surfing

The history of surf is nicely explained. You have a family ticket (2a 3c) at AUD25. The silver surfer or the board where you can try to surf are not there anymore. They could do the museum amore interactive for the children. V

A great and interesting experience.

An excellent insight into Australian/world surfing history. Must see if you're a surfer or a visitor in Torquay

If you enjoy the surf culture and lifestyle. You wont to know the history of surfing in Australia, This is well worth a visit.

If you love surfing or even interested to know more about what the surfers do on the beach chasing each wave, worth an experience to check it out!

Nice set up, fun even for the kids and friendly staff.

This is a well presented timeline of the surfing history. I enjoyed walking around. Respectful entry price and would recommend this museum to everyone any age. One small disappointment was to see the McCoy boards in a dark corner, not to be noticed.

Stopped in on a weekend away. I was really impressed with the items in the collection and didn't realise surfing was such an old craft. I learned a lot about the history of surfing, the evolution of the boards and the technology that goes into making a great board. We spent about 1.5 hours in the museum but there us a 90 minute feature film that shows in the theatre, so allow more time if you want to watch the whole thing.

Traces the entire history of surfing in a fun and interesting way. Really cheap, we pay $8 per person as a student.

Cute and not overpriced museum. Great surfing video and interesting mix with a dedicated place for Kelly Slater even if he's not australian. Nice one

The museum is nice but not very educational, you really have to be a big fan of surfing to appreciate it!

Marie - The Museum guide - was absolutely wonderful! Please do yourself a favour and if you're in the area pay the $25.00 family pass and take the kids through the amazing local history (and beyond) of the surfing revolution as it hit the shores of the Victorian Surf Coast. We thoroughly enjoyed it but beware of the souvenir shop all my loose change disappeared very quick, haha!

What a great place with videos, displayed Champion surfboards and lots of information on the history of surfing. We loved it! Worth the $12 entrance fee.

What a gem in Torquay! Great place to learn about the history of the Sport, showcasing how the surfboard design evolved over the years. They have few kids activities - balance the surfboard, decorate chalk surfboards, kinetic sand pits and a cool green-screen photo booth. Definitely worth checking out on a cold day!

Really interesting, even if you are not into surfing. Great for history buffs and even car enthusiasts. Would like to see some history on surf clothing companies like Mambo and RIP Curl added. Totally worth a visit.

Awesome spot, great service 🤙👌

Don’t pass a chance up to go in here – we nearly did thinking it was “just another museum”. Not so. We wandered around the interior of the Tourist Info Centre in Torquay and bought some gifts and then as it started to rain, thought we would pay the few dollars to have a look around, not thinking it would take long. The building is huge, there is so much information about surf festivals and competitions, surfers themselves, champions and early pioneers of the surf movement, the evolution of surf boards and many boards belong to past champions. There is an awesome tv exhibition of the waves and how to ride them and that is on for a while so be prepared to sit and watch. There are interactive green screen surf spots where you can take your own picture on the waves and email it back to yourselves. One of the highlights was a set of surfboards which had been written all over as if from a teenager to his parents, absolutely hilarious, I forget what it was called but well worth the read. In all – a great visit and one I am really glad we did not miss.

May be too simple a setup to be charging a fee for entry....its about 60ft of gallery walk from entrance to exit.

Great amount of history and pretty cool place to visit

Love this museum! Small but everything about australian surfing you can find here!!! wnjoyed watching the surf board maker too!

A terrific story done very well. So do yourself a favour...drop in

Amazing museum

An interesting place even for a non surfer. Helpfull, informative staff, well worth a visit if in the area.

awesome place. very disappointed there wasnt anything on Mick Fanning other than a surf board. loved everything else

Wow this was such an adventure. Looking through all the photos, watching the videos and checking out the memorabilia. What great history, and the information is astounding. Don't need to get wet to check this experience

Great place. Full history of surfing and the evolution of the surf board. Very interesting

We are not a surfing family, we visited the museum sand found it very enlightening. Surfing has such a rich history. Almost made me want to buy a board and give it a go. Great family outing.

Great information about surfing! Really nice stop for a short break while in the road.

Great little trip down memory lane. Loads of surf boards and video footage on the history. Very interesting

100% recommend this museum! Very interesting. Cool surf boards everywhere. Right next to ocean road

Fantastic have recommended to friends and family Only comment is the name museum invokes old dusty relics and this is anything but maybe surfing experience or similar could more accurately reflect what we experienced

Enjoyed reading the history of surfing 🏄‍♂️ 🌊

Very interesting look into surfing Australia beginnings. Great movie showing on surfing and lots of interesting reading everywhere, thoroughly enjoyed it.

The ladies at the museum were super friendly and helpful 🙂 Great set-up here and appears well maintained.

Always worth a visit while in Torquay. It really helps to understand how surfing is really entrenched in the Australian culture and history, especially in this specific region.

Great experience. Museum shows the surf history from the begging. You will visit many rooms with active TV. You can also watch whole movie which I recommend. What I was hoping to see - some shark attacks stories unfortunately there was just a bit about it. Anyway I do recommend

History of surfing, brilliant to see the names of yesteryear and the boards that were used in their quest for championships

(Translated by Google) Very nice museum with very interesting story pictures and boards. Nice people and great museum (Original) Sehr schönes Museum mit sehr interessanten Geschichten Bildern und Boards. Nette Leute und super museum

History and heritage. Brilliantly covers all aspects of surfing culture since the beginning.

Gnarly experience

Not that into surfing but the museum is really interesting and clearly thoughtfully curated.

(Translated by Google) Nice for those who love surfing (Original) נחמד למי שוהב גלישה

Very insightful and interesting experience!

(Translated by Google) Nice little museum (Original) Nettes kleines Museum

It's OK

Awesome display. So many memories from years past. Recommend highly

If your extremely into surfing it may be worth it, if your not I would try something else

very informative

Cool surfing history & boards.

Fun fun fun! Perfect interactive museum that my boys loved!

Loved looking at all the old boards

Nice history about Aussie surfers.

Absolutely brilliant place to visit, especially the paleontology section and Yestin Griffiths

Great display well worth entry cost $12

Really cool!!

Fine for a rainy day. I wouldn't say it's a 'must see' destination. Could have SO much more multi-media than it does.

Well worth a visit.

Awesome place. Loved the vibe. So informative

I'm not really into surging but I really enjoyed this museum!!! Especially the surfing video. I lesrnt alot about the different boards and the history of surfing right from where it started! Highly recommend

Beautiful museum

Very interesting

Very impressive display, great information on history of surfing, highly recommend, take a couple hrs to read the stories & watch the films. Must see while in Torquay.

Very interesting worth a look

Well presented museum. Bit expensive. Great collection of boards and other surf memorabilia.

nice place to get surf tools

Fenominal, very well set up. Lots of info and keeps you interested. I wish i could rob the place.

Nice little gift shop. Helpful staff

Interesting

Nice museum to visit.

Cool place

Excellent information from the guide. Very interesting.

Educational

Lot of information about surfing. Here you can spend easily couple of hours.