WAVE ARCADE WPA Surf Series

Surf Posters // Vintage National Parks Style.

Museum-quality prints celebrating your favorite beaches.

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HISTORY: WPA to WAVE ARCADE

Arriving at the WPA SURF SERIES

In the 1930s, as part of the New Deal, the WPA commissioned artists to create poster designs for America's National Parks.

The originals were handmade serigraph prints featuring bold colors, iconic landscapes, and timeless style.

WAVE ARCADE brings that same spirit to the surf spots and coastlines we love.

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Explore our collections by region and discover the perfect surf poster for your favorite beaches.

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Tourmaline

Tourmaline in Pacific Beach, California

Tourmaline sits right between PB Point and Crystal Pier, and serves as a surfing playground for surfers of all levels on all sorts of equipment. This print is one of the most popular in the series - maybe because the it captures the vibe of a classic summer evening in Pacific Beach or because most San Diego surfers and visitors have some great memories of this spot.

from $33

Swami's

Swami's in Encinitas, California.

Swami's is another iconic North County San Diego spot where you can go to find some big right-hand barrels along with self realization. It's also the first spot featured in the WAVE ARCADE National Parks Surf Series.

from $33

RAT Beach

RAT Beach in Torrance, California.

Right After Torrance, aka RAT is a great name for a beach and saying it make you think of something you'd find closer to Santa Monica or Venice than Palos Verdes.

from $33

Oceanside Pier

Oceanside Pier in Oceanside, California.

Both the North and South sides of the pier offer some fun waves. The old wooden pier itself has a rough history - it was first built in 1888, only to be destroyed by storms in the winter of 1890. It was rebuilt in 1893, and then destroyed 4 more times by storms. The most recent version of the pier was finished in 1987. In 2024, a fire destroyed the classic blue building towards the end of the pier.

from $33

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California.

Ocean Beach in San Francisco produces some of my favorite surfing photographs of all time - absolutely perfect-looking barrels with the eclectic mix of buildings, rooftops, cars, and city streets in the foreground. While riding one of those oft-photographed waves is a different reality, daydreams and mind-surfing are just part of the territory.

from $33

Moonlight Beach

Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, California.

Another classic North County beach, Moonlight has a little something for everyone - whether you want to surf, swim, play volleyball, or let you kid loose on the playground. The annual Woody Car show and Switchfoot Bro-Am are always fun events too.

from $33

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"I love the colors and it looks so great on my wall! So excited to have art of my favorite surf spot!"

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"Beautiful!! Shipping was super fast! I'm so pleased with it. Always hard to buy large prints online, but this one well exceeded expectations!"

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"Absolutely love the print we ordered. It was even more vibrant than than the website shows. We also ordered three other posters to have a South Bay surf set. All prints were high quality and exactly as expected. The framing/matting guidance was super helpful (we ultimately just framed them with no mat and they look amazing). Highly recommend this artist and would buy more prints if I had more wall space."

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"This gorgeous print for the Olympic surf spot Teahupo'o is truly perfect! I have been bugging Ethan for a while asking if he had plans to make a graphic for this spot in particular, but also surf spots outside of California...I was beyond excited when he created this one! It is exquisite!! The quality of the print is just perfect and the graphics are so great!! They got here beautifully packaged and super fast! I can not recommend these beautiful prints and this shop more...if you are into surfing what a great way to display your love!"

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