Cannon Beach Surf & Mercatile

Mark was great and very helpful. cool shirts and nice board selections. will be renting a board next visit to CB.

I haven’t been able to have fun in the water in Oregon since I moved here 7 years ago. It’s just too big and cold and sharky. But then I took a surf lesson with Julie Adams yesterday, who is the head instructor at the Cannon Beach Surf shop. She is hands down the best outdoor activity teacher of any kind that I have ever encountered. She made it so fun out there. Julie is a deeply dedicated and passionate surf teacher who really believes in her students and wants them to love surfing as much as she does. And sure enough, after just a few tries, I was able to get up and actually surf! I had tried surfing in Mexico and California before alone and with teachers and never had so much success. I won’t be waiting another 7 years to go surfing in Oregon again. It’s not even that cold and there are no sharks to worry about in the shallow white water where we did our lesson. I am so excited to take another lesson with Julie, maybe next time I’ll do her pre-​lesson yoga prep class (she’s a yoga teacher, too). What a wonderful experience.

I came here to rent a board. I asked if i could, and the owner told me yes. I then asked if I could see the boards that were available for rent, and the owner told me NO. I though the was being sarcastic and pretending to be a dick, but turns out he was for real. I disliked him instantly. I told him I was from California and I am from Morro Bay. He then told me his nickname for MB is Moron Bay. I was so over this guy and wanted to surf so badly that I just told him to give me whatever he has. He gave me a 6’6 retro looking surfboard that i had fun on for 30 bucks for a half day. Bad experience here.

I’ve rented and purchased gear and taken surfing lessons from this place for over a year now. It doesn’t get any better — super friendly, very helpful with questions/​beginners, good prices, zero attitude.

I stopped on to buy some tourist musts after visiting the beach. I really enjoyed speaking to the owner who made me feel welcomed. The prices for everything were very reasonable. I loved just looking around the store. Lots of unusal items. I cant wait to go back.

I just loved these guys. Really hip and cool younger gall who was helping my girls and the owner is a big, burly guy who was very kind to my wife. Sort of a gentle giant type.
Rental selection was pretty diverse, from bikes and such to ANY need you had for surfing as well as a ton of local knowledge. Wet suits, boards, skims, you name it, they seemed to have it.
I bought a shirt and one of my daughters bought a youth bathing suit, which is actually hard to find in Cannon Beach.

Very knowledgeable and helpful. Nice guys.