Surfing the 49th Parallel

More than 50 slabs from the icy shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific's pounding waves — and every reverb-drenched garage in between — Canada’s surf scene has carved its own gnarly path. This playlist rides the line between classic twangy instrumentals, retro-inspired surf rock, and uniquely Canadian takes on the genre. Grab your board (or toboggan), crank the reverb, and let the Northern waves crash.

Featuring: vintage surf gems, modern Canuck shredders, and enough twang to melt a glacier.

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Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones) - For My Own b/w Everything's Gone Wrong

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones) - Submerge b/w The Sheik and His Harem

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Serf, Les - Le temps ne les attend pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye

Québec

Skyliners - Yé-Yé Guitares

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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S'Quires - Remember b/w Reach for a Star

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Surf Riders - Ten Tons of Wet

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Chilliwack, British Columbia

Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als - Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy

Oshawa, Ontario

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Action - You're Gone b/w Odin

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

Bob And The Messengers - Splash Down b/w Bob's Groove

Montréal, Québec

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Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels - Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Regals - Deep Sea b/w Stranger

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Canadian Downbeats - Surf Party b/w White Sands of Paradise

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Squires - Day Dream b/w Green Surf

Heatscores - Light 'Em Up!! (re-issue)

Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels - Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)

Monster Stalkers - Do the Sasquatch b/w Wailin' Wolf/ (Don't Go to) Forbidden Plateau (picture sleeve)

Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als - Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy

Vampire Beach Babes

Les Serf - Le temps ne les arrête pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye

Bob and The Messengers, left to right: Walter Rossi, Bob Parkins, Jack Geisinger and Frank LoRusso (photo courtesy of Norman LoRusso)

Bob And The Messengers - Splash Down b/w Bob's Groove

Canadian Downbeats - Surf Party b/w White Sands of Paradise

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Bigfoot Rocketship	Super Stock	ST	03:59
Metalunas	The Cat's Pajamas	Instrumentals Of Terror!	01:34
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Gospel Surfer	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:14
Urban Surf Kings	Six-Gun Party	Bang Howdy Partner	02:39
Mongols	Donne-moi Raison - Nautiloid Reef	Sleepwalk	04:44
Surfdusters	The Mighty Niagara	Save the Waves	02:54
Surfdusters	The Moons of Jupiter	Save the Waves	03:32
Skyliners	Wabash Blues	Yé-Yé Guitares	01:59
Regals	Deep Sea	Deep Sea b/w Stranger	02:35
Surfdusters	Gas Jockey	Save the Waves	02:22
Diables Noirs	Perfidia	Guitares a GoGo	02:24
Urban Surf Kings	Cowboy X	Bang Howdy Partner	02:25
Metalunas	Munster Mosh	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:20
Metalunas	Satellite of Mystery	X-Minus-One	02:22
Urban Surf Kings	Tesla Re:Coil	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:33
Vampire Beach Babes	Broken	Beach Blanket Bedlam	03:40
Surfdusters	Stubble Jumper	Surf After Dark	02:25
Surfdusters	The Lonely Spanish Hotel	Raincoast Rumble	03:16
Mel-Tones	The Perfect Wave	Surf Sensation	02:19
Urban Surf Kings	Let's Surf!	Electric Buffalo	02:58
S'Quires	Melody of the Woods	Melody of the Woods b/w Electrocution	02:32
Urban Surf Kings	Undercover Overcoat	Electric Buffalo	04:07
Brodie, Mark	Bitch Stole My Board	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:28
Dick et Les Espions	Jaws	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	03:41
Jaguars, Les	P'tits oiseaux	Pour La Danse	03:14
Dick et Les Espions	Shelba	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:40
Brodie, Mark	Wedgie	Shreddin' And Surfin'	01:49
Mel-Tones	Sorrow Bay	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:02
Velvetones	I Want You (I Need You)	I Want You (I Need You) b/w My Little Sweetie	02:53
Metalunas	It Came from the Nebula	X-Minus-One	02:48
Corvets	Mambo No. 5	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	01:52
Brodie, Mark	Spin Cycle	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:45
Jaguars, Les	Dors mon amour	Vol-2	02:28
Brodie, Mark	Death at Mile Zero	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:53
Surf Riders	Riding the Curl	Ten Tons of Wet	01:58
Bigfoot Rocketship	Half Pipe	ST	03:01
Strangers	You've Got What I Like	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:58
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Dog Food	Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)	02:08
Mongols	Have Love Will Travel	Sleepwalk	02:36
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als	I'm Happy	Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy	02:07
Metalunas	Do the Scratch 'n' Sniff	Interstellar Surf Party	02:02
Strangers	Journey to the Stars	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:49
Strangers	Windy and Warm Quiet	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:03
Surfdusters	Hot Rod Alley	Save the Waves	02:38
Mel-Tones	Rocket Sled to Oahu	Surf Sensation	02:07
Mel-Tones	Tiki Cabana	Surf Sensation	02:23
Surf Riders	Loop	Ten Tons of Wet	02:23
Jaguars, Les	Guitare Cha-Cha	Vol-2	02:18
Dick et Les Espions	Wok'n'Roll	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:45
Metalunas	Jupiter Doo Dah	X-Minus-One	02:16
Gruesomes	World of Darkness	Hey!	03:24
Surfdusters	Phantom Train	Waves of Pleasure	02:45
Mel-Tones	Comet Rustler	Surf! Spy! Space!	01:49
Surfdusters	Border Run	Save the Waves	02:52
Jaguars, Les	Jaguar Shake	Vol-2	01:46
Gruesomes	(It's) All In Your Mind	Hey!	02:44
Surfdusters	Cattle Drive	Raincoast Rumble	03:15
Surfdusters	Raincoast Rumble	Raincoast Rumble	04:26
Velvetones	My Little Sweetie	I Want You (I Need You) b/w My Little Sweetie	02:36
Squires	Mustang	Mustang b/w Aurora	02:23
Metalunas	The Lonely Surfer	Interstellar Surf Party	02:42
Metalunas	Surf Party	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:15
Urban Surf Kings	Renegade	Bang Howdy Partner	03:11
Serf, Les	Mademoiselle ye-ye	Le temps ne les attend pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye	02:36
Saboteurs	Into the Shadows	Espionage Garage	02:27
Diables Noirs	J'ai vingt ans	Guitares a GoGo	02:47
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Twine Time	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:17
Metalunas	Sounds From Uranus	Swingin' Planet	01:48
Jaguars, Les	Hot Pants	Pour La Danse	04:03
Metalunas	Jump the Shark	Interstellar Surf Party	02:23
Mel-Tones	You'll Never Surf in This Town Again	Surf Sensation	02:42
Brodie, Mark	T.I.G.E.R. Rock	Mark Brodie & The Saboteurs	02:34
Surfdusters	Wreck Beach	Save the Waves	03:11
Surfdusters	Hero of the Beach	Raincoast Rumble	02:35
Metalunas	Shields Up!	X-Minus-One	01:38
Urban Surf Kings	Tombstone Swagger	Bang Howdy Partner	03:10
Urban Surf Kings	Haunted Tide	Electric Buffalo	03:53
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Night Walk	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	01:58
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Surfs U Rite	Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)	02:25
Brodie, Mark	Phantom Wave	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:31
Diables Noirs	Ram - Bunk - Shush	Guitares a GoGo	02:12
Heatscores	The Bruce is Loose	Light 'Em Up!!	01:40
Surfdusters	Border Run	Raincoast Rumble	02:55
Surfdusters	The Friendly Martian	Surf After Dark	02:59
Urban Surf Kings	Kookie's Comb	Live in Hell	02:02
Surfdusters	X-It Hiawatha	Raincoast Rumble	03:18
Strangers	One Mint Julip	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:13
Mel-Tones	Orbitron	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:11
Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones)	Submerge	Submerge b/w The Sheik and His Harem	02:11
Corvairs, Les	Water Melon Man	Mashed Potatoes Time	02:28
Gruesomes	Thanks For Nothing	Hey!	03:47
Brodie, Mark	Theme From the Old West	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:46
Metalunas	Bikini Party	Interstellar Surf Party	03:05
Surfdusters	Radar Hill	Surf After Dark	03:39
Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones)	The Sheik and His Harem	Submerge b/w The Sheik and His Harem	01:58
Gruesomes	El Diablo	Hey!	01:57
Urban Surf Kings	Surf King's Stomp!	Live in Hell	01:48
Corvets	Corvet's Twist	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	01:44
Surfdusters	El Dementia	Surf After Dark	02:45
Saboteurs	Midnight Rendezvous	Espionage Garage	02:28

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