List of surf musicians

1950s, 1960s

• Al Casey
• The Atlantics
• The Astronauts
• The Beach Boys
• The Bel-Airs
• Bruce & Terry
• Bruce Johnston
• The Centurions
• The Challengers
• The Champs
• The Chantays
• Dick Dale
• Eddie & the Showmen
• The Fantastic Baggys
• The Fender IV
• Gary Usher
• The Hondells
• The Honeys
• Jan & Dean
• Jerry Cole
• Jim Fuller
• Jim Messina & the Jesters
• The Lively Ones
• The Marketts
• Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos
• The Original Surfaris
• The Pyramids
• The Revels
• Richie Allen
• The Rip-Chords
• The Rivieras
• The Rockin' Rebels
• Ronny & the Daytonas
• Royale Monarchs
• The Sandals
• The Sentinals
• The Sunrays
• The Surfaris
• Terry Melcher
• The Tornadoes
• The Trashmen
• The Ventures

Later revivalists

• Babalooneys
• Colbie Caillat
• Agent Orange
• The Apemen
• Aqua Velvets
• Atomic 7
• The Bambi Molesters (Croatia)
• The Barracudas
• Best Coast
• Blue Hawaiians
• The Bomboras
• Greg Camp (of late 1990s band Smash Mouth, currently of Defektor)
• Martin Cilia
• Daikaiju
• Dead Rocks
• Death Valley (Mid-90s, Austin, TX)
• The Dirty Heads
• Donavon Frankenreiter
• The Drums
• Dum Dum Girls
• The Eliminators
• The Finks
• The 5.6.7.8's
• The Ghastly Ones
• The Good The Bad
• Huevos Rancheros
• Jack's Mannequin
• Jetpack
• Jack Johnson
• Laika & the Cosmonauts
• Lana Del Rey
• Laramie Dean
• Les Fradkin & Get Wet
• Les Savy Fav
• Lo Presher
• Los Straitjackets
• Man or Astro-man?
• The Mel-Tones
• The Mermen
• Messer Chups
• Monsters From Mars
• No Age
• The Phantom Surfers
• Phono-Comb
• Plan 9
• The Raybeats
• Red Elvises
• Reef (band)
• The Reverb Syndicate
• Rootjoose
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
• Sublime
• The Supertones
• Surf City
• Surf Coasters
• Surf Punks
• Surfer Blood
• Susan and The SurfTones
• The Tarantulas (Randy J. And The Tarantulas)
• The Thurston Lava Tube
• Eddie Vedder
• Vivian Girls
• Von Zipper
• Wavves
• Whirled Peas
• The Young Werewolves
• The Ziggens