Schedule of Events

Surf City Surf Dog Schedule

Warm-up for the Surf Dog Competition . . .Join us at the Orange County Unleashed SurFUR Swell Hours! Leading up to the event, Unleashed by Petco will be hosting two mini-events called the Unleashed SurFUR Swell Hours in select Orange County stores.  These mini events will feature SurFUR costume contests, SurFUR photo booth, dog adoptions, mocktails and puptails, raffles and more.

Unleashed by Petco SurFUR Swell Hour Schedule

Friday, September 16, 2016 | 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Laguna Niguel Unleashed by Petco  27281 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

Saturday, September 17, 2016 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm | San Clemente Unleashed by Petco – 979 Avenida Pico, San Clemente, CA 92673

Unleashed by Petco Surf City Surf Dog® Weekend – 3 Days of Doggone Fun Line Up:

Friday, September 23, 2016 |  6pm – 9pm Rainwater Gallery & Events Center  |  526 Main St.  |  Huntington Beach, CA 92648.  

Join us for at our NEW Opening Ceremony location!  The Rainwater Gallery & Events Center is opening their doors to surFURS and the dog-loving public for a suggested $10 donation to our charity partners featuring:

  • Surf Dog Photo Exhibit with a portion of the sales benefiting charity partners
  • Step & Repeat with red carpet photos
  • Free appetizers and cash bar

Saturday, September 24, 2016 |  11am – 1pm | SUP with Your Pup hosted by Pirate Coast Paddle Company with Special Guest SUP DOG OZ | 1131 Back Bay Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92660

Pirate Coast Paddle Company is hosting a meet-up for all surFURS to relax and ride a DIFFERENT kind of board before the big surf competition!  Enjoy a relaxing day in the bay.  If you haven’t tried to SUP before, no worries ‘mate, because we have SUP Workshop with Dog Behavior Specialist Chris de Aboitiz from Sup Dog Oz.  View Chris’ entire schedule here.

  • Stand up paddle boarding clinic for owners and dogs, with “6 Steps to SUP with Your Dog” 
  • Discounted Surf City Surf Dog rental rates of $18 per set-up
  • Entry Fee: Suggested donation

Sunday, September 25, 2016 | Huntington Dog Beach, 100 Goldenwest Street & PCH, Huntington Beach

7:30am – Check In Opens

 8:00am – 1:30pm – Canine  Expo

 8:00am – 2:30pm – Unleashed by Petco Surf City Surf Dog® Surf Competition

 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Finals

 3:30pm – Awards/Closing Ceremony

Bring your family and friends (& dogs) to witness this fun day at Huntington Dog Beach! We ask for a $1.00 donation per person for Sunday’s Surf Dog contest, which will benefit our Official Charity Partners.  For surFURS  participating in the contest, please see registration fees below.

Registration spots are limited space..  The event will have up to three heats of smalll, medium, large and x-large weight-based heats with five dogs maximum per heat.  In the tandem heats  there will only be one heat  per each event: dog/dog, dog/human and  dog/human on a stand up paddle board with a paddle. Each heat will consist of five dogs.  Registration closes on September 19!