Surf Review

Surf Casino is a warm, tropical breeze in the world of online gambling. It launched in late 2017 and comes fully loaded with a huge menu of games. Promotions are a strong point of Surf Casino, thanks to its low playthrough requirements on bonus money. The banking options are good too, and the casino is fully mobile compatible. Nevertheless, we did find a few areas for improvement that would take the Surf Casino experience to the next level.

The Surf Casino site is stained sunset pink and ocean blue, with palm trees and cocktails dotted around the screen. While we like the aesthetic, there are a couple of formatting issues that we’d like to see improved.

Surf Casino has a huge menu of over 1,000 games, but the menu could be better organised. At the moment, all the table games are mixed in with the huge selection of slots. We’d love to see more subcategories to make it easier to browse.

In fairness, there is a search bar to find specific titles, and you can filter the whole menu by provider if you have a favourite software developer. The software is just a few tweaks from really doing justice to the excellent game menu.

Progressive jackpot games are a real strength of Surf Casino. We found well over 100 titles with jackpots during our review, including classics like Mega Moolah and Aztec Glory.

As well as hundreds of slots, you can find table games like roulette, blackjack, keno, baccarat, bingo and lots of different kinds of poker.

The live dealer options at Surf Casino are great, with games by four separate providers including NetEnt and Evolution Gaming. We’re used to only seeing one or sometimes two live dealer game providers, so it’s great to have the ability to try four different ones on the same site.

In total there are almost 150 different live dealer tables. Every dealer we came across while exploring the live games was very professional and highly skilled, but it was still fun to see the small variations in their personalities and table manner.

Some casinos have an annoying habit of flooding new users with welcome offers, but fail to follow it up with ongoing bonuses after you’ve signed up. We’re happy to report that Surf Casino’s promotions are as regular as the tide.

For a start, the welcome bonus is spread out over the first four deposits. Your first deposit is eligible for a 100% bonus worth up to $450. Your second and third bonuses get a 50% boost up to $300 each, and your third is worth 100% up to $450 again. That’s a potential for an amazing $1,500 in bonus cash.

The wagering requirements for bonus cash are more than reasonable too, ranging from 20-30x.

The value keeps coming too. Any time you deposit on Wednesday or Friday you are eligible for a 50% bonus. Surf Casino also runs regular competitions where players have the chance to win a share of a cash prize pool or free spins.

Finally, every deposit will earn you a certain number of lottery tickets.

Draws are held every couple of week with prizes including free spins, more tickets and bonus cash. You can even win with multiple tickets.

We’re really into the promos at Surf Casino, and love the low gambling requirements. It’s easy to see why this casino has made such a splash.

Although we have some issues with how the game menu is set up, the organization of the Surf Casino site in general is very good. This is especially apparent when it comes to banking.

Just click “Banking” from the menu to see all the banking methods available.

For deposits, players can choose between bank cards, Skrill, Neteller, QIWI, Yandex, paysafecard, or Zimpler. In our opinion, this is a healthy range of options which should have something for everyone.

E-wallets have a €20 minimum, while all other options are €10. Best of all, every single one is both free and instant.

No matter what option you choose, the deposit process is really straightforward - literally just a couple of clicks and you’re good to start playing.

For withdrawing, you can use all the above options apart from Zimpler and paysafecard.

Once again every option is free of charge, and comes with an ultra-low processing time of up to 2 hours.

During our tests, all deposit and withdrawal methods worked exactly as advertised. No fees, very fast and a good selection of options - we are happy to give Surf Casino a great score for banking.

Surf Casino is operated by Direx N.V., a company registered in Curacao which runs a handful of other popular online casinos we have come across. We are fans of how Direx sets up sites in general, and Surf Casino is no exception.

Direx N.V. has a gaming licence from the Government of Curacao, meaning all activity on Surf Casino is regulated by authorities in that country.

When we review casinos, we always do external research to see what the user experience has been like in general. With Surf Casino, we didn’t see any signs pointing to security concerns.

Both the operating company and game providers have good reputations, and the proper licencing is in place.

For customer service, Surf Casino has a help center which you can find in the menu bar.

There you can see an FAQ page with lots of good information, as well as a live chat pop-up to talk to a customer support rep. We found this option to be really quick and useful.

Surf Casino also has a Responsible Gaming section, which has helpful information for all players. You can choose to be self-excluded from your account if you feel that you need a break, and you can also find links to outside professional organisations like Gamblers Anonymous.

Owner

Direx N.V.

Licenced by

Curaçao Gambling Commission

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Is there a better way to get the full Surf Casino experience than by playing in the shade of a palm tree, sipping a piña colada with the sound of waves lapping at the shore? Luckily for us it’s entirely possible since Surf Casino is also optimized for mobile access.

The casino doesn’t have an app. Instead you can just search for the site through your browser, log-in and start playing. No download is necessary.

For our Surf Casino mobile review, we tested out the site from a few different types of devices, including iPhones, Android phones and tablets. We’re happy to report it consistently works very well.

The mobile site does suffer from the same bad game organisation as the desktop version, but otherwise it’s really easy to navigate around. We particularly liked flipping our phone around to play landscape style, as the software automatically moves around and the screen feels bigger.

You can get the same functionality out of the mobile site as you can on the desktop - even the live chat button is still always visible at the bottom of the screen.

The graphics and tropical colours really pop out of the smaller screen too, and the games worked perfectly with no lagging or long loading screens.

Overall, the only thing you need to worry about to play on Surf Casino at the beach is good wifi.

Surf Casino has a lot going for it. We would love to see the game menu redesigned so that it’s easier to browse, but we love the selection and quality of the games themselves.

Valuable promotions, great banking and customer service, plus a fun and entertaining theme make Surf Casino one of the more interesting casino sites to hit the market in recent years.