SOL Surf
Finding it
SOL Surf is in Departures in Terminal 1 near Gates 9-18B at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 9-18B
Terminal 1 has 13 places to eat and 8 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 3:30am.
Hours against the security queue
SOL Surf opens at 5:30am and closes at 9pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 9 minutes around 5am.
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes. This location is already open before those queues build.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
SOL Surf closes at 9pm, earlier than Brookstone or Hudson next door in the Gates 9-18B stretch of Terminal 1, so it's not the option for a last-minute purchase on a late-evening departure. The 5:30am opening still catches the terminal's first security wave, half an hour behind the New Stand kiosk further down the same corridor. Board shorts, flip-flops and graphic tees fill a shop built around beachwear rather than the electronics and general gifts at Brookstone or the souvenirs at I Love L.A. It's the only SOL Surf at LAX, with no second branch in another terminal carrying the same stock.
Other options in Terminal 1
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- LAX Terminal 1 Information — Los Angeles World Airports, checked 2026-09-06
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.