Surf: Qingdao's most impressive tourist beach is named after the shape of the prominent rock outcropping located just off the ShiLaoRen Peninsula and is said to resemble an old fisherman waiting for his daughter to return from beneath the waves. Several average quality peaks over sand bottom only work in summer windswells and typhoons. Better with offshore N and incoming tide. Environment: This is about as far north as you would want to surf. Freezing and usually flat in winter.