Cocoa Beach celebrates Easter with three-day surf festival

COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Dozens of surfers are gathered on Cocoa Beach for the annual Sundance Ranch Easter Surf Festival.

Florida Today (http://on.flatoday.com/1Pa3jyi ) reports that the three day festival and competition has drawn big crowds.

The festival includes a dog surfing event to raise money for the Central Brevard Humane society. A five-year-old Tibetan Terrier named Waldo was the top dog surfer.

Human surfers are competing in various age divisions for a $1,000 top prize for the each division winner.

Information from: Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.), http://www.floridatoday.com

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