Thursday Travel Ticker: Surf’s up somewhere

The Atlantic hurricane season officially ended Wednesday, with a total of 19 tropical storms, seven of which became hurricanes. The 19 tropical storms represent the third-highest total since records began being kept in 1851. The average is 11, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports .... Surfbreak Rentals, a vacation rental site that allows users to search for accommodations based on specific beaches and surf breaks, has debuted a new website, www.surfbreakrentals.com .... Utah’s renowned Deer Valley Resort will open for the season on Saturday with 10 chairlifts and 16 ski runs .... Hawaii’s second Waimea Ocean Film Festival is scheduled for Jan. 4-8. For info, click here or call to (808) 854-6095 .... Dubbed the world’s largest gathering of Rhône variety wines, Hospice du Rhône is celebrating its 20th anniversary April 26-28, in Paso Robles. Passes begin at $100. For info, click here .... The new 163,000-square-foot Natural History Museum of Utah, clad in 42,000 square feet of copper, has opened near Salt Lake with 1.2 million objects and specimens .... The Antelope Valley Indian Museum in Lancaster holds a country-style holiday fundraiser Dec. 17, from 4 to 8 p.m.; (661) 946-6900 .... Travel quote of the day: “I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.” (Comedian Steven Wright)