Power is sometimes hard to predict until you build experience. As a general rule anything from waist high to head high will be a safe bet. This will depend on your fitness and ocean knowledge. When you’re learning just focus on finding waves of a size you feel confident in. I prefer to say shoulder height, overhead, double overhead….it’s a bit less ambiguous. It gets even more confusing when you travel – Hawaiian 2ft is actually a lot bigger than a kiwi 2ft, yet an American 2ft is closer to the actual measurement. What most kiwi surfers call 2-3 ft is actually about 4 -8ft if you were to measure it. But, this isn’t actual ft, it’s “surfer’s ft”. Some use ft “it’s 2 ft out there”, “some 6 footers coming through”. The problem is the way surfers describe the height of a wave. How high the wave is from the bottom to the top of the lip. Let’s go through each of these and get an idea of what is suitable for you while learning: The following words can be used to describe the different types of waves: However, what they would regard as flat could be your perfect training ground. The waves that experienced guys and girls want are not going to be easy for learning. The surf report on the radio may say “it’s 9 out of 10 today”, but, remember those reports are aimed at more experienced surfers.
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