![]() On steep beaches however, you’ll want to surf between mid and low tides. This is because the water fills in over the sand banks, oftentimes leading to soft peeling - beginner friendly - waves. On flat beaches (beaches without a steep sand shelf at the high tide mark) you’ll generally get the best waves at high tide. The best surf conditions for a beginner are soft, playful, rolling waves that give you plenty of time to do what you’ve gotta do and get to your feet.ĪLL surf breaks are different, and they’re all affected in slightly different ways with the movement of the tides, and this makes it difficult to give you a conclusive answer as to what the best tide to surf for beginners is.īut I’ll give you some good guidelines nonetheless In short, with big tides there’s a whole lotta water moving around and this impacts the quality of the waves, for good and for bad.ĭifferent spots have their different personalities that it takes time to get to know. Not only does the depth of the water affect the surf, but the direction of the water is moving impacts the waves too.īut, it can also do the opposite too (bloody love a good rip bank me ). The same thing that happens to this reef happens to every sandbank, at every beach break too, with the water depth drastically affecting the way the waves break. When the tide comes in however, all that changes.Īs the tide moves over the reef waves begin to break, and once enough water has covered the rocks the waves become surfable. Now let's add a reef into the equation for illustrative purposes.Īt low tide the reef is just a rocky outcrop - fully exposed rock not covered by any water. The low tide mark may be some 200m further out to sea from the high tide line.ĭo you think this will change the way the waves break a little? Let’s imagine somewhere with a big tidal range for a moment, say Hossegor in France (has 8M+ tidal range!) ![]() The tide affects the surf in a number of waysĪs tides move in and out it affects the depth of the water, altering the way the waves break as a result.
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