4 Simple Ocean Observations to Improve Your Surfing

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @stevecarey2030
    @stevecarey2030 5 лет назад +25

    As a life long surfer I knew all of this but I never had it presented in one short package like this. Very clear and to the point.

  • @f.demascio1857
    @f.demascio1857 6 лет назад +141

    When I first started surfing, I spent 2 years without some of this crucial info. After a Hawaiian friend Sat me down on the beach & broke it down (very similarly to this video) my surfing exploded. Suddenly I was in the line up & getting real waves instead of the reform on the inside.
    A couple years ago, I shared this same info with my son & he does so much better in the water now. Sharing this video with him for our next trip.

    • @lucasvelez5955
      @lucasvelez5955 6 лет назад +2

      U must have watched The North Shore movie!

    • @ilitimotek
      @ilitimotek 5 лет назад +1

      can you tell us what did they teach you?

    • @makk7
      @makk7 4 года назад +2

      @@lucasvelez5955 when the wave breaks here dont be there or ya gonna get drilled

    • @trazyq
      @trazyq 2 года назад +1

      @@ilitimotek come to hawaii and ask locals. they know everything

  • @cailinbrett2630
    @cailinbrett2630 6 лет назад +107

    Awesome video, reading the waves can be one of the hardest bits to surfing, and you explained it perfectly. Thanks and keep it up

  • @OEFarredondo
    @OEFarredondo 4 года назад +2

    Probably the first video every beginner surfer or any one going into the drink should watch.

  • @thinsliced
    @thinsliced 4 года назад +46

    4:16 when someone touches their fingertips together like this, I listen with undivided attention.

  • @surfbodi.0015
    @surfbodi.0015 5 лет назад +269

    The wind only blows offshore when I'm in work. Fact 😞

    • @masonotp332
      @masonotp332 4 года назад +4

      Yep as soon as I get off it turns onshore!

    • @whoopadeedooable
      @whoopadeedooable 4 года назад +6

      you must live in HB too :/

  • @echopaints5446
    @echopaints5446 4 года назад +4

    As a beginner surfer this was such a helpful video.

  • @luccowling7418
    @luccowling7418 6 лет назад +13

    So I've been surfing about three years and can hold my own in pretty daunting conditions, yet I've learned a new perspective from this video, cheers mate!

  • @MechInvent
    @MechInvent 6 лет назад +70

    Cool video man! As a dude who lives in the desert and just bought a surfboard, it’s a steep steep learning curve.

    • @TheSurfRat
      @TheSurfRat  6 лет назад +14

      oh yes, but a satisfying one. Don't forget you can surf into your 70s at least!

    • @ronan22
      @ronan22 5 лет назад +1

      I used to live in the hi-desert but then me and my family moved to slo in 2018 , so I’ve been able to surf a lot lately

    • @arizonaranger527
      @arizonaranger527 Год назад

      😅

  • @joypinturra6151
    @joypinturra6151 3 года назад

    Watching this and your other videos of waves as a painter...can never observe enough to learn of the anatomy of waves and many ...
    Alot to learn....having a better understanding of the anatomy of waves will make one a better painter. ..remember it's a never ending learning process...
    Beginners get the basics down....then choose your subject..and keep at it...
    The late painter of the sea...E. John Robinson would so love to see today's generation how they film the ocean waves.....
    Be safe out there ....

  • @puddpuddle5461
    @puddpuddle5461 5 лет назад +6

    I don't even surf and find this interesting as can be. Thanks for a great to-the-point video man.

  • @noahlaizer7434
    @noahlaizer7434 3 года назад +1

    I'm glad he clarified because I thought that was a desert, and it was sandy and dry

  • @Craig-u6c
    @Craig-u6c Год назад

    What a fantastic video! So clear and concise. Thank you.

  • @veronicarussell1031
    @veronicarussell1031 4 года назад +2

    I’m so happy I’ve found you and this channel. Very healthy sense of humour too. So informative thank you

  • @farficknuger3673
    @farficknuger3673 2 года назад

    This video helped me out so much when I started surfing. Crazy how much info there is to take away still

  • @wilsonmcc1
    @wilsonmcc1 5 лет назад +5

    Add to these the ability to understand currents/rips and how they can be used to your advantage. One of the key differences between an ok surfer and a good surfer

    • @TheSurfRat
      @TheSurfRat  5 лет назад

      yep! this is covered a bit in my video on paddling and getting out the back

  • @EllaBoehm-uf5tn
    @EllaBoehm-uf5tn Год назад

    This was actually rich on information and very helpful!

  • @Roamwithreda
    @Roamwithreda 3 года назад +1

    Really good video dude. Just started surfing this explains a lot in 5 mins

  • @wickednotes1
    @wickednotes1 7 лет назад +30

    Nice vid, learnt a lot in 5 mins!

  • @tclinn2909
    @tclinn2909 6 лет назад +1

    A very nice video Surf Rat. I just want to add that the wave will break when the amplitude is 1.5 times the depth of the water (in front of the wave). So on a flat day, put on your goggles and survey the ocean bottom, and you'll know where the take off spots are. Pick out some reference points on land. This is a "trick of the trade" knowledge for competitive surfers. This is why some surfers always seem to be in the right spot. Cheers!

  • @MrIzzy4real
    @MrIzzy4real 2 года назад +1

    Great video! I learned so much and have infinite more to learn. The relationship between the surface and the bottom is a game changer.
    Looking forward to more videos from you.
    Thank you! 🙏🏽

  • @GabsPepeleascov
    @GabsPepeleascov 2 года назад

    this video is so great in its lessons, editing and video making

  • @rafaelprudentedeoliveira2209
    @rafaelprudentedeoliveira2209 6 лет назад +13

    Thank you bro! Great video! Love from Brazil!

  • @studiojamescao
    @studiojamescao 2 года назад

    Really instructive, thanks for this great video

  • @MensGroup
    @MensGroup 2 года назад +1

    "16 seconds and above is worth breaking promises for" haha. Great video! :)

  • @doyathink49
    @doyathink49 2 года назад

    Great stuff... added to my bookmarks.

  • @cruztengco5598
    @cruztengco5598 Год назад

    Great video. Thank you so much

  • @kimmy5865
    @kimmy5865 4 года назад

    I'm from New York and I've never surfed before but I want to learn so bad! I'll be taking surfing lessons this summer. Thanks for this video! Learned a lot!

    • @MrRVJunior
      @MrRVJunior 2 года назад +1

      Look into Skudin Surf Long Beach NY 🤙🏄 I like their green light session....
      Enjoy

  • @goran6215
    @goran6215 5 лет назад +4

    Very well explained!! Thank you guys, keep doing great videos like this one!

  • @hasleymoore433
    @hasleymoore433 6 лет назад

    Great video dude been surfing for 20 years and I learnt something...

  • @ThaiNguyen-to5yv
    @ThaiNguyen-to5yv 3 года назад

    Very useful video! Thanks

  • @AlexAnder-ky2ce
    @AlexAnder-ky2ce Год назад

    This is a great video, thank you very much for making it! Subscribed and really looking forward to the rest of your content

  • @chefboy-ar-d6312
    @chefboy-ar-d6312 6 лет назад +8

    Dude cool explanation, ive lived hawaii all my life, we learned to read the ocean also, you make total scense just you broke it down in science , I've never heard it explained that way...... awesome ......I SUBSCRIBED😁👍🤙🤙🌊🌊

  • @mrcrumb4302
    @mrcrumb4302 2 года назад

    Really nice video, thanks!

  • @CoastalorPostal
    @CoastalorPostal 4 года назад +1

    Thanks so very much for sharing your knowledge friend, you’re kind to do so and helping a guy out. 🤙 🌊

  • @k1ng401
    @k1ng401 3 года назад

    Excellent presentation

  • @goretexxcr
    @goretexxcr 4 года назад

    Thank you for the great video!

  • @MarcinLudwicki
    @MarcinLudwicki 6 лет назад +6

    Great video! Very informative and easy to follow

  • @newspandemictimes5242
    @newspandemictimes5242 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing your wisdom! Very scientific. So cool!

  • @christaollinger7915
    @christaollinger7915 5 лет назад +1

    My favorite topic, now my favorite video on the topic. Thank you for what you're doing!!! Cheers!

  • @lilaschmetterling3023
    @lilaschmetterling3023 2 года назад

    This is so good I want MOORE THEORY!!😍

  • @kichomano
    @kichomano 4 года назад

    Yeah man awesome video! I’m from Mexico and last month I lived on my near surf spot (made my surf quarantine over there) catch some good waves but I knew that I had to learn and understand more the ocean and the wave reading... now I’m back at home no ocean here just MTB and I miss the ocean A LOT! Looking at your video brought me that ocean feeling and I could understand better the wave breaking and current...
    Saludos desde Mexico
    If you want to surf here we have nice pipelines...🤙🔥🔥🔥

  • @nicolasdavies4129
    @nicolasdavies4129 Год назад

    great video! thank you

  • @thoughtful384
    @thoughtful384 4 года назад

    Great vid man

  • @maxreediii
    @maxreediii 6 лет назад +252

    I mean...you CAN surf closeouts. ;)

  • @wrlzz
    @wrlzz 6 лет назад

    Great video. Thanks for sharing

  • @thecopilot-twitch5085
    @thecopilot-twitch5085 4 года назад

    Dang son, the surprising eloquence blew me away! Sick video and super informative. Subscribed!

  • @OranTeach
    @OranTeach 8 месяцев назад

    great video mate, thanks !

  • @KingsMom831
    @KingsMom831 2 года назад

    This video is exactly what I was looking for
    🙏😁

  • @seanmccall7277
    @seanmccall7277 3 года назад

    Great video.

  • @1Deejay7
    @1Deejay7 2 года назад +1

    Will this work for snowboarding? Asking for a blind tricycle rider

  • @forestsoceansmusic
    @forestsoceansmusic 6 лет назад

    Very interesting. 2:45 in -- swell from the South-West, so you are over in W.A. Or (from your accent), West coast of North Island N.Z. perhaps? Great tips for someone like me who's only done amateur body surfing.

    • @TheSurfRat
      @TheSurfRat  6 лет назад +1

      I like your detective work, you're getting close.... but that spot it in neither of those places. Keep your ear to the ground my man!

    • @forestsoceansmusic
      @forestsoceansmusic 6 лет назад

      I didn't think South Island's West coast had any beaches but I guess it's possible. Ditto, Tasmania. So maybe those or a Pacific island? (can't think of anywhere else for a SW swell...unless maybe South Africa?? but you said I was getting close) Cheers. I was looking at the surf today (I'm far south coast NSW) taking in what your videos said, and I could see the features. Another good spot for getting waves seems to me to be on a (submerged) sand spit heading basically straight out from the beach (seems a good thing to avoid rips too).

  • @SharieShares
    @SharieShares 6 лет назад

    Superbly done! Concise & honest. Thank You!

  • @alexkoford5452
    @alexkoford5452 6 лет назад +24

    Obi wan help me shred you are my only hope!

  • @Aliyah-r2c
    @Aliyah-r2c 4 года назад

    such an amazing explanation! thank you

  • @Elliectrify
    @Elliectrify 6 лет назад +1

    Awesome vid-really helpful and clear cheers

  • @qow2427
    @qow2427 6 лет назад

    Great video. Professional and relevant. Mahalo!

  • @mrmon2137
    @mrmon2137 6 лет назад

    awesome tips bro...keep up the good work...

  • @homerilias
    @homerilias 5 лет назад

    Dude! Very nice work!

  • @Ali-7676
    @Ali-7676 2 года назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @Il0v3tina
    @Il0v3tina 6 лет назад

    Amazing video! congrats

  • @georgeconradie858
    @georgeconradie858 3 года назад +1

    “16s is worth breaking promises” truth spoken.

  • @orion7873
    @orion7873 3 года назад +1

    I feel like Florida needs it's own video about waves...

  • @AussieDownUnder
    @AussieDownUnder 6 лет назад

    What a video man. Loved it. Onto the next one! And subbed.

  • @emmiskywalker
    @emmiskywalker Год назад

    great video!

  • @vickyvonstein2331
    @vickyvonstein2331 6 лет назад

    very well explained.

  • @microbeerreviews
    @microbeerreviews 4 года назад

    Great job on the video.

  • @REKTcity
    @REKTcity Год назад

    Great vid!

  • @SEILLC
    @SEILLC 3 года назад +2

    I wish I would've seen this video a week ago before I went out to Oceanside and ended up underneath the pier.

  • @iziz5691
    @iziz5691 6 лет назад

    Wow what an interesting video. Very informative thankyou - just subscribed!

  • @parabola8933
    @parabola8933 5 лет назад +2

    Understanding subtle curves and textures had definitely made me a better man...not sure if it's made me a better surfer.

  • @jclm4188
    @jclm4188 6 лет назад

    video very good, am i ready for big rock now???

  • @yangkx
    @yangkx 5 лет назад

    Is this a documentary? Quality is on point 👌

  • @harryharris7663
    @harryharris7663 6 лет назад

    Great vid thanks mate

  • @HeinyThet
    @HeinyThet 6 лет назад

    Interesting choice of conclusion, but a very informative video. If only I had an explanation like this when I stated surfing, thank man:).

  • @michaelmckay8719
    @michaelmckay8719 Год назад

    I love a hot onshore wind peeling back a wave.

  • @godbless4731
    @godbless4731 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you so much yeeeeeew very good advice 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤ love god so much

  • @stevewendes9091
    @stevewendes9091 6 лет назад

    Good work fella 👍

  • @boltup5566
    @boltup5566 4 года назад +2

    Part 2 should be when to go left or right and how fast a wave peels based on its slope. Part 3 should be reading sections ahead of you while you're on the wave.

  • @guillaumepages4429
    @guillaumepages4429 6 лет назад

    Nice vid. Thx

  • @atlanticsurfschool633
    @atlanticsurfschool633 4 года назад

    Epic video!
    Sharing the surfing lifestyle :)

  • @Ifyoulieyoulose
    @Ifyoulieyoulose 6 лет назад

    Very didactic, you got my attention for the whole video, which is not given for a tutorial.

  • @rubinprince100
    @rubinprince100 3 года назад

    the number one problem that i have with surfing is reading a wave, so this helps a lot

  • @synth963
    @synth963 6 лет назад +1

    nice video. thanks for posting

  • @davidwilliston1209
    @davidwilliston1209 6 лет назад

    Nicely done

  • @longliveavalon
    @longliveavalon 5 лет назад

    Cheers surf rat! Lil review for me of what I kind of know already but also I haven't surfed in years and I'm very glad I subscribed to your channel. :)

  • @tzuriatedgi4961
    @tzuriatedgi4961 6 лет назад

    great video thnx

  • @abrispal
    @abrispal Год назад

    learnt a lot cheers mate

  • @lw8099
    @lw8099 3 года назад

    Your videos are fucking amazing. The tone of your voice, the pacing the education and highlights. Thank you so much. I've been starting to look at a lot of surf videos but you are the first channel I will subscribe to.

  • @logann
    @logann 6 лет назад

    Great video

  • @felipevalim9973
    @felipevalim9973 5 лет назад

    Very good!

  • @sector783
    @sector783 5 лет назад

    What a cool video!

  • @josephrogowski4620
    @josephrogowski4620 6 лет назад +1

    Great stuff

  • @themagikian4237
    @themagikian4237 4 года назад

    Thanks man!!

  • @SurfRawFiles
    @SurfRawFiles 6 лет назад

    Cool videos mate, keep up the good work, will follow you!

  • @jinnovicencio3512
    @jinnovicencio3512 6 лет назад +2

    This is such a rad video! I love the addition of the drawing on the waves! Super helpful

  • @arnebc
    @arnebc 6 лет назад

    Thanks surf rat! Subbed. Great vid, keep it up!

  • @bonerocker1478
    @bonerocker1478 5 лет назад

    Nice video bro🤙

  • @efeyektakaya
    @efeyektakaya 6 лет назад

    Great video, thanks!

  • @greenskynz
    @greenskynz 3 года назад

    anyway to tell/predict whether the wave is going to be left or right?

    • @TheSurfRat
      @TheSurfRat  2 года назад

      It can be really hard sometimes, but usually, if you are looking out to sea as the wave is approaching you, parts of the wave will be tall, and others will be short, the tall parts will break first and move toward the short parts...good luck, and apologies for the late reply!