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Pick your water.

Point, reef, or beach — every break breaks differently. Learn the shape, the tide, and the etiquette.

Point breaks

Long, peeling walls that wrap around a headland.

rights & lefts

Reef breaks

Heavy, hollow barrels over coral and rock.

hollow

Beach breaks

Sandbar peaks that shift with every swell.

always changing
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Four kinds of water

The break decides the wave.

A senior man holding a longboard walks on a rocky beach with clear blue water.
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Longboard

A 9-foot board and a clean point — the slowest, most elegant thing in the water.

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Three surfers walking with surfboards along a sandy beach at sunset, ready to ride the waves.
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Shortboard

Pocket turns on a steep beach break, wave after wave.

2–4 ft
Surfer skillfully navigates through a powerful ocean wave in an exhilarating display of skill.
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Barrel

The moment the lip throws over you and the world goes quiet.

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A surfer with a board walks along a serene beach at sunset, waves gently lapping the sand.
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Dawn patrol

First light, offshore wind, and the whole lineup to yourself.

5:42 am