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Surfing Progression

Lessons and ocean safety first, then a session log, forecast and paddle fitness routines, the skills from green waves to turns, board choices, surf trips and contests, and the specialist work of bigger waves and barrels.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Surfing Progression, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

Before you start: this plan is general information, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new training programme, especially if you have a health condition, are pregnant or are coming back from an injury, and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.

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Starter tasks

🏋️ Fitness & Sport

Surfing Progression

Learning to surf and improving through lessons, paddle fitness, reading waves and choosing boards as skills develop.

  1. Choosing a surf school for your first lessons
  2. Rip currents, beach flags and lifeguard zones
  3. Swim fitness check before paddling out
  4. Foam board, leash and wax for the first season
  5. Wetsuit thickness and fit for your local water
  6. Home break profile of tides, swell and hazards
  7. Surf etiquette and right of way
  8. Surf session log
  9. Twelve-month surfing goal and stages
  10. Weekly forecast check and session plan
  11. Paddle fitness training block
  12. Pop-up drills on land
  13. Shoulder care for surfers who paddle a lot
  14. Surfskate sessions for turn mechanics
  15. Board and wetsuit care routine
  16. Monthly surf video review
  17. Monthly surf progress review
  18. Winter surfing kit and session routine
  19. Paddle position and wave-catching timing
  20. Catching unbroken green waves
  21. Reading peaks, shoulders and closeouts
  22. Angled take-off and trimming down the line
  23. Duck dives and turtle rolls through sets
  24. Bottom turn and top turn foundations
  25. Cutback fundamentals
  26. Wipeout composure and breath-hold confidence
  27. Choosing board volume for your weight and level
  28. Moving from a foam board to a hard board
  29. Second-hand board inspection checklist
  30. Thruster, quad and twin fin setups compared
  31. Expanding beyond your home break
  32. Coaching once you ride green waves
  33. Surf trip fund
  34. First week-long surf trip
  35. Wave pool session to drill one skill
  36. First session at a reef or point break
  37. Beach lifeguard or surf rescue course
  38. First local surf contest
  39. Inland surfer plan for making trips count
  40. Returning to surfing after a long break
  41. Dawn patrol plan around a full-time job
  42. Longboard or mid-length for more waves
  43. Introducing your child to surfing
  44. Surfing with friends at different levels
  45. Stepping up to overhead waves
  46. Barrel riding fundamentals
  47. Competition heat strategy
  48. Custom board order with a shaper
  49. Shaping your first surfboard
  50. Remote surf trip safety plan

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Choosing a surf school for your first lessons

Most people who teach themselves on a hired board spend their first summer in the whitewater learning habits a coach would have fixed in a morning. A school with qualified instructors, groups of six or fewer per coach and lessons timed to the tide gets you standing safely and tells you what to work on next.

First tasks

  • List the surf schools within an hour of home and their lesson prices
  • Ask each school about instructor qualifications and group sizes
  • Book a block of three lessons on mid-tide slots
  • Write down the instructor's main corrections after the first lesson

Rip currents, beach flags and lifeguard zones

Rip currents are behind most rescues on surf beaches, and beginners are the people who drift into them without noticing. Learning to spot a rip from the beach, knowing what your local beach flags mean and how to escape a current turns the first months in the water from luck into judgement.

First tasks

  • Look up what each beach safety flag means where you surf
  • Watch the water for twenty minutes before a session and point out the rip
  • Ask the lifeguard on duty where today's rips are running
  • Save the coastal emergency number in your phone
  • Re-read your flag and rip card before the summer season @recurring(yearly)

Swim fitness check before paddling out

Leashes snap and boards get ripped away, and when that happens you swim in. Testing that you can swim a few hundred metres without stopping and tread water for several minutes, in a pool before the sea, tells you and your instructor whether you are ready for unbroken waves or need pool time first.

First tasks

  • Book a lane swim at a lifeguarded pool this week
  • Time a 200 m continuous swim and write it down
  • Tread water for five minutes without touching the side
  • Retest the timed 200 m swim @recurring(quarterly)

Make it yours.

Install Surfing Progression, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.