Looking for the best Surf books? Browse our list to find excellent book recommendations on the subject.
- Surf Is Where You Find It (2015)
- House In Virginia (2019)
- The Complete Guide to Surf Fitness: The Definitive Guide to Surf Training Whatever Your Level (2011)
- Surf Better: complete surfing program (2011)
- Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (2016)
- Welcome to Wonderland #2: Beach Party Surf Monkey (2018)
- Surf to Skate – Vol. 1: Evolution to Revolution (2013)
- The Complete Guide to Surfcasting (2011)
- Surf Science: An Introduction to Waves for Surfing (2014)
- The Surfer’s Guide to Baja (2012)
- Diamonds in the Surf : The Second Adventure (1983)
Surf Is Where You Find It (2015)
Written by one of the most revered surfers of his generation, Gerry Lopez’s Surf Is Where You Find It is a collection of stories about a lifetime of surfing. But more than that, it is a collection of stories about the lessons learned from surfing. It presents 38 stories about those who have been influential in the sport — surfing anytime, anywhere, and in any way.
House In Virginia (2019)
Rapper, Tsu Surf, and National Best Selling Author, Jessica N. Watkins, have collaborated to bring to life for readers the collection of hit songs, “House In Virginia”. Money is the root of all evil. It’s the thirst and hunger for money that is the origin of the ills of this world. It’s where our desperate thoughts and shameful actions are buried.
The Complete Guide to Surf Fitness: The Definitive Guide to Surf Training Whatever Your Level (2011)
The Complete Guide To Surf Fitness brings together all the latest knowledge and techniques to offer a complete training program for beginners to pro’s. Illustrated with more than 150 annotated photos and inspiring surf images, the guide covers everything from stretching and flexibility exercises to core strength, resistance training and plyometrics.
Surf Better: complete surfing program (2011)
Latest edition: v.2.0, revised, expanded and improved. Longboard + Shortboard, with new images and detailed explanations. Includes detailed Shortboard section* with multiple images and analysis of common moves including off-the-lip and aerials, plus common errors to avoid. • New information, additional graphics, more detailed explanations. • New layout for easier reading (and Kindle viewing).
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (2016)
Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child.
Welcome to Wonderland #2: Beach Party Surf Monkey (2018)
There’s always something wacky happening when you live in a motel, and P.T. (named after P. T. Barnum, of course) has grown up at the world’s wackiest! When word gets out that the hottest teen idols in Hollywood (plus current YouTube sensation Kevin the Monkey!) will be filming their next movie—Beach Party Surf Monkey—right in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, P.T. and his friend Gloria know that the Wonderland would be the perfect location.
Surf to Skate – Vol. 1: Evolution to Revolution (2013)
A collector’s book featuring extremely rare and historically important skateboards from all corners of the globe, Surf to Skate captures the art and craftmanship of the early movement. Authors Stanton Hartsfield and Jason Cohn, known collectively as Scavenger, have curated the pages in a timeline, tracing the roots of skateboarding from steel roller skate wheels nailed to planks in the 1950s to their clay-wheeled cousins of the 1960s.
The Complete Guide to Surfcasting (2011)
From selecting tackle to reading the beach, here is a truly “complete” guide to the most popular form of saltwater angling.
Surf Science: An Introduction to Waves for Surfing (2014)
Have you ever wondered where waves come from? What makes every one different, why some peel nicely and others just close out? Why, some days, waves come in sets of six and others in sets of three, and what factors affect the behavior of a surfing break? If you have, this book is for you.Now in its third edition, Surf Science is the first book to talk in depth about the science of waves from a surfer’s point of view.
The Surfer’s Guide to Baja (2012)
The original and still most detailed guide book for surfers heading to Mexico’s surf-packed Baja peninsula. This guide features over 120 surf spots, including the legendary points, reefs, beachbreaks and even islands. From Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas and around to the East Cape, with surf maps, surf travel tips, wave height chart, tips on when to surf where, accommodations and more.
Diamonds in the Surf : The Second Adventure (1983)
The sequel to one of the greatest treasure hunting books ever written!
Best Surf Books Worth Your Attention
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Radar Scattering and Imaging of Rough Surfaces: Modeling and Applications with MATLAB®
Author(s): Kun-Shan Chen
ID: 2826409, Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2021, Size: 20 Mb, Format: epub
Advances in Metrology and Measurement of Engineering Surfaces : Select Proceedings of ICFMMP 2019
Author(s): Chander Prakash, Grzegorz Krolczyk, Sunpreet Singh, Alokesh Pramanik
ID: 2883925, Publisher: Springer Singapore;Springer, Year: 2021, Size: 12 Mb, Format: pdf
Simulation of the Sea Surface for Remote Sensing
Author(s): Alexander Zapevalov, Konstantin Pokazeev, Tatiana Chaplina
ID: 2887871, Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer, Year: 2021, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are truly best-sellers according to USA Today, others are written by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.