quad egg or quad fish for very small waves?

[morfevs]

Hello surfers,

My intro: I am an intermediate surfer. Weight 74kg, 1.84m tall on my 37years!
Current board: 7.6 minimal.
Wishes for new year: to be able to carve.
Types of waves: very small, weak, the days of glassy are extremely rare. Messy, bits of small pleasure. From 0 (lol) to 1.5m.
Mediterranean, Italy waves.

I would like to ask you guys an opinion between these two boards:

Board 1) Torq fish 6.6, 39 liter volume. Price: 370e.
Material: epoxy
Link: www.torq-surfboards.com/fish.html

Board 2) Fanatic egg 6.6 bamboo, 42 liter volume. Price: 500e.
Material: bamboo epoxy
Link: www.fanatic.com/product/fun-egg/

Some questions:
Is is impossible to duck dive them?
Is there a large difference in 3 liters volume?
Which board would you reccomend me?
Other alternatives?

Thanks a lot for your opinions!

Gianni

[drowningbitbybit]

Is is impossible to duck dive them?

Shouldn't be impossible. The fish will be considerably easier due to its pointy-ish nose.

Is there a large difference in 3 liters volume?

not a huge amount... definitely some, but not enough to be the deciding factor

Which board would you reccomend me?

Neither board is a high-performance carver (not that you'd want one on small weak waves), but the fish will be more fun to throw about. The egg will favour long drawn-out turns, not carves and snaps.

I used to have an epoxy 6'6 fish similar to the torq board and it was great in small or mushy conditions. I rode it in reasonably large surf a few times without too much problem too. So I'd recommend the fish.

[dtc]

Those type of waves are pretty hard to match to a board, other than the type of board you already have of course.

There are however a growing number of small wide fat boards that are designed for those conditions, but they are generally quite short (under 6ft) and - I gather - fairly hard to surf, more skateboardy. So the 'crazy diamond' in the Fanatic range you linked to, or several firewire boards (sweet potato, potatonator) or the dumpster diver (Channel islands) or the Lost 'bottom feeder' (<- lots of people like this one); there is also a style of board called the 'simmons' which is designed for these conditions. Just a few of the boards around, not saying any are better than others.

You will see that these boards are fairly wide, thick all the way through (not thinning out at the nose), wide tails; often with quad fins as quads are usually a bit faster. They are more designed for intermediate surfers, will be fairly unstable and paddling will require a bit of fitness; and I dont know how available they are in your neck of the woods. But you could have a look at them over the net and see what you think and whether they will suit your purposes better.

However, out the boards you picked and despite what I said above, both seem pretty good choices for the job. I would say probably the fish but I reckon either one. The egg is probably a bit more stable but not a quick snappy board, as DBB says. So for what you want, the fish.