Surfing Waves

How long does everyone stay in the water when they go for a surfing session?? If the waves are good i can only generally manage about 2-3 hours before I am buggered. If its crappo, even shorter. I'm just wondering if Im being a sissy, or if im just really unfit!!!

I managed 30 min last night, cold and getting dark early here now, plus I'm mega unfit due to some mystery virus hit me mid week.

Couple of hours usualy tho as I'm not the fittest person anyhow, and the beach is just yards away...

Longest... Got on the water at 9am, crawled out to find it was about 1400...

ive done from like 7:30 to 3:00 spend an hour out and then back in till 7:00 pm

actually I do that a lot, whenever I have the chance. a lot of the time its more like waiting for a random swell while paddling around.

Generally I do about 3h sessions (constant breaks, no waiting...), but I have done a couple of 5h sessions as well, but then I'm not really physically able to do anything after that but have a beer and watch a movie

in the summer 5 hour sessions if its good get out have a few hours rest drink loads of water get some food in me then back in for a few more hours

i stay out till i cant lift my arms to paddle anymore

haha..yea..as long as my body will let me..usually about 3-4 hours.


But, i have fallen asleep lying backwards on my 9' longboard. kinda scary when my friend woke me up and sed "u almost got cleaned up by a wave!"

At the end of a long day, when I realise I havent the energy to pop up and Im sort of crawling up instead, then I know its time for a well earned beer

2-3 hours Normally

But my longest ever was in the water by 08:30 , out at 13:00 ran home, ate something and went straight back (break took 30 - 45 mins max) and got out
at 18:30 that evening.

Needless to say, I hibernated after that

usually relatively short (5;30-7pm) during the week when its light out then on weekends il maybe do a 5 or 6 hour + session on sat, then a 3 hr ish one on sunday...

my ribs hurt a lot all the time

until i cant paddle anymore or im too cold to move very much or about 3-4 hours

0900 - 1600 with an hour break at about 1400 ish

during the winter, however, its more like 3 or 4 hours max... then I get too cold to have much more fun!

I surf @ bondi, so generally i do dawn patrol until like 11am, which is all i can stand (not fitness wise, just tourist wise).

Once the body boarders start crawling out of bed i usually pack it in for the day.

honestly, I dont believe some of these lengths of session. unless the waves are really small or unless you only get out like 2 times a week.

bgdkmetzger2003 wrote:honestly, I dont believe some of these lengths of session. unless the waves are really small or unless you only get out like 2 times a week.

Why?? The waves I get are usually anywhere between 2 and 4 foot and i go surfing twice a week...its too far away to go before or after work, unless im really keen.

If the waves are perfect and the breaks are quiet then i can manage about 3 hours, have some lunch then head out for another 2 or so, then im stuffed. Im not surfing the whole time though, there is a lot of sitting on the board waiting for the perfect set.

bgdkmetzger2003 wrote:honestly, I dont believe some of these lengths of session. unless the waves are really small or unless you only get out like 2 times a week.

Small waves can be an even bigger killer on the arms - paddle for a wave, ride, throwaway manouvre at the end, paddle back out, immediately catch another one... repeat... all afternoon....

Yeah tend to stay out as long as i can
never the less it normally round about 3 hours

In uk in the winter it can be freezing but i still manage about 4-6 hours at the weekends, but in summer i stay out till the surfs droped of or im so tired i wont be abel to get out of my wetsuit.

bluesnowcone2000 wrote:In uk in the winter it can be freezing but i still manage about 4-6 hours at the weekends, but in summer i stay out till the surfs droped of or im so tired i wont be abel to get out of my wetsuit.

Dude, 4-6 hours!!! Don't you have any obligations during the day?? YOu cant be doing that more than once a week. Definitely not 2 days in a row.