Surf Clothing - A Gown Can Make No Feeling If It Inspires You To Take.

Umbrella for sun

Sun block

Fresh bait (one or two kinds)

Sand flea rake if you plan to use them for bait

Clean rags or a towel

This list will get you by. After a few surf fishing trips you will probably fine tune it to your preferences. Take the time to use a checklist and save yourself the grief of leaving something essential behind.

Here is my list of the top 10 things every beginner surfer must know before paddling out!

1. Choose the right surfboard & wetsuit!

2. Go to the right spot.

3. Go surfing on the right day.

4. Know what rip currents are and how to get out of them.

5. Know about localism.

6. Know how to catch a wave.

7. Know how to stand up on your surfboard.

8. Know how to make it outside (beyond the breaking waves into the green water).

9. Know some of the unwritten rules of the line up.

10. Have fun surfing is a blast!

1. Choose the right surfboard & wetsuit

You do not want to start on a super thin high performance short board, or any short board for that matter. When you are learning, you need to start on a surfboard that has some width and thickness to it, yes a long board. How long depends on a how big you are, the bigger the person the bigger the board should be. If you do not want to be a longboarder that's okay, but you will get a lot better faster if you use the long board. A longer board will help you to get the basics down. From there you can scale down in size as you progress, think of it in steps. A short board is super wobbly and unstable if you are inexperienced. While there are sharks in the water, some are big and some are small; different areas of the world have different types of sharks.

In places like Australia, they are a legit danger, there have been plenty of surfers who have been attacked, maimed and even killed by shark attacks. However, there are a ton of myths about our underwater predator that we need to clear up.

Sharks are the predators of the ocean; there is no doubt about that fact. However, they are mostly located in the deeper parts of the ocean. They will come closer to the beaches if they are chasing prey and contrary to popular belief people are not their favorite meal choices.

There have been many shark attack survivors who exaggerate their encounter story to lead people to believe that sharks are dangerous creatures that need to be exterminated. Most of the time sharks are not going to attack you unless they smell blood. Which means, if you cut yourself or your bleeding or even wearing a bandage it may be time to wait and surf another day after you've healed up a little bit.

Sharks for the most part do not like the taste of human flesh. We are not part of the shark's diet, and the ordinary shark will never encounter a human being in its lifetime. If you are surfing and you see the fin (not a dolphin fin) coming towards you, don't freak out. Do not lose your cool and start flopping around like a seal; really, don't make a lot of sudden movements.