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Surf Science Book

Surf Science Book

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Customer Rating: * * * * from 118 reviews

Surf Science Description

Softback Book

Written by Tony Butt and Paul Russell.

The best presented guide to the science behind waves that we've seen. Enough depth and detail for every surfer to gain a greater understanding of how waves work, without needing a degree in physics to follow the plot. Dr Tony Butt is not only a research oceanographer but a well respected big wave charger, Paul Russell is a former European Surfing Champion and also a PHD in oceanography - probably the perfect team to explain the theory behind surf forecasting.

Inside Surf Science

The book makes great use of colour photos and clear diagrams to get across complex topics like swell generation, refraction, sandbar formation and much more.

We're really going to stick our necks out here and say this is the one book every surfer should read. You're simply not going to pick up alot of this information with all the water time in the world - but with it you almost certainly are going to score more waves and have a better understanding of the ocean.

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Surf Science Reviews

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To help with sons college course - surf science + technology. He reports very useful
carol goodrum parent of Steven Goodrum
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exactly what I needed. A clear explanation about the science behind the waves.
giuseppe colleoni
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Very interesting book and helps you to understand the mystical behaviour of ocean.
Juha Partanen
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Can't comment as it was a present.
Anne Begley
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A must
Pablo Isusi
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great link between the underlying theory and practical day-to-day surfing.
John G
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Very Usefull
Bryan Mckendrick
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Not idiot proof. Assumes you know alot already like what an isobar is. Will have to revise my basic geography before trying to read it again.
nell kiely
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not quite as comprehensive as expected
joolzz
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A must read for any surfer, new or seasoned veteran. I can't believe i didn't read it sooner!
Tim
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My boyfriend wanted this book for a long time and he says it's one of the best books he's read on the subject!
Toni Wootton
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this really was the book i have been looking for a long time: Science about waves, writen in a way that not scientist can understand.
dries wouters
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really good, informative book
John Ewart
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Very informative. Great if you have an inquisitive mind & want to know why the waves behave as they do.
michael morris
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Looks like just the ticket for building some extensive knowledge on waves.
Christopher Beauchemin
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The book was much much smaller than it seemed on the website...
Teresa Cristina Guerreiro Nobre
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Very detailed, but interesting
Eddie Battle
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just started to read it, quite technical
Ash Graham
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If you've ever wanted to know why the weather does what it does, and waves do what they do, then this is a great book.
The Ginger Professor
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Excellent service Delivered to me in perfect condition and immediately
S. Coxhead
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Excellent book! Easy to understand and it tells you everything you need to know.
Mark Hewitt
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A very interesting book - bought it for my son who was very impressed. I've started to read it myself.
John Jones
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great book shame about the cost
John Kelly
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Looks great. Haven't read it yet.
James M Doyle
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Best book i have read in years
craig at the gym.
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a book for every surfer to read.
peter naskovic
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Great book!
Rachael
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Learnt more in the first few pages, than I could have imagined.
MATT D
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Really interesting and well set out!
Jacqui Tabler
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Has some techical stuff in it, but the combination of simple word desriptions and diagrams work really well
Stephen Boyle
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excellent first time read but the true value for me is being able to refer back to the book as the different concepts become more relevant to my surfing
DC
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I'm still reading it but so far so good
Gary Bennett
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very dense book, a lot of knowledge in it, but very clear.
Yohann
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very informative
Marc
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Explains every thing very clearly.
SPONGE
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was a present so havn't read it
luke Wildgoose
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this book is written in understandable english and explains things very clearly.. it is both interesting and very informative and i would reccomend it to anybody wanting to understand some of the complexities of the wonderful surf we ride !
nick clark
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exactly what it says on the tin! perfect
charlie
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Very good!...Give a great understanding in to how the ocean works.
Gareth Morrison
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fantastic book I never realised their was so much to learn agbout the waves , absolutely fascinating
Mark Goddard
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Learning a lot from this book, key words are printed in bold with explanations in the glossery at the rear, so you choose how much technical knowledge you wish to take from this book.
Paul Roff
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excellent resource manual for anyone who walks the walk and wants to talk the talk
Patrick McWilliams c/o williamson brown
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Nice to have a book which ties together science & leisure interest. Very informative.
Mr G. C Rowland
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Great book. Easy reading. Informative.
Philip Turpin
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Excellent layout and broken down, easy to understand jargon.
Benen Hayden
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on flicking through and reading parts of the chaptrs it's written in a really easy style to understand. would recommend if you wanna become a wave geek.
Dan Warnke
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Excellent reading, and answers alot of the mind boggling questions!!!!
scott gebbie
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i haven't had time to read much yet but it looked good from skimming through it.
John O'Sullivan
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Very well written and easy to understand would defo recommend
Gareth Davies
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fairly easy to understand
Rob Bailey
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Very good book. Has the prefect blend of science, surfing and glossy pictures and diagrams.
Stephen Tarrant
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Helped my understanding of the waves!
James Parry
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great
ian richards
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gives short, concise, illustrated explainations of weather systems and wave generation, but it doesn't confuse the reader with technical jargon and complicated formulae.
Jerome Mc Carthy
Average rating of 4.5 from 118 reviews
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