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Surf Science Book

Surf Science Book

£18.95
Customer Rating: * * * * from 119 reviews

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.

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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Reviews

* * * * 14th January 2013
Really thourough and well explained. Didn't realise there was so much to waves
* * * * * 9th January 2012
To help with sons college course - surf science + technology. He reports very useful
* * * * * 11th July 2011
exactly what I needed. A clear explanation about the science behind the waves.
* * * * * 8th March 2011
Very interesting book and helps you to understand the mystical behaviour of ocean.
* * * 9th August 2010
Can't comment as it was a present.
* * * * * 15th April 2010
A must
* * * * * 8th December 2009
great link between the underlying theory and practical day-to-day surfing.
* * * * * 16th October 2009
Very Usefull
* 30th June 2009
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.
* * * 9th January 2009
not quite as comprehensive as expected
* * * * * 8th January 2009
A must read for any surfer, new or seasoned veteran. I can't believe i didn't read it sooner!
* * * * * 8th January 2009
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!
* * * * * 1st October 2008
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.
* * * * * 7th August 2008
really good, informative book
* * * * 27th March 2008
Very informative. Great if you have an inquisitive mind & want to know why the waves behave as they do.
* * * * * 26th March 2008
Looks like just the ticket for building some extensive knowledge on waves.
* * 4th January 2008
The book was much much smaller than it seemed on the website...
* * * * * 15th November 2007
Very detailed, but interesting
* * * 15th November 2007
just started to read it, quite technical
* * * * 5th November 2007
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.
* * * * * 29th September 2007
Excellent service Delivered to me in perfect condition and immediately
* * * * * 18th September 2007
Excellent book! Easy to understand and it tells you everything you need to know.
* * * * * 18th September 2007
A very interesting book - bought it for my son who was very impressed. I've started to read it myself.
* * * * * 12th September 2007
great book shame about the cost
* * * * * 20th August 2007
Looks great. Haven't read it yet.
* * * * * 16th August 2007
Best book i have read in years
* * * * * 16th August 2007
a book for every surfer to read.
* * * * * 20th July 2007
Great book!
* * * * * 22nd May 2007
Learnt more in the first few pages, than I could have imagined.
* * * * * 11th May 2007
Really interesting and well set out!
* * * * * 21st March 2007
Has some techical stuff in it, but the combination of simple word desriptions and diagrams work really well
* * * * * 27th February 2007
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
* * * * 26th February 2007
I'm still reading it but so far so good
* * * * * 29th January 2007
very dense book, a lot of knowledge in it, but very clear.
* * * * 4th January 2007
very informative
* * * * * 21st November 2006
Explains every thing very clearly.
* * * 15th November 2006
was a present so havn't read it
* * * * * 8th November 2006
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 !
* * * * 4th November 2006
exactly what it says on the tin! perfect
* * * 31st October 2006
Very good!...Give a great understanding in to how the ocean works.
* * * * * 30th October 2006
fantastic book I never realised their was so much to learn agbout the waves , absolutely fascinating
* * * * 27th October 2006
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.
* * * * * 1st October 2006
excellent resource manual for anyone who walks the walk and wants to talk the talk
* * * * * 30th September 2006
Nice to have a book which ties together science & leisure interest. Very informative.
* * * * * 25th September 2006
Great book. Easy reading. Informative.
* * * * * 18th September 2006
Excellent layout and broken down, easy to understand jargon.
* * * * 5th September 2006
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.
* * * * * 2nd September 2006
Excellent reading, and answers alot of the mind boggling questions!!!!
* * * * 30th August 2006
i haven't had time to read much yet but it looked good from skimming through it.
* * * * 28th August 2006
Very well written and easy to understand would defo recommend
* * * * 11th August 2006
fairly easy to understand
* * * * * 3rd August 2006
Very good book. Has the prefect blend of science, surfing and glossy pictures and diagrams.
* * * * * 29th July 2006
Helped my understanding of the waves!
* * * * * 27th July 2006
great
* * * * * 26th July 2006
gives short, concise, illustrated explainations of weather systems and wave generation, but it doesn't confuse the reader with technical jargon and complicated formulae.
Average rating of 4.5 from 119 reviews
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