How early can one learn to surf 7 foot waves?

Question

How early can one learn to surf 7 foot waves?

Answer 1

When you grow balls . . . seriously

how to surf country . . . first you have to know how to surf and read the waves.  Assuming you do, you start surfing country when it is small and you gradually get used to the wave as it grows into the winter.  Somewhere, you grow balls.  The waves are then 20 plus . . . a 7 foot wave is nothing then.  Since you are asking question, don't go and surf country.  You will get beat twice.  Once by the waves and twice by the locals.

The best way to learn to surf a 7 foot wave is to accidentally go out and surf when the surf is 1 to 3 feet.  Freak waves roll in.

San onofre, that's trussels isn't . . . I was out at trussels once (some 20+ years ago) playing with a 8 foot old pig board made by Bear that I found in a garage sale for $30.  Was having fun until a bunch of freak waves came in, my rails could not hold the slope of the swell.  I  did not have enough lip on my board.  I got wet.

Honestly, you study the wave and see how it is breaking.   After studying the wave for a while, you go out  and line up.  If you know where the seven foot wave is, most likely, I hope you surfed that break when it was small.  

The next question is what kind of break.  Rolling waves would be easier to ride.  Harder to catch unless you have a long board.

And what kind of break are you talking about . . . that is a whole 'nother question.  

Just go out and surf it and don't get in the locals' way.  That could hurt more.

Answer 2

You can learn as quick as you want. Just be careful and have confidence, that is what surfing is all about, part skill part confidence. Good Luck!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

a 7ft wave is big, you can do it only if you can take a beating

Answer 5

depending on the shape of the wave and how it breaks, a beginner surfer can easily do it, it is almost easyer with a big nice wave, instead of a closeout, shorebreak, etc.

take san onofre for example in so cal, seriously anyone can surf that wave no matter how big, it gets, (realisticly, not a friggin tsunami of course) becasue the wave breaks the same and it breaks correctly.  so your question is not complete, you need to include conditions, swell, and shape

if a beginner surfer is tryin to learn how to stand up on 7 foot closeouts they are not gonna get very far. but a beginner on a 7 foot wave like at san o will have the best time/ best feeling they have ever felt, besides s*x of course, of their life and want to do it again and again and again and will instantly become a surfer. same person on a shorebreak may try and try and try and end up surfing once and give up cause they never got that FEELING

Answer 6

Baby steps. Depending which beach you are going to and can you handle the wave. 7 feet at a beach like Waikiki isn't much but a 7 feet wave at a beach like Sunset is way different. So in other words if it will be your biggest wave to date go catch a 7 foot wave where the break isn't known for its heavy waves.