Why do people wear ear plugs while surfing?

Question

should i?

Answer 1

To keep water out of their ears and thus preventing ear problems.

Answer 2

Can help prevent ear infections

Answer 3

Ear plugs are warn for one specific reason to keep the water out. Ear infections can be quite common amongst surfers, but generally speaking the people who get them have a predisposition to ear infections, so you will find they are the people that tend to use them, if you find you dont get ear infections often, then you will probably be fine with out them!!!