LEVELS
LEVEL REQUIREMENTS FOR SURF COURSES
LEVEL 0 | Initiation
- Not to have suffered any injury recently.
- Not to have surfed ever before or not to have taken a 10 hours initiation course.
LEVEL 1 | Intermediate
- Not to have suffered any injury recently.
- To have undertaken, as a minimum, an introductory course of at least 10 hours in the previous six months.
- To be familiar with and to respect the basic safety rules.
- Basic theoretical knowledge of the equipment and of the marine environment.
- To be able to get to your feet correctly in whitewater on a softboard, maintain a relaxed posture and reach the shore without falling.
- To be capable of controlling fear with small waves (up to waist height).
LEVEL 2 | Advanced
- Not to have suffered any injury recently.
- To have undertaken, as a minimum, an introductory course, a beginners course, and an intermediate course of 10 hours.
- To have surfed a minimum of 100 hours in the last 12 months.
- To be familiar with and to respect the basic safety rules and the rules for coexistence in the water.
- Theoretical knowledge of the equipment, of the marine environment, of the types of waves and of weather forecasts.
- To be physically fit enough to cope with a session of two hours with big waves (over head height).
- To paddle powerfully and swiftly on a shortboard.
- To be able to reach a breaker, avoiding the whitewater by means of the technique known as the duck dive.
- Good wave reading and correct timing when rowing the waves.
- To be able to get to your feet perfectly in medium waves (up to chest height).
- To maintain an attacking position on the board and to be capable of crossing the wave without falling.
- To be capable of controlling fear with big waves (over head height).