69 Best Surf Quotes Inspired By Real Surfers

Surfing quotes can often get lost through the years. That's why we have compiled the 69 best surf quotes inspired by real life surfers.

These are certainly the best surf quotes around today! 

Don’t be afraid to share the quotes to your surf crew and save them for when you need that extra inspirational quote to get you out for a surf!

Surfers can be quite the poet when they want to!

If you're looking for surf quotes from one of the best to do it Kelly Slater, read his surf quotes here.

The 69 Best Surf Quotes

1. "If in doubt, paddle out." - Nat Young
2. "Surfing is the most blissful experience you can have on this planet, a taste of heaven." - John McCarthy
3. "Surfing is for life." - Bruce Jenkins
4. "Out of the water, I am nothing." - Duke Kahanamoku
5. "Your surfing can get better on every turn, on every wave you catch. Learn to read the ocean better. A big part of my success has been wave knowledge." - Kelly Slater
6. "I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time." - Kelly Slater
7. "It's like the mafia. Once you're in – you're in. There's no getting out." - Kelly Slater
8. "You can take a surfer out of the surf, but you cannot take surf out of the surfer." - Bob McTavish
9. "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." - John Kabat-Zinn
10. "Surfing is very much like making love. It always feels good, no matter how many times you've done it." - Paul Strauch
11. "The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun." - Phil Edwards
12. "Live to surf, surf to live." - Mike Doyle
13. "Surfing is almost a way to fly." - Jeff Hakman
14. "When the surf's up, your life is too." - Wilhelm Sverdvik
15. "If you're having a bad day, catch a wave." - Frosty Hesson
16. "The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun." - Phil Edwards
17. "We're all equal before a wave." - Laird Hamilton
18. "There is not one right way to ride a wave." - Jamie O'Brien
19. "Surfing is attitude dancing." - Gerry Lopez
20. "Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind." - Laird Hamilton
21. "Never drive away from good surf." - Roger Sharp
22. "Work to surf, surf to work!" - Andrew Cotton
23. "Surfing to me is like playing music. You play different melodies with different boards." - Skip Frye
24. "The three most important things in life: surf, surf, surf." - Jack O'Neill
25. "One of the greatest things about the sport of surfing is that you need only three things: your body, a surfboard, and a wave." - Naima Green
26. "Surfing, alone among sports, generates laughter at its very suggestion, and this is because it turns not a skill into an art, but an inexplicable and useless urge into a vital way of life." - Matt Warshaw
27. "Style is a natural extension of who you are as a person." - Mark Richards
28. "Nobody gets to the end of their life and wishes they surfed less." - Bradley Hook
29. "The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport." - Kelly Slater
30. "I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time." - Kelly Slater
31. "What I love the most about surfing is that it's my first love. It's the first thing I can remember being consumed by." - Stephanie Gilmore
32. "I feel really at home in the ocean; surfing is a huge part of who I am." - Easkey Britton
33. "There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules." - Lee Clow
34. "I've always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are." - Kelly Slater
35. "There's no secret to balance; you just have to feel the waves." - Frank Herbert
36. "Surfing leads you through life, especially when you're young and with hope in your heart." - Tom Blake
37. "Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet." - Antony Garrett
38. "I try changing my surfing, which is the absolute worst thing you can do. Everyone surfs their own way. If I try to surf like someone else I look like a dork." - Andy Irons
39. "Life is a lot like surfing... When you get caught in the impact zone, you've got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave." - Bethany Hamilton
40. "Surfing makes me happy so that's just what I plan on doing." - Alana Blanchard
41. "Sliding a wave removes our brains out of the ordinary and slips us into the extraordinary of being there now. No more worries about mortgages or strife of being poor or rich. When you enter the domain of an ocean cylinder, that moment, those split seconds belong to the Zen part of just being. Period." - Bill Hamilton
42. "Surfing, alone among sports, generates laughter at its very suggestion, and this is because it turns not a skill into an art, but an inexplicable and useless urge into a vital way of life." - Matt Warshaw
43. "Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it's my passion, my love, and it's a part of me." - Bethany Hamilton
44. "It's all about where your mind's at." - Kelly Slater
45. "Ride the waves and go with the flow of life." - Unknown
46. "There is nothing, nothing more sad than a surfer who used to surf." - Unknown
47. "Life is a lot like surfing. When you get caught in the impact zone you need to get right back up because you don't know what's coming behind the next wave." - Unknown
48. "Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear." - Bethany Hamilton
49. "The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean." - Laird Hamilton
50. "Each wave was perfect." - "Endless Summer"
51. "Sand in my shower means I had a great day." - Unknown
52. "There's no secret to balance; you just have to feel the waves." - Unknown
53. "The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun." - Gerry Lopez
54. "Surfing is a way to be free." - Lisa Anderson
55. "Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." - Bethany Hamilton
56. "My passion for surfing was more than my fear for sharks." - Bethany Hamilton
57. "Surfing and life hold parallels." - Elizabeth Salamanca-Brosig
58. "I need the sea because it teaches me." - Pablo Neruda
59. "Surfing isn't just a sport, it's a way of life."
60. "It's not tragic to die doing something you love." - Mark Foo
61. "If you're having a bad day, catch a wave." - Frosty Hesson
62. "Surfing is my philosophy 101." - Janne Robinson
63. "Surfing is the first thing I can remember being consumed by." - Stephanie Gilmore
64. "It's like the mafia. Once you're in, you can't get out." - Kelly Slater
65. "Just take your time, another comes. Let the other guys go, take another one." - Duke Kahanamoku
66. "Surf girls rip, and they are hot." - Alana Blanchard
67. "Out of the water, I am nothing." - Duke Kahanamoku
68. "The only person surfing comfortably in this cold water is Henry, and Henry is a seal." - "The Endless Summer"
69. "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf." - Hawaiian Proverb

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