SURF Wise

Understand the surf environment
Negotiate surf without board
Self rescue skills
Swim 50 metres
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Identifies the core skills you must have to start surfing waves. It’s where you start feeling the excitement of real wave riding — and where your Surf Wise journey truly begins.

Ride broken wave, straight to shore.
Beach break with sand bottom
Surf 1 ½ ft
Using beginner soft board
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Identifies the moment you shift from riding straight in white‑water to beginning real wave‑riding skills. You’re still a beginner, but now you’re starting to interact with the wave and begin shaping your ride and choosing your direction.

Trim and ride wave on an angle
Beach break with sand bottom
Surf 1 ½ ft
Use beginner soft board
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Marks your transition from beginner to early‑intermediate surfer. At this stage, Surf Wise identifies the skills that show you’re ready to move beyond small, simple waves and start surfing with more intention, awareness, and control.  It is also the minimum requirements for an ASI Introductory Surfing Instructor assisting teaching beginners.

Trim on forehand and backhand
Top and bottom turn (fore-hand)
Beach break. Surf 3ft
Beginner Softboard
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Identifies the point where you can surf consistently on a fibreglass board and control your direction with confidence. It shows you’re no longer surviving the wave — you’re starting to shape your ride.

Trim, top turn,bottom turn (forehand and backhand)
Beach break. Surf 3ft
Fibreglass board
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Identifies the skills of the intermediate surfer who can link manoeuvres and control speed with intention. It is the minimum surfing ability required to be an ASI Level 1 Surfing Instructor to instruct beginner surfers.

Trim, top turn, bottom turn, cut-back (forehand & backhand)
Linking manoeuvres with control
Beach break. Surf 3ft.
Fibreglass board
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 Identifies surfers who can start to perform a range of advanced manoeuvres with control, confidence, and consistency. At this stage, you’re surfing more powerful waves, reading conditions with accuracy, and demonstrating manoeuvres that require timing, technique, and commitment.  These are the skills required to be an ASI Level 2 Surfing Instructor to instruct intermediate surfers.

Top turn, bottom turn, cut back (forehand & backhand)
Fade, stall, roundhouse cut back, snap, re-entry (forehand & backhand)
Beach break, point break. Surf up to 6ft.
Fibreglass board
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Identifies surfers who can perform some more advanced level manoeuvres with precision, power, and control on steeper, faster waves, and the ability to adapt your equipment for better performance.

Top turn, bottom turn, cut back (forehand & backhand)
Fade, stall, roundhouse cut back, snap, re-entry (forehand & backhand)
Vertical re-entry, floater (forehand & backhand)
Beach break, point break. Surf up to 6ft.
Fibreglass board
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identifies surfers who can perform advanced manoeuvres with speed, power, control, and safety in challenging surf conditions. At this stage, you’re confidently surfing waves up to 6ft, executing high‑level manoeuvres, and demonstrating the ocean awareness expected of an advanced surfer.   These are the skills required to be an ASI Level 3 Surfing Coach to instruct advanced level surfers.

Top turn, bottom turn, cut back (forehand & backhand)
Fade, stall, roundhouse cut back, snap, re-entry (forehand & backhand)
Vertical re-entry, floater (forehand & backhand)
Tube riding. Linking manoeuvres with speed and power
Beach break, reef break, river mouth break, point break
Surf up to 6ft. Fibreglass board
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Identifies elite‑advanced surfers — the most experienced and capable surfers in the Surf Wise pathway. At this stage, you demonstrate exceptional surfing ability in 6 ft+ waves and have extensive experience surfing different breaks around the world. Your surfing shows mastery, power, confidence deep ocean understanding, and complete control in all conditions. These are the skills required to be an ASI Level 4 Master Surfing Coach to instruct up to elite-advanced level surfers.

Perform and link all manoeuvres with speed and power
Top turn, bottom turn, cut back, fade, stall, roundhouse cut-back, snap, re-entry, vertical re-entry, floater, tube
Beach break, reef break, river mouth break, point break
Surf over 6ft
Fibreglass board
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ASI is only worldwide publisher of such comprehensive learn to surf resources. Specially designed to make learning to surf easy. Covering theory and skills. Be prepared with correct knowledge to develop your surfing skills

Available for:

• ASI Learn to Surf for Beginners

• ASI Learn to Surf Intermediate level

• ASI Learn to Surf Advanced level

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• Easy to carry small size booklet.   A5 size (21 x 14.8 cm) (8.3 x 5.8 inches), Full colour

• Lists key knowledge points for surfing skills and safe surfing

• Logbook pages to record surfing experiences

• Can be signed by ASI Surfing Instructor

• Ideal for: all ages. Adults, teens, kids

• A4 size format (29.7 x 21.0cm)  (11.7 x 8.3 inches)

• A range of theory applications including questions, projects and research

• Broken into sections to make progression easy

• ASI Surfing Instructor sign off as student progresses through the course

• Ideal for: 9 years and over.  Kids camps, school sports, community groups, recreational learners.