How to Duck Dive | Surfing Tutorial to Pass the Break Efficiently

Waste less energy passing the break with a proper duck dive technique.

0:00 Intro
0:26 Is your surfboard small enough?
0:49 Two types of waves to duck dive
1:41 1- Paddle hard
1:58 2- Start 2 meters before the wave
2:20 3- Push the nose down
2:45 4- Push on the tail
3:31 5- Bring your body to your board
4:04 6- Resurface
4:26 Extra tips

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[davidgough]

A good duck dive can feel so rewarding, like a successful maneuver, especially when you manage to join that downward and seaward energy under the wave.

[markmarkyyy]

I surfed for years here in Hawaii and always found my duck dives inefficient compared to everyone else. Didn't realize how important it was to push down on the back of the board to get completely UNDER the whitewater. Not ashamed to say that you taught me something I should have known long

[harriss]

Thanks mate, now I know how to deal with tsunami

[sologal]

2 meters before the wave? I guess were social distancing with waves too

[danielbueno]

Man I surfed for the first time yesterday and I'm already looking at these type of videos lmao

[Santiago_MX]

This is the best duck dive video i've ever seen! Good job guys!

[candidlyopinionated]

Been trying to get these down forever! This is much more in depth than most of the other videos I’ve seen. Thank you guys!

[Thadnill]

Duck dive smaller waves : Difficulty - Easy.
Duck dive big wave white water: Difficulty - Boss mode

[retribution]

Great video, the best Ive seen on this topic. I could never get the hang of duck diving, always get beaten up and smacked around by waves on the way out. No fun at all to be honest. Sometimes its very difficult to know what to do when a big wave is coming towards you. I usually just ditch the board and swim under the wave like Im swimming to save my life. I have great respect for anyone who can surf, its a very difficult sport to master.

[crispinbarker]

You guys produce some really top quality videos and clear instruction, thank you very much

When I’m trying to find a duck dive video this awesome video from the best surf channel comes up! Thanks!

[drskellybones]

i was practising this yesterday in some pretty wild waves. staying on my board/keeping hold of it was a win for me 😅

[tiinapakkanen]

This was very helpful! I just started my youtube channel about my journey from a beginner to an intermediate level surfer and I'm trying to learn how to duck dive. Thanks for the great tips :)

[Ethan-kxde]

I've been surfing for about a month in November and I don't know DocDive, but I want to surf again after watching this video.
Thank you for a good video.

[tykeener]

I’ve never surfed and don’t plan to surf anytime soon but am watching this video just in case for some reason

[KarlijnBrinkman]

Thanks for this tutorial, extremely clear and helpful. Let those waves come ✌️

[samliedtke]

I live 9 hours from an ocean but now I feel prepared.

[portskates]

Surfed Lake Michigan with a short board for the first time today and I had to do like 10 just to get out back due to the rapid wave period

[VidarrKerr]

This duck dive tutorial is awesome. I'm going to have all the people I teach to surf to watch this before we hit the beach. Excellent.

[alvaro]

Really good explained you have my like