Module 12 — 🧠 Surf Smarter: Forecasts, Tides & Session Planning
Module 12 — Surf Smarter
Forecasts, tides & session planning
🎯 Module Mission
Learn to turn surf forecasts, tides, wind and local knowledge into better decisions before you paddle out.
Lessons 061–065
061 — Reading a Surf Forecast Properly
Understand swell height, period, direction and wind — and what those numbers actually mean on a UK beach.
062 — Understanding Tides
Learn how tide changes affect waves, currents, access and the safest time to surf.
063 — Wind: The Wave Maker & Wave Killer
Learn to recognise offshore, onshore and cross-shore conditions and how wind changes a session.
064 — Choosing the Right Surf Session
Combine forecast, tide, ability and equipment to decide whether today's conditions are actually right for you.
065 — Build Your Own UK Surf Plan
Put everything together into a repeatable routine for checking conditions, choosing a break and planning your session.
🏄 Module Outcome
By the end of Module 12, you'll be able to look at a UK forecast and make a much more informed decision about where, when and whether to surf.