--- title: Surf Levels url: https://noahsurfhostel-hotel.guestcentric.net/en/surfing-levels language: en is_homepage: false hotel: Noah Surf House Portugal city: A dos Cunhados country: Portugal phone: "+351 261 936 360" email: info@noahsurfhouseportugal.com --- [/en/](/en/) [Book a table](/en/table-reservation) - [en](/en/surfing-levels) - [pt](/niveis-de-surf) [/en/](/en/) # Surf Levels #### SURF LEVELS These are the goals to achieve in each Surfing level at Noah Surf House! **Level 1** - Surf history - Safety rules, at the beach and once in the water - Knowledge about the surf gear: design, function, how to use and take proper care of it - Observation skills (swell, tides, sandbars, currents) - Where to surf, according to one’s skill and experience - Basic knowledge and assessment of weather conditions - Theoretical foundations for the further development and applicability of practical skills - Self-sufficiency in the water, with and without one’s surfboard - Being able to catch broken waves on one’s own - Being able to perform the take-off on broken waves without losing balance - Riding the broken wave without losing balance - Riding the wave and performing the "up and down" - Riding the wave and performing the upper-body rotation - Riding the wave and performing the transition from toes to heels - Riding the wave and shifting pressure between the front and the back foot - Performing front-side turns - Performing back-side turns - Connecting turns surfing front-side - Connecting turns surfing back-side **Level 2** - Efficient evaluation of the conditions in the ocean - Knowledge and assessment of weather conditions and possible hotspots for the present day - Choosing one’s style of surfing and the path to follow (shortboard, longboard) - Theoretical foundations for the further development and applicability of technical skills - Rules to abide by/comply with in the line-up (paddling, positioning, priorities) - Assessing the vibe in the line-up: different kinds of crowds and how to deal with the locals - Survival techniques in challenging conditions and perilous situations - Introduction to rescue techniques and first aid care - Knowledge of how, where and when to paddle out/ paddle in depending on your location - Paddling efficiently on one’s own in waist to chest-high swells with possible larger sets - Paddling outside going over the whitewash - Paddling outside going under the whitewash (turtle) - Sitting on the surfboard outside and selecting waves to be ridden - Catching unbroken waves with the instructor´s help - Catching unbroken waves by oneself - Performing a well balanced take-off and dropping the wave standing up - After the take-off, being able to ride frontside on the green wave - After the take-off, being able to ride backside on the green wave - Performing gentle turns in the face of the wave riding frontside - Performing gentle turns in the face of the wave riding backside - Knowing and observing priority rules - Performing a frontside bottom turn at entry level - Performing a backside bottom turn at entry level - Performing a frontside top turn at entry level - Performing a backside top turn at entry level **Level 3** - Further development of water rescue techniques and first aid care - Further development of survival techniques in heavy water - Analysis and further development of classic and progressive surfing technique and their respective moves - Knowledge of surfboard design and construction process: method, components and purpose of different shapes - Surf ethics, in and outside of the water - Accurate assessment of the overall water and weather conditions - Full self-sufficiency in the water, on the inside as well as on the outside, with head high to overhead surf - Being able to duck-dive the board to get through and past the waves while paddling out - Full self-reliance in being able to select the waves to be - Evincing flow and proficiency at the takeoff - Evincing flow and proficiency while taking the drop - Angling the drop to ride frontside - Angling the drop to ride backside - Evincing flow and proficiency in on rail frontside bottom turns - Evincing flow and proficiency in on rail backside bottom turns - Evincing flow and proficiency in on rail frontside top turns - Evincing flow and proficiency in on rail backside top turns - Being able to do a frontside cutback - Being able to do a backside cutback - Evincing proficiency while trimming frontside - Evincing proficiency while trimming backside - Being able to do a frontside re-entry - Being able to do a backside re-entry - Being able to do a frontside floater - Being able to do a backside floater - Being able to adapt one’s surfing to meet the type of waves on offer --- Address [Noah Surf House, Av. do Atlântico, A dos Cunhados, 2560-061 Portugal](https://maps.google.com?q=Noah+Surf+House%2C+Av.+do+Atl%C3%A2ntico%2C,A+dos+Cunhados,2560-061) Phone [+351 261 936 360 Call to the national fixed network](tel:+351261936360) Email [info@noahsurfhouseportugal.com](mailto:info@noahsurfhouseportugal.com) Recruitment [Vacancies](https://www.noahsurfhouseportugal.com/en/join-the-team) [Spontaneous applications](https://forms.gle/B3nk4Uwdud1m9man6) Legal Information [Privacy and Personal Data Policy](/en/hotel-gdpr.html) [Complaints Book](https://www.livroreclamacoes.pt/inicio) [RNET - 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