Summer time in our part of the Caribbean means small waves most of the time. Unless, there's a tropical system in the Atlantic which can occur from May to November, or some rare northern swell.
On Macao Beach, during the summer you will find mostly small waves, short rides close to
shore, shallow and super easy conditions.
Summer is a great time for practicing drills that will improve your surfing. Small waves can be equivalent to a lot of fun!
Here are some suggestions for beginner or intermediate level surfers:
✔️ Practice your Paddle Technique
Get off the board, back on, and paddle. Do it again and repeat as many times as possible, or until you can get in the right place on the board without much guessing. This drill will also make your chest, arms and back stronger as it will help you build strength.
✔️Practice
your pop-up (in the water)
The idea is that you can practice popping-up and staying on the board as many times as possible, this will allow you to study your overall stance, feet positioning and what happens as a result.
It will be of great help to have video feed back, so recruit a friend to film you as you catch waves and you can make adjustments as you see necessary.
✔️ ️Practice angled take offs without popping-up
The idea of this drill is to make you to catch waves with more awareness, control and sense of direction. It will also show you to prevent nose diving (a major fear among beginners) using your upper body.
This is a drill that we use to slow down some beginners that pop-up too early and don't properly study the wave and the direction they should take-off in, when catching the wave.
✔️ ️Practice
your duck-dive and turtle rolls
These are skills you definitely need to manage before you can venture into bigger waves. You do not want to waste most of your time and energy trying to get past the white water.
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