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Worksheet 1 Safe surfing
1 Before going surfing you should know which of the following weather conditions?
a. Wind direction and strength
b. Tide times
c. Size of swell
d. All of the above
Give a reason for your answer.
2. List two ways of checking the weather before going surfing.
3. If there were reef exposed on the shoreline, you would expect to find reef under the waves.
a. True
b. False
4. Complete the following sentence: Before going into the surf you should know two things.
Where you will :
and
5. The safest way to protect you head in a wipe out is to
.
When surfing and a wipeout is unavoidable you should fall to the
of
the surfboard.
6. The photograph below shows a popular surf break. Draw arrows to show where you could enter the
surf. Give reasons for your answer.
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