Useful Gifts for Surfers
What's in the gifts for surfers collection
Around 20 items picked for people who actually surf rather than people who own one T-shirt with a wave on it. Sex Wax and Sticky Bumps in the cold water formula you need for Welsh winters, leashes in the common sizes (6ft and 7ft cover most boards), fin keys with spare screws (because everyone loses them), a selection of surf books and biographies that are worth reading, branded hoodies and T-shirts, and changing robes from Dryrobe and a couple of cheaper alternatives. Price range covers a fiver through to around 180 for a full changing robe.
How to pick by budget
Under 10: wax, fin key, wax comb, stickers. 10-30: a decent leash, a surf book, a beanie or branded socks. 30-80: hoodies, boardshorts, simpler changing robes, a wetsuit accessories bundle. 80+: proper changing robes, higher-end branded outerwear. If you genuinely don't know what to get, wax and a fin key are the universal surfer stocking filler: nobody ever has enough of either, and they're useful from the first session to the thousandth.
Pairs well with
Worth a look through surf for the broader hardware range, surf essentials for everything that goes in the kit bag, and surf wax for the full temperature range from tropical down to cold water.
Pick up in store at Rest Bay
The Well Street shop stocks the gift range year-round, staff surf Rest Bay most weeks so you'll get a straight answer on what's actually worth buying rather than what's got the biggest margin.
