Get A Surfboard Cover For Protection And General Surfboard Care

A surfboard cover does pretty much what it sounds like, it covers your surfboard!  Surfboard covers are available in a wide variety of models and prices, reflective of how much protection you want or need for your surfboard.

Surfboard socks are the least expensive, providing little more than surfboard coverage. Day bags and travel bags are designed to protect and insulate your surfboard from day to day activities all the way through to the rigours of an airline experience.

Different Types of Surfboard Covers

Surfboard Socks

Surfboard socks are the least protective and cheapest surfboard cover you can purchase.

Though they provide your surfboard with little protection they will prevent your board from getting scratched up and protect your stuff from getting tons of wax all over them.

Sometimes this is all the protection a surfer needs especially if your surfboard sleeps on your bedroom floor.

If you are looking for more protection for your surfboard, these other options will fit your requirements.

Learn more about surfboard socks

Surfboard Day Covers or Day Bags

These are more substantial and are perfect for protecting your surfboard from the pressure of car racks.

Day covers are made with foam padding, normally about 5mm thick. Day bags should be made from nylons, or polyesters rated as 600D or 600DD for better longevity of the cover.

A sturdy corrosion resistant zipper is also a must, because once the zip falls out or rusts, the bag will be pretty much useless.

Other features to look for are waterproofing, shock proofing, heat resistance, UV resistance, and semi-reflective. All these extra features do add on to the price, but will provide much better protection from pressure, impact, heat, water, and the sun, all potentially very damaging to your surfboard.

One other important point to consider when selecting a day surfboard cover is to ensure you get the correct dimensions, both length and width. Not all surfboards fit in all bags.

The last point to remember is what sort of nose your surfboard has, pointed or round, and select appropriately just like you would a surfboard sock. Day covers with compartments and pockets can also come in very handy for carrying all the other surfing paraphernalia that you own, like rashie, wet suits, wax, wax comb, and emergency repair kits.

Surfboard Travel Covers

As the name suggests, this is the sort of protection you would be looking for when traveling on an airplane.

Airlines and baggage handlers are well known for not handling surfboards with perhaps the respect and deference you would yourself. Who wants to start their surfari with a surfboard missing a fin or with a crack or hole in it?

Travel bags are available to hold a variety of surfboards, from 1 through to about 5.

For the best protection you should be looking for high density insulation foam of about 10 mm. As with day bags, a sturdy and rust resistant zip is a must. Padded shoulder straps and/or wheels can also make the lugging experience a whole lot more pleasant. Travel covers are also ideal for safe surfboard storage.

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