surf boat
Breaker-launching vessel
A surf boat is a sturdy, flat-bottomed boat designed to navigate through breaking waves near shore.
Traditionally used for rescue operations, fishing, and ferrying passengers or cargo through surf zones where conventional boats would capsize.
Modern surf boats are often inflatable craft used by lifeguards: The surf boat crew launched through the breakers to reach the struggling swimmer.
- speedboatFast motorized watercraft
- sea kayakEnclosed watercraft for oceans
- sea rescueSaving lives at sea
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
- coxswainBoat steerer and commander
wooden hull · beach rescue · coastguard · rescue operations · heavy seas · ocean swells · oarlock · raft · sculling · rowing competitions · regatta · maritime heritage · stroke rate · crew · catamaran · tiller · ketch · oarsmen
- small boatsdinghy, skiff, kayak, canoe, rowboat
- lifesavinglifeboat, life belt, life ring, surfmen, keeper
- Surf Lifesavingironman, ironwoman, ski race, swim race, patrol
- rescue boatslifeboat, rescue ship, life raft
- amphibious craftamphibious car, amphibious transport, landing craft, landing ship, LSD
surf boatcanal boat
Vessel for artificial waterways
punt · houseboat · gondola · pontoon boat · barge
surf boatflat-bottomed boat
Hull without a keel
pontoon · barge · canal boat · punt · jon boat