Surfboard Volume

Find Ideal Volume

Volume should be a guide, not a rule, and this chart can help you figure out a good ballpark volume for you to base your boards off of.

Ability/weight/volume numbers are not exact science, but will give you an idea of where to start. This chart is assuming that we are talking about a basic performance board to be ridden in average/good waves.

Generally speaking you would want to ADD volume for a board designed for smaller, weaker conditions
You would ADD volume for a step-up board for use in bigger, more powerful waves
Wearing a lot of rubber (thick wetsuit, booties, etc.) adds to your weight and diminishes paddle power, so ADDING a little additional foam will help you.
You want to balance the added ease of paddling (more volume) with sensitivity and performance (less volume)

WEIGHT (KG/LBS)	ADVANCED	ADVAN / INTER	INTERMEDIATE	INTER / BIG	BEGINNER
36.36 \| 80	16.00	16.80	20.00	24.00	32.00
38.64 \| 85	16.61	17.44	20.77	24.92	33.23
40.00 \| 90	17.18	18.04	21.48	25.77	34.36
43.18 \| 95	17.70	18.59	22.13	26.56	35.41
45.45 \| 100	19.09	20.05	23.86	28.64	38.18
47.73 \| 105	19.09	20.05	23.86	28.64	38.18
50.00 \| 110	19.50	20.48	24.38	29.25	39.00
52.27 \| 115	20.39	21.41	25.48	30.58	40.77
54.55 \| 120	20.73	21.76	25.91	31.09	41.45
56.82 \| 125	21.02	22.07	26.28	31.53	42.05
59.09 \| 130	21.27	22.34	26.59	31.91	42.55
61.36 \| 135	22.09	23.20	27.61	33.14	44.18
63.64 \| 140	22.27	23.39	27.84	33.41	44.55
65.91 \| 145	23.07	24.22	28.84	34.60	46.14
68.18 \| 150	23.86	25.06	29.83	35.80	47.73
70.45 \| 155	24.66	25.89	30.82	36.99	49.32
72.73 \| 160	25.45	26.73	31.82	38.18	50.91
75.00 \| 165	26.25	27.56	32.81	39.38	52.50
77.27 \| 170	27.05	28.40	33.81	40.57	54.09
79.55 \| 175	27.84	29.23	34.80	41.76	55.68
81.82 \| 180	28.64	30.07	35.80	42.95	57.27
84.09 \| 185	29.43	30.90	36.79	44.15	58.86
86.36 \| 190	30.23	31.74	37.78	45.34	60.45
88.64 \| 195	31.02	32.57	38.78	46.53	62.05
90.91 \| 200	31.82	33.41	39.77	47.73	63.64
93.18 \| 205	32.61	34.24	40.77	48.92	65.23
95.45 \| 210	33.41	35.08	41.76	50.11	66.82
97.73 \| 215	34.20	35.91	42.76	51.31	68.41
100.00 \| 220	36.00	37.80	45.00	54.00	72.00
102.27 \| 225	36.82	38.66	46.02	55.23	73.64
104.55 \| 230	38.68	40.62	48.35	58.02	77.36
106.82 \| 235	39.52	41.50	49.40	59.28	79.05
109.09 \| 240	41.45	43.53	51.82	62.18	82.91