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Surf (move)

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Surf
なみのり Surfing
File:Surf.png
Surf OW.png
Type  Water
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  90
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  2 ♥♥
Startles all of the Pokémon to act before the user.

Surf (Japanese: なみのり Surfing) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It is HM03 in Generations I through VI and TM94 in Generation VII.

Effect

In battle

Generations I and II

Surf inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation III

Surf can hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of Dive, and if it does, it will have its power doubled for that Pokémon.

In a Double Battle, Surf will hit both opposing Pokémon.

Generation IV

Surf will now hit all adjacent Pokémon, including allies.

Generation V

If Surf hits a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of Dive, its damage dealt to that Pokémon will be doubled instead of its power (resulting in virtually the same effect).

In Triple Battles, Surf will hit all other adjacent Pokémon, including allies.

Generation VI

Surf's power changed from 95 to 90. Surf will also destroy stalagmites found in the background of battles.

Outside of battle

Surf can be used outside of battle to travel over bodies of water. When doing so, wild Pokémon may be encountered. Surfing is a very important mechanic of the games and usually must be used to complete the game, as all main series games to date except Pokémon Black and White have required Surf in order to reach the Pokémon League where the Elite Four reside.

The speed of Surfing has varied dramatically through games. In Generations I and II, the speed was at the same speed as walking. In Generation III, the speed was increased to running speed. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the Surfing speed was reduced to walking speed again. The speed was returned to running speed in Pokémon Platinum.

When Surf is used outside of battle, the sprite of an aquatic Pokémon carrying the player on the water is shown. This sprite is generic, so the same sprite is used for every surfing Pokémon, regardless of the Pokémon's own menu sprite. These sprites change between generations. In Generation I, the sprite used is the one used to display all aquatic Pokémon, and resembles Seel and Dewgong. In Generation II, the sprite resembles a red Lapras (blue in Crystal if the player is a girl). In both Generations I and II, a Pikachu using Surf will display a surfing Pikachu sprite instead of the normal one. From Generation III onwards, the sprite is indistinguishable as a specific Pokémon, although some Pokémon have special overworld sprites in the Generation VI games. In the Generation VI games, surfing on Lapras specifically will show the player riding on Lapras instead of the usual generic shape. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Kyogre, Wailmer and Sharpedo all have their own surfing model; additionally, Kyogre moves faster and has a larger hitbox, while Sharpedo moves twice as fast as normal but prevents fishing.

In Generation VII, Surf cannot be used outside of battle.

Description

Games Description
Stad A Water-type attack. The power of this technique is strong and highly accurate.
Stad2 A Water-type attack. This move is strong and highly accurate.
GSC A strong water-type attack.
RSEColoXD Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe.
FRLG A big wave crashes down on the foe. Can also be used for crossing water.
DPPtHGSS It swamps the entire battlefield with a giant wave. It can also be used for crossing water.*
It swamps the entire battlefield with a giant wave. It can also be used to cross water.*
BWB2W2 It swamps the area around the user with a giant wave. It can also be used for crossing water.
XYORAS The user attacks everything around it by swamping its surroundings with a giant wave. This can also be used for crossing water.
SM The user attacks everything around it by swamping its surroundings with a giant wave.


Learnset

By HM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
HM03 		II
HM03 		III
HM03 		IV
HM03 		V
HM03 		VI
HM03 		VII
TM94 		VIII
-- 		IX
--
0007     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0008     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0009     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0031     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0034     Monster Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0054     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0055     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0060     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0061     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0062     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0072     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0073     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0079     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0080     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0086     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0087     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0090     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0091     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0098     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0099     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0108     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0112     Monster Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0115     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0116     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0117     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0118     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0119     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0120     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0121     Water 3 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0128     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0130     Water 2 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0131     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0134     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0138     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0139     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0140     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0141     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0143     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0147     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0148     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0149     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0151     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0158     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0159     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0160     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0161     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0162     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0170     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0171     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0183     Water 1 Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0184     Water 1 Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0186     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0194     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0195     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0199     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0211     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0215     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0222     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0223     Water 1 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0224     Water 1 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0226     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0230     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0241     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0245     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0248     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0249     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0258     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0259     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0260     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0263     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0264     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0270     Water 1 Grass ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0271     Water 1 Grass ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0272     Water 1 Grass ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0279     Water 1 Flying ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0295     Monster Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0296     Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0297     Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0298     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0306     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0318     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0319     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0320     Field Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0321     Field Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0339     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0340     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0341     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0342     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0349     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0350     Water 1 Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0363     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0364     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0365     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0366     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0367     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0368     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0369     Water 1 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0370     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0380     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0381     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0382     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0384     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0393     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0394     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0395     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0400     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0409     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔
0418     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0419     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0422     Water 1 Amorphous ✔ ✔ ✔
0423     Water 1 Amorphous ✔ ✔ ✔
0445     Monster Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔
0446     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔
0456     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔
0457     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔ ✔
0458     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔
0461     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0463     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔
0464     Monster Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0484     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔
0489     Water 1 Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔
0490     Water 1 Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔
0493     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔
0501     Field Field ✔ ✔
0502     Field Field ✔ ✔
0503     Field Field ✔ ✔
0507     Field Field ✔ ✔
0508     Field Field ✔ ✔
0515     Field Field ✔ ✔
0516     Field Field ✔ ✔
0531     Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔
0535     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔
0536     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔
0537     Water 1 Water 1 ✔ ✔
0550     Water 2 Water 2 ✔ ✔
0564     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔
0565     Water 1 Water 3 ✔ ✔
0580     Water 1 Flying ✔ ✔
0581     Water 1 Flying ✔ ✔
0592     Amorphous Amorphous ✔ ✔
0593     Amorphous Amorphous ✔ ✔
0594     Water 1 Water 2 ✔ ✔
0612     Monster Dragon ✔ ✔
0613     Field Field ✔ ✔
0614     Field Field ✔ ✔
0618     Water 1 Amorphous ✔ ✔
0621     Monster Dragon ✔ ✔
0626     Field Field ✔ ✔
0635     Dragon Dragon ✔ ✔
0647     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔
0656     Water 1 Water 1 ✔
0657     Water 1 Water 1 ✔
0658     Water 1 Water 1 ✔
0659     Field Field ✔
0660     Field Field ✔
0672     Field Field ✔
0673     Field Field ✔
0674     Field Human-Like ✔
0675     Field Human-Like ✔
0676     Field Field ✔
0684     Fairy Fairy ✔
0685     Fairy Fairy ✔
0688     Water 3 Water 3 ✔
0689     Water 3 Water 3 ✔
0690     Water 1 Dragon ✔
0691     Water 1 Dragon ✔
0692     Water 1 Water 3 ✔
0693     Water 1 Water 3 ✔
0694     Monster Dragon ✔
0695     Monster Dragon ✔
0712     Monster Monster ✔
0713     Monster Monster ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By Move Tutor

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Game
Stad0 Stad
0025     Field Fairy ✔ ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Special move

Generation III

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0172     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0025     Field Fairy Pokémon Battle Revolution
Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest
0489     Water 1 Fairy My Pokémon Ranch
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By events

Generation I

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0025     Field Fairy Nintendo 64
CoroCoro Comics
Nintendo Power
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Generation III

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0025     Field Fairy Yokohama Events
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0025     Field Fairy 2007 TCG World Championships
Birthday Event
PC Yokohama Event
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0025     Field Fairy Minato Mirai Landmark Tower Pikachu
Minato Mirai Cosmo World Pikachu
Minato Mirai Red Brick Warehouse Pikachu
Minato Mirai Captain Pikachu
Minato Mirai Pacifico Pikachu
Pokémon Center Online Pikachu
Pika Pika Pokémon Spa Pikachu
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

 
Piplup using Surf in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Piplup creates a wave and then surfs on it, pushing any players it hits. Anyone caught in it will be pushed until Piplup disappears, or pushes the character off the stage. Piplup will keep using Surf even when off the stage.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, Oshawott uses the move with a similar effect.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. Inflicts double damage on a diving foe.


In the anime

In the main series

 
Crawdaunt
 
Dewott
 
Remoraid
 
Whiscash
The user creates a large wave and rides it. It then crashes it down on the target.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Rhydon summons a huge wave that it rides on and then crashes it down on the opponent.
Pietra's Rhydon Right On Rhydon! Debut
Unknown Trainer's Rhydon Tag! We're It! None
  Remoraid creates a huge wave and rides on it.
Marcellus's Remoraid Octillery the Outcast None
  Marill creates a huge wave and rides on it. The wave crashes down on the opponent.
Lola's Marill A Family That Battles Together Stays Together! None
  Whiscash creates a huge wave and rides on it.
Juan's Whiscash Eight Ain't Enough None
  Mantine creates a huge wave and rides on it.
A Coordinator's Mantine May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! None
  Wailmer's eyes glow blue it creates a huge wave of water. Wailmer rides on top of it and the wave crashes down on the opponent.
A Coordinator's Wailmer Pruning a Passel of Pals! None
  The star on Crawdaunt's head glows yellow and Crawdaunt creates a wave of water. Crawdaunt rides on top of the wave and it crashes down on the opponent.
Kyle's Crawdaunt Strategy With a Smile! None
  Dewott creates a wave of water and rides on top of it before crashing down on the opponent.
Cadbury's Caesar Crowning the Scalchop King! None


In Pokémon Origins

 
Nidoqueen
 
Lapras
The user attacks the foe with a powerful burst of water. It can also be used to surf across waters.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Nidoqueen pulls back its hand, forming an orb of water in front of it. It then thrusts its hand forward, slamming the orb into the opponent.
Giovanni's Nidoqueen File 3: Giovanni Debut
  Lapras carries its Trainer across waters on its back.
Red's Lapras File 3: Giovanni None


In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga


In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga


In other generations

In battle

       
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV
   
Generation V MD: Red and Blue
         
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution
  This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: Images of Serena (default), Brendan (ORAS), and May (ORAS) surfing.

Outside of battle

     
Generation I Generation II Generation III
     
DPPt HGSS Generation V


RBY
   
GSC
     
RS
   
FRLG
   
E
   
DP
   
Pt
   
HGSS
   
BW
   
B2W2
   
XY
   


Used by Lapras

 
XY


Trivia

  • Some of the Pokémon that can learn Surf, like Barboach, appear to lack the physique required to transport a human being at sea.
  • Junichi Masuda revealed in an interview that Surf is his favorite move.[1]
  • Surf and Fly are the only HM moves that become event-exclusive moves on certain Pokémon, both on Pikachu.
  • In Generation VI, Surf and Fly are tied for having the highest base power of all HM moves. Prior to Generation VI, Surf had the highest base power.
  • If Secret Power is used in the ocean in Generation III, it will have the animation of Surf.
  • There is an unused item allowing players to cross water, identical to Surf in Red, Blue, and Yellow. It has been fan-named as "surfboard".
  • Muddy Water has the same animation as Surf, except it uses a brown coloring instead.
  • In console 3D games, when Pikachu uses this move, a surfboard appears underneath it. This does not occur in Generation VI.
  • In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a glitch causes the game to freeze if the player is surfing on a Wailmer and it evolves while the player is fishing.

References

  1. ↑ Preview : Pokemon Platinum: Developer Interview! - GamePro.com

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 滑浪
Mandarin 衝浪 Chōnglàng
乘風破浪 Chéngfēng Pòlàng *
  Dutch Surf
  Finnish Surffaus
  French Surf
  German Surfer
  Greek Πλεύση
  Hindi पानी की लहर Pani Ki Lehr
  Italian Surf
  Korean 파도타기 Padotagi
  Polish Serfer (DP078-DP079)
Fala (DP050, BW126)
Portuguese   Brazil Surfar (HeartGold & SoulSilver, Plasma Blast-present, manga)
Surfe (Unleashed-Next Destinies)
  Portugal Surf
  Serbian Surfovanje
  Spanish Surf
  Turkish Sörf
  Vietnamese Lướt Sóng


Generation I TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation I HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05
Generation II TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation II HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07
Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE
Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23
24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46
47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69
70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08
Generation V TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19
20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38
39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57
58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76
77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95
Generation V HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06
Generation VI TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26
27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52
53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78
79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 (XY • ORAS) • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VI HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06ORAS • 07ORAS
Generation VII TMs
SMUSUM
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20
21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40
41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60
61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80
81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
PE
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20
21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40
41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60


Variations of the move Surf
  Petal Blizzard • Land's Wrath
  Surf • Hyper Voice


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