Size by weight · Channel Islands Surfboards

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh this much?

At 170 lb, everyday surfers start near 35.5L — closest stock size 5'11" at 36.9L. Other weights are in the table. This is a starting size, not the only size that works.

By the Quivr team · Published

Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale

The catalog range runs waist-high to overhead, with a moderate power midpoint, and a beginner-friendly to intermediate skill window.

If you weigh this much

Everyday means an intermediate surfer. Newer to hardboards gets more liters. Advanced gets fewer. A cell names a stock size only when that size is close to the starting volume. Otherwise it names the liters and stops.

Closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size for each weight. A cell that only names liters means no row on this chart is close enough.
If you weighNewer to hardboardsEverydayAdvanced
120 lb5'9" · 33.8L5'1" · 24.3L5'1" · 24.3L
130 lb5'11" · 36.9L5'3" · 26.2L5'1" · 24.3L
140 lb5'11" · 36.9L5'5" · 28.1L5'3" · 26.2L
150 lb6'1" · 40L5'7" · 30.9L5'5" · 28.1L
160 lb6'1" · 40L5'9" · 33.8L5'5" · 28.1L
170 lbchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 46.3L5'11" · 36.9L5'7" · 30.9L
180 lbchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 49L5'11" · 36.9L5'9" · 33.8L
190 lbchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 51.7L6'1" · 40L5'9" · 33.8L
200 lbchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 54.4L6'1" · 40L5'11" · 36.9L
210 lbchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 57.2L6'1" · 40L5'11" · 36.9L
220 lbchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 59.9Lchart tops out at 40L — less foam than 45.9L6'1" · 40L

Common questions

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 140 pounds?

If you weigh 140 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 29.2 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 5'5" at 28.1 liters.

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 150 pounds?

If you weigh 150 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 31.3 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 5'7" at 30.9 liters.

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 160 pounds?

If you weigh 160 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 33.4 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 5'9" at 33.8 liters.

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 170 pounds?

If you weigh 170 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 35.5 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 5'11" at 36.9 liters.

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 180 pounds?

If you weigh 180 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 37.6 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 5'11" at 36.9 liters.

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 190 pounds?

If you weigh 190 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 39.6 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 6'1" at 40 liters.

What size Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale should I ride if I weigh 200 pounds?

If you weigh 200 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 41.7 liters. The closest Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale stock size is 6'1" at 40 liters.

Stock chart

Length, width, thickness, and volume as published for Channel Islands Surfboards Sperm Whale in the Quivr catalog. Nothing here is estimated.

LengthWidthThicknessVolume
5'1"21"2"24.3L
5'3"21.13"2.06"26.2L
5'5"21.25"2.13"28.1L
5'7"21.38"2.25"30.9L
5'9"21.5"2.38"33.8L
5'11"21.63"2.5"36.9L
6'1"21.75"2.63"40L

A shop chart that says “up to this weight” can point at a smaller size than the closest liter match. Their band is wide. This page picks the row nearest the starting volume. Fitness, and whether the waves are soft or punchy, still move it a size.

More on the number itself: what surfboard volume means. All weights: what size to ride for your weight.

Check it on the board

Open the same board in Quivr. The size pick uses this chart and your weight. The wave range on the card still has to fit the days you actually surf.