Surf is the wave activity in the area between the shoreline and outer limit of breakers. It may refer to a breaking wave

Breaking wave

In fluid dynamics, a breaking wave is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which some process can suddenly start to occur that causes large amounts of wave energy to be transformed into turbulent kinetic energy...

 in shallow water, upon the shore, or in the area in which waves break

Surf also may refer to:

Commercial products

• Surf (detergent)
  Surf (detergent)
  Surf is the name of a brand of laundry detergent made by Unilever and sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa and many other countries. In the United States the Surf product line is owned by Sun Products...
  
  , a brand of laundry detergent made by Unilever

Computers and software

• "Surfing the Web", slang for exploring the World Wide Web
  World Wide Web
  The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
  
  
• SURF
  SURF
  SURF is a robust image detector & descriptor, first presented by Herbert Bay et al. in 2006, that can be used in computer vision tasks like object recognition or 3D reconstruction. It is partly inspired by the SIFT descriptor...
  
  , an acronym for "Speeded Up Robust Features", a computer vision algorithm

Education

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  Within higher-education, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships are a common summer immersion experience which supplement research activities that occur during the academic year. Typically, these highly competitive undergraduate programs are overseen by a member of a college's faculty, who...
  
  , a common summer immersion experience in higher education which supplement research activities that occur during the academic year

Music

• Surf (album)
  Surf (album)
  Surf is the second solo album by Scottish singer–songwriter Roddy Frame, first released in the UK on 5 August 2002 via Redemption Records, and in the US on 8 October 2002 via Cooking Vinyl. Surf is notable in that every song on the album was recorded in Roddy Frame's "own front room".-Critical...
  
  , a 2002 album released by Roddy Frame.
• Surf music
  Surf music
  Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music...
  
  , a genre of popular music associated with surf culture
• Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps
  Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps
  The Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps is a Drum Corps International World Class drum and bugle corps. Founded in 1990, the corps is based out of Mount Holly, New Jersey. The Jersey Surf first entered World Class competition in 2009...
  
  , a drum and bugle corps based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, in the United States

Popular culture

• Surf culture
  Surf culture
  Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion and life surrounding the art of surfing.The culture began early in the 20th century, spread quickly during the 1950s and 1960s, and continues to evolve. It affected fashion, music, literature, films, jargon, and more...
  
  , the culture surrounding the sport of surfing

Ships, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Sports

• Surfing
  Surfing
  Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
  
  , a surfboard-based water-sport
• The Atlantic City Surf
  Atlantic City Surf
  The Atlantic City Surf were a professional baseball team based in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Surf was most recently a member of the Can-Am League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball...
  
  , a defunct professional baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the United States from 1998 to 2008