Queensland university offers course in surfing

Queensland university students will soon be able to catch waves and explore surf culture on the Sunshine Coast as part of their official study.

Environmental science, management and tourism students at the University of the Sunshine Coast can now enrol in a course called Geography of Surfing as part of their degrees. It covers the economical benefits surfing brings to Noosa and includes a significant focus on fieldwork.

"One of the things we will check is measuring the waves under different conditions and creating profiles of surfers who visit each break in terms of age, gender and level of expertise.

"It's a very hands-on course, so students will be using cutting-edge technology like a drone, GPS tracking devices and other tools to document and measure waves.

"What is incredible about this is that it hasn't been done before and students will be creating baseline data for Noosa.

"We will be setting that baseline to continue to monitor things and see how it changes in the future, like wave quality and how it will change with the climate in the years to come."

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