Nope. Did you see any surfing in "Waterworld" or"The Day After Tomorrow"? Nope, because higher sea levels mean terrible breaks. As Sam Kornell at Pacific Standard puts it, "the contour of a wave is as important as its size, and the way a wave builds and breaks is determined chiefly by the shape of the ocean floor as it meets the shoreline."
Even a foot change in the tide line can mean the difference between great and mediocre waves and researchers believe sea levels could rise six inches by 2030, and a foot by 2050, or more.
Until then, at least surfers have epic swells due to the bigger storms.
Will Climate Change Wipe Out Surfing? by Sam Kornell, Pacific Standard
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