{"id":3366,"date":"2022-07-24T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kisurfschool.gypsea-agency.fr\/seagulls-waves\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:26:21","slug":"seagulls-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kisurfschool.com\/en\/seagulls-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Seagulls = waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watching seagulls for waves<\/h1>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t you ever noticed that <strong>seagulls<\/strong> are often parked on the sand in front of <strong>pretty breakers<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only a short step from there to the conclusion that to find good waves, you have to look where the seagulls are, <strong>and I&#8217;m going to take it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Gulls, sandbanks and waves<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, it sounds a little absurd, but it isn&#8217;t: the waves break over a mound called a <strong>sandbank<\/strong>. The sandbank is the area of the beach that the <strong>sifter<\/strong> &#8211; the tractor that rakes the beach to collect garbage &#8211; has difficulty reaching, because the sand is too wet and the machine could get stuck. <\/p>\n<p>This is the area of the beach that has not been <strong>sterilized by<\/strong> tractor <strong>sieving<\/strong>. Here, seagulls find <strong>organic life<\/strong>, mollusks and shellfish, which they feed on. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the longest waves break on a <strong>break in the sandbar<\/strong>, at its transition to the <strong>ba\u00efne<\/strong>. Fish love this mixing zone. It&#8217;s easy to see why <strong>waves = fish = seagulls<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>So, if the seagulls haven&#8217;t chosen the spot for the quality of its waves, at least they&#8217;ve decided to park <strong>in front of them<\/strong>, close to their food source.<\/p>\n<p>Finding seagulls is also a sign of <strong>low human and canine density<\/strong> and, by inference, a good sign for surfers looking for <strong>quiet waves<\/strong> away from the crowds.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s pay tribute to these <strong>inhabitants of an ecosystem<\/strong> that homo sapiens surveys and disturbs, with his tractors, electric bikes and Labradors.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching seagulls for waves Haven&#8217;t you ever noticed that seagulls are often parked on the sand in front of pretty breakers? It&#8217;s only a short step from there to the conclusion that to find good waves, you have to look where the seagulls are, and I&#8217;m going to take it. Gulls, sandbanks and waves Of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[227,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-detox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Seagulls = waves - Ki Surf School - Surf et Taichi dans les Landes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is there a correlation between seagulls and surf spots? 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