noun
- boats designed to operate in heavy surf and rough water, especially for rescue operations or landing through breaking waves
Usage: nautical; plural form of surfboat
Examples
- The Coast Guard deployed surfboats to rescue the stranded sailors.
- Surfboats are specially designed with high bows to handle breaking waves.
- The lifeguards used surfboats to reach swimmers caught in the rough surf.
- Military surfboats were essential for beach landings during the war.
- The harbor patrol maintains several surfboats for emergency rescues.
- These surfboats can navigate through waves that would swamp ordinary vessels.