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Updated for more waxes and some stats on wax temp ranges.  

There is not a standard definition for surf wax temperature ranges, but there is a defacto basic standard that many waxes conform to.  This is a summary table of many available surf waxes and the temperature ranges of the waxes.  

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Most surf waxes break temperature into some broad categories of cold, cool, warm, and tropical.  There are a few special cases of "Frigid" and no temperature range at all.  These are some table of temperature ranges in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.  

Wax

Frigid

Cold

Cool

Warm

Tropical

Notes

Bubble Gum Surf Wax

 

< 60

58-68

64-74

>75

1

Destination

 

52-59

60-69

68-74

74-85

1

Dr. Zog's Sex Wax

 

< 58

56-68

66-78

>75

 

Dr. Zog's Quick Humps

< 50

50-60

58-68

66-76

>76

 

Duck Divers

 

<50

60-68

69-72

78-86

1

Famous Surf Wax

 

< 50

62-68

70-78

>80

1

Kronic

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

Matuna

 

<60

56-68

64-74

>75

1

Murph's Surfboard Wax

 

< 58

58-68

64-76

 

 

Nohea Wax

 

 

 

66-75

66-75

 

Ocean/Earth - Honey Wax

 

 

58-68

66-73

> 73

 

On a Mission

 

<60

55-65

67-74

>75

1

One Ball Jay Surf Wax

32-52 (Ice Cold))

50-60

58-68

66-76

>74

1

Pacific Rage Surf Wax

 

<64

64-71

 

 

 

Poorboy

 

 

50-65

60-75

 

 

Pro-Lite Lite-Wax

 

<60

 

70-80

 

 

Ransom

 

<58

58-68

68-74

>75

1

Smack Wax

 

52-59

58-67

68-74

>75

1

Sticky Bumps

 

< 60

58-68

64-74

> 75

 

Terra Wax

 

< 52

52-62

62-72

> 72

1,2

The Rat Wax

 

 

 

64-82

 

 

Sharkbait

 

52-62

60-68

68-76

76-84

 

Surfride Performance Wax

 

<60

58-68

64-74

>75

1

Wax-Man

 

 

58-68

68-78

78-Boiling

3

Surf Wax Temperature Ranges in Fahrenheit

Notes

1) Data from surfwax collector Randy Gibbs, Gibbs Surfboards, (714) 356-1446, gibbssurfboards@aol.com.  Thanks Randy!  

2) Note that the Terra Wax data in Fahrenheit was converted from data in Celsius.  See the conversion table at the end of this page for simple conversions between Celsius and Fahrenheit.  

3) The advertised upper range for Wax-Man Tropical of "boiling" is literally 212 degrees F.  Perhaps this is an overstatement.  I have not checked this.  

For those that prefer Celsius, here is the same data table in those units.  For this table, I had to convert data from Fahrenheit to Celsius for Murph's, Bubble Gum, Sharkbait, and Wax-Man.  

Wax

Frigid

Cold

Cool

Warm

Tropical

Bubble Gum Surf Wax

 

< 15.5

14.5-20

18-23.5

 

Dr. Zog's Sex Wax

 

< 14

13-20

19-26

> 24

Dr. Zog's Quick Humps

< 10

10-16

14-20

19-24

> 24

Famous Surf Wax

 

< 14.5

14.5-21

21-25.6

> 26.7

Kronic

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Murph's Surfboard Wax

 

 

13.5-20

18-24.5

 

Nohea Wax

 

 

 

19-24

19-24

Ocean/Earth - Honey Wax

 

 

14-19

19-23

> 23

One Ball Jay Surf Wax

 

10-15

 

 

 

Pacific Rage Surf Wax

 

<18

18-21

 

 

Poorboy

 

 

10-18

16-24

 

Pro-Lite Lite-Wax

 

<15

 

21-27

 

Sticky Bumps

 

< 15

14-19

19-28

> 24

Terra Wax

 

< 11

11-17

17-22

> 22

The Rat Wax

 

 

 

19-28

 

Sharkbait

 

11-16.5

15.5-20

20-24.5

24.5-29

Wax-Man

 

 

14.5-20

20-25.5

25.5-Boiling

Surf Wax Temperature Ranges in Celsius

Note that Kronic claims it's wax is good at all temperatures, so I noted this as a "YES" in all temperature ranges.  

Surf Wax Temperature Range Statistics  

If you look at how the temperature ranges for the various brands of wax are set, you can see overlap between what one brand calls the same temperature.  I analyzed the Fahrenheit data and found the average and standard deviations for this data.  This shows a rough average industry "range" for what each temperature is.  

Wax Temperature Range

Low

Average

High

Number of Data

Standard Deviation

Cold

52

58

62

15

3.62

Cool

54

63

69

17

2.52

Warm

63

71

78

19

2.12

Tropical

67

76

80

14

2.91

This is the conversion table from Celsius to Fahrenheit.  

Celsius

Fahrenheit

7

45

8

46

9

48

10

50

11

52

12

54

13

55

14

57

15

59

16

61

17

63

18

64

19

66

20

68

21

70

22

72

23

73

24

75

25

77

26

79

27

81

28

82

29

84

30

86


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UPDATED 10/5/2007