# 🏄🏻 Person surfing emoji: light skin tone

🏄🏻 is the person surfing emoji (🏄) with light skin tone. It's 🏄 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 🏄🏻
- Unicode name: person surfing: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, People playing sports
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [🏄 Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A person riding a wave on a surfboard. It is a go-to for surfing, beach trips and ocean waves, summer and vacation vibes, and a laid-back, go-with-the-flow attitude.

## Other skin tones

- 🏄 [Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md)
- 🏄🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC
- 🏄🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FD
- 🏄🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FE
- 🏄🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F3C4 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

🏄🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🏄 [Person surfing](https://emojichart.com/person-surfing-emoji.md) (U+1F3C4)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 🏄🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person surfing”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona haciendo surf: tono de piel claro | persona haciendo surf, surf, surfear, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | personne faisant du surf : peau claire | glisse, homme, mer, océan, peau claire, personne, personne faisant du surf, plage, planche, sport, surf, vagues |
| Deutsch (de) | Surfer(in): helle Hautfarbe | helle Hautfarbe, Person, Sport, Surfboard, Surfbrett, Surfen, Surfer, Surfer(in), Surferin, Wassersport, Wellenreiten, Wellenreiter, Wellenreiterin |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa surf: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, mare, onde, persona, persona che fa surf, spiaggia, sport, surf, surfare, tavola |
| Português (pt) | surfista: pele clara | esporte, onda, ondas, pele clara, pessoa, praia, prancha, surf, surfista |
| Nederlands (nl) | surfer: lichte huidskleur | golf, golven, lichte huidskleur, oceaan, sport, strand, surfen, surfende persoon, surfer, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | person som surfar: ljus hy | hav, ljus hy, person som surfar, strand, surfare, surfing, surfning |
| Polski (pl) | surfująca osoba: karnacja jasna | deska, fala, karnacja jasna, morze, ocean, osoba, sport, surfer, surferka, surfing, surfująca |
| Türkçe (tr) | sörf yapan kişi: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, dalga, dalga sörfü, erkek sörfçü, kişi, okyanus, plaj, sahil, sörf yapan kişi, sörfçü, spor, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | серфинг: очень светлый тон кожи | вода, волны, доска, очень светлый тон кожи, серфинг, спорт |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що займається серфінгом: світлий тон шкіри | людина, океан, пляж, світлий тон шкіри, серфер, серфінг, спортсмен, хвилі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σέρφερ: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άθλημα, ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άντρας σέρφερ, άτομο που κάνει σερφ, γυμναστική, κύματα, παραλία, σέρφερ, σέρφινγκ, σπορ, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | شخص يركب الأمواج: بشرة بلون فاتح | أشخاص, أمواج, بحر, بشرة بلون فاتح, ركوب أمواج, رياضة, شاطئ, شخص يركب أمواج, شخص يركب الأمواج, محيط, موج, موجة طويلة |
| עברית (he) | גולש גלים: גוון עור בהיר | אדם גולש על גלשן, גוון עור בהיר, גולש, גלים, גלישה, גלישת גלים, גלשן, חוף, ים, ספורט |
| فارسی (fa) | موج‌سوار: پوست سفید | اقیانوس, امواج, پوست سفید, تخته موج سواری, دریا, ساحل, متلاطم, مرد, مرد موج سوار, موج, موج سواری, موج‌سوار, موج‌سواری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति: गोरी त्वचा | खेल, गोरी त्वचा, बीच, लहरें, समुद्र, सर्फ़र, सर्फ़िंग, सर्फ़िंग करता आदमी, सर्फ़िंग करता व्यक्ति |
| বাংলা (bn) | সার্ফার: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | ক্রীড়া, খেলাধুলা, বীচ, ব্যক্তির সার্ফিং, মহাসাগর, সমুদ্র সৈকত, সমুদ্রতীর, সার্ফ করা, সার্ফার, সার্ফিং, স্পোর্টস, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang berselancar: warna kulit cerah | laki-laki, laut, olahraga, ombak, orang berselancar, pantai, pria, selancar, seluncur, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lướt sóng: màu da sáng | bãi biển, biển, lướt sóng, màu da sáng, người lướt sóng, sóng, thể thao, vận động viên lướt sóng |
| ไทย (th) | นักโต้คลื่น: โทนผิวสีขาว | กีฬา, คน, คลื่น, ชายหาด, เซิร์ฟ, โต้คลื่น, ทะเล, โทนผิวสีขาว, นักเซิร์ฟ, มหาสมุทร |
| 日本語 (ja) | サーフィンする人: 薄い肌色 | サーファー, サーフィン, サーフィンする人, スポーツ, 波, 波乗り, 海, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 서핑하는 사람: 하얀 피부 | 바다, 서퍼, 서핑, 서핑하는 사람, 스포츠, 파도, 파도 타기, 하얀 피부, 해변, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 冲浪: 较浅肤色 | 冲浪, 冲浪的人, 冲浪者, 波浪, 海上运动, 海洋, 海滩, 涌浪, 网上冲浪, 较浅肤色, 运动 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 衝浪：白皮膚 | 人物, 水上運動, 海, 海灘, 白皮膚, 衝浪, 衝浪板, 衝浪者, 運動 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): branderplankryer: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): obi resεεfe: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): sërfist: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): የውሃ ሸርተቴ ተጫዋች: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): սերֆեր․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): চাৰ্ফিং কৰি থকা ব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): sörfer: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): серфингсы кеше: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): surflaria: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): сёрфінг: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba surfa: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): сърфист: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလွှာလှိုင်းစီးသူ − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui fait du surf : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 滑浪嘅人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 滑浪嘅人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona que fa surf: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᎹ ᏓᏍᏗᎳᏁᎬ ᎡᏙᎯ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 滑浪：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): сефинг: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): surfer: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba na surfu: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): surfer: lys teint
- Estonian (et): surfar: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): surfista: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum skreiður á brimfjøl: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): surfer: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): surffaaja: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): surfista: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): სერფერი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સર્ફિંગ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai hawan allon wasa a kan teku: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): surfing karta vyakti: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): szörföző: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): brimbrettamaður: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye egwuregwu oshimiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine ag surfáil: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong slancar: kulit putih
- Kannada (kn): ಸರ್ಫರ್: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): серфер: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەرفەر: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សជិះក្តារលើរលក: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu ugendera hejuru y’amazi: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती सर्फ करता: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сёрфер: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq aj etz’anel pa ja’: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນັກຫຼິ້ນໂຕ້ຄື້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): sērfotājs: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a fa surf: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): banglentininkas: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba pśi surfowanju: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Surfer(in): hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): лице кое сурфа: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): peluncur air: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): സർഫർ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna surfing: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): पाण्‍याच्या लाटांवर तरंगणारा: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): серфингээр гулгаж байгаа хүн: цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata whakaheke ngaru: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): सर्फर: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Raíd Wọtá Sọ́fín-Bọd: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho a sesa lewatleng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): surfer: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): surfar: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ସର୍ଫିଂ କରୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama bololi’u: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): شخص سرفنگ کوي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਰਫ਼ਿੰਗ ਕਰਨਾ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ویلا گزادا بندہ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa surfeando: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care practică surfing: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che fa surfing: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ surfadh: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа сурфује: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа сурфује: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba surfuje: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba surfuje: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶီႇပႅၼ်ႈၼမ်ႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص سرفنگ ڪندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): හිම පුවරුවේ යන්නා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): človek na surfe: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba deska: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof alwaaxa hirka biyaha kula soconaya: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mtu anayeteleza kwenye mawimbi: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): шахси серфинг карда истода: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சர்பிங் செய்பவர்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): సర్ఫ్ చేస్తున్న వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ሰርፊንግ ምግባር፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fānifo: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o lelemelang mo metsing: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): sörf edýän adam: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba při surfowanju: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سرفر: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): دولقۇن كەزگۈچى: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): serfingchi: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn syrffio: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sërfe: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): umntu otyibiliza phezu kwamaza: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gun Iji: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gun Iji: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ogibele isurf board: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `🏄🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F3C4\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3C4}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 84 F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFC4 D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%84%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 🏄🏻 mean?

A person riding a wave on a surfboard. It is a go-to for surfing, beach trips and ocean waves, summer and vacation vibes, and a laid-back, go-with-the-flow attitude. 🏄🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🏄🏻 and 🏄?

🏄🏻 is the 🏄 person surfing emoji with light skin tone. It's 🏄 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 🏄🏻?

Find 🏄 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person surfing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🏄🏻?

U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 🏄🏻

### When was 🏄🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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