Surfing Product Reviews

Surf Drops is billed as ‘a nasal protection solution created to prevent contaminated waters from causing illnesses like throat, sinus and ear infections.’ It comes in 1.5oz bottles that retail for $5.95. We aimed to see what all the fuss was about.

Surf Drops Science Claims

• Maintains optimal environment for nasal passage hair to flourish and filter.
• Dilutes thick stuff and shrink membranes for better drainage.
• Flushes out moisture and bacteria to prevent post nasal drip and infection.

The Testing

We’ve had our fair share of sinus problems related to surfing. Whether this is related to contaminated water or just too much time in the water, we don’t know. What we do know is after many sessions in a row, our sinus’s would get pretty bad for a few days. Would Surf Drops fix this? We aimed to find out.

We tried Surf Drops in January and February during some dawn and dusk sessions in cool water/air with average wave heights. Not one to enjoying putting drops in my eyes, ears, or nose, it was a little funny at first sticking some drops in the nostrils after surfing. However, there was no question these drops work their way in your sinus’s passages. As soon as you drop them in you can feel them trace a salty path all the way down into your throat. Somehow, that alone is a good feeling, just getting the confirmation things are flowing nicely in there.

It is tough to review if these will keep you more healthy when surfing because it isn’t as if we did a very scientific study. We did however notice that our sinus’s were not clogging when logging in multi-session days multiple days in a row. Previously, if a good swell came in that had us surfing 5 sessions in 3 days, our own mom wouldn’t recognize us on the phone because of our stuffed up sinus’s. Surf Drops seems to prevent that. We didn’t get sick during any of our testing and the annoying post-nasal-drip, “I think I’m getting a sore throat” feeling never came up either. Based on that, we’re keeping Surf Drops as part of the post-surf ritual. If we can pull all the way through winter and still claim the above, we’re pretty sure we’ll be thanking the Surf Drops creators for a long time to come.

Where To Buy

• Your local surf shop
• Wetsand.com ($5.95 + tax/shipping)
• Amazon.com ($5.95 + tax/shipping)
• Surfdrops.com ($5.98 +tax/shipping)

More info at www.surfdrops.com