Person Surfing

🏄 is the person surfing emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “beach”, “ocean”, “sport”, and “surf”.

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

person surfing

person surfing: light skin tone

person surfing: medium-light skin tone

person surfing: medium skin tone

person surfing: medium-dark skin tone

person surfing: dark skin tone

Where person-sport emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Posting workouts, match reactions, and personal records
Tagging training logs, fixtures, and event recaps

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: SURFER
CLDR short name: person surfing
Codepoint: U+1F3C4
Hex: 1F3C4
Emoji version: 0.6
Unicode version: 6.0
First released: 2010
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person-sport
DBEmoji collection: Sport
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Sport is a DBEmoji collection drawn from Unicode’s People & Body group (the person-sport subgroup — people performing sports). How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:surfer:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

beach · ocean · person · sport · surf · surfer · surfing · swell · waves

How it looks

Person Surfing — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Person Surfing — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🏄. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🏄 person surfing emoji mean?: 🏄 is the person surfing emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “beach”, “ocean”, “sport”, and “surf”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🏄?: U+1F3C4, named SURFER in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🏄 person surfing emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🏄 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “person surfing”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🏄 from this page with one click.
Does 🏄 come in different skin tones?: Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 🏄🏻 🏄🏼 🏄🏽 🏄🏾 🏄🏿. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🏄 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
What is the shortcode for 🏄?: On GitHub, type :surfer: and it turns into 🏄 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.