Sticky Johnson Deluxe Surf Wax - Tropical

Sticky Johnson Deluxe Tropical is for water 24°C (75°F) and up, and it's the one to pack for your next warm-water trip. It's long-lasting and super grippy, and it beads up nicely as you apply it, so your grip holds from the first wave to the last.

Tropical is the firmest of our four temperature grades, made so it doesn't melt in warm water. In properly warm water a softer wax goes smeary underfoot, while Tropical keeps its bumps. It's hand crafted in New Zealand from natural ingredients, and it works with Sticky Johnson Deluxe Basecoat underneath for a solid foundation.

Where and when. No New Zealand break on our chart averages 24°C, even at the height of summer. Northland and the Auckland west coast peak at around 21°C, so Deluxe Warm covers summer at home. Tropical is your travel wax.

Going by average monthly sea temperatures, Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii is Tropical water all year round. The Gold Coast (Snapper Rocks and Burleigh) is Tropical from November to May, and Cocoa Beach in Florida from May to November. Bondi creeps into Tropical in February and March, and North Carolina's Outer Banks in September.

Travelling with it? Do your basecoat at home before you leave, then throw a bar of Tropical in your board bag and top up when you get there. Comb it before each surf and keep the board in the shade between sessions, and you're sorted. Back home, strip it off and go back to Warm or Cool for New Zealand water rather than layering one grade over another.