# Cooking

> The surf is head high or bigger and really good.

**What "cooking" means in surfing:** The surf is head high or bigger and really good. Cooking is the top of the scale: solid size, clean faces and sets that keep coming. If someone tells you it's cooking, stop reading and go.

**Example:** "Get down here, the point is cooking."

**Category:** Conditions

## Related words

- [Firing](https://surfslang.com/firing): The surf is very good, almost as good as cooking.
- [Pumping](https://surfslang.com/pumping): A strong swell is running and the waves are big, powerful and consistent.
- [Going off](https://surfslang.com/going-off): The surf is excellent right now.
- [Head high](https://surfslang.com/head-high): Waves with a face as tall as the surfer riding them, around 1.8 metres or 6 feet.

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Source: [Cooking](https://surfslang.com/cooking) on Surfslang.com, the surf slang glossary. Full glossary: https://surfslang.com/llms.txt