The person surfing: dark skin tone emoji drops you straight into the lineup—board underfoot, balance on point, and vibes set to “endless summer.” It’s perfect for announcing beach runs, humble-bragging about a surf trip, or saying you’re just going with the flow IRL or online. People also use it ironically for “surfing the web,” riding the algorithm, or dodging Monday chaos like it’s a rogue set. Pair it with the wave emoji for extra splash, or with shades and sun when you’re on vacation-mode flex.
On Apple/iOS, the surfer is shown mid-ride at a dynamic angle, knees bent and arms out, on a bright board slicing through a turquoise-blue curl with foamy white spray. The dark skin tone variant features a rich brown complexion, clean gradients, and that glossy Apple shading, while clothing reads like a sporty wetsuit or swimwear in punchy colors. The perspective is three-quarter, like a GoPro shot, and the overall look screams motion—instant recognition even at small sizes.
Culturally, it nods to surf roots in Hawai‘i and the “hang ten” lexicon—cue gnarly, stoked, and the occasional wipeout. In meme-speak, it doubles as “I’m chill,” “I survived that wave of emails,” or “I’m riding this trend till it breaks.” It can be flirtatious (“let’s catch waves together”), gently sarcastic (“totally under control”), or pure hype when the swell—and the group chat—goes off.
The Surfer emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 4087 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Black Surfer man surfing: dark skin tone Man Surfing: Dark Skin Tone person surfing: dark skin tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🏄🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🏄🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🏄 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🏄 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f3c4, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3C4, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127940, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x84, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 84, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 204, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFC4, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfc4, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57284, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3C4 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3C4, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127940, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x84\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFC4\uD83C\uDFFF" |
