Sun’s out, surf’s up, drama’s down. The man surfing: dark skin tone emoji rides a curling wave like he’s late to golden hour, perfect for beach plans, “go with the flow” vibes, or flexing your board skills without getting sand in your DMs. It doubles as a mood: stoked when life is smooth, ironic when you’re barely staying upright through deadlines, and meme-friendly for “riding the algorithm” or catching a trend before it wipes out.
On Apple/iOS, he faces left on a bright yellow surfboard, crouched in a classic surfer stance with bent knees and arms out for balance, cutting across a deep blue wave that’s frothing white spray. He has a short hairstyle, a focused, almost chill expression, and the dark skin tone modifier brings the rich brown complexion front and center. The perspective feels action-heavy—like a freeze-frame mid-turn—and the glossy Apple shading makes the board pop against that ocean swoosh.
People use it for vacation announcements, summer thirst traps, or as a playful way to say “I’m just cruising past the chaos.” It can be flirty (“surf lesson?”), sarcastic (“yep, totally handling it”), or celebratory (“hang ten, we shipped!”). Also pairs nicely with shaka, sunsets, and any caption that reads like a Point Break quote.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3244 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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 |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 11 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🏄🏿♂️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 5 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🏄🏿♂️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🏄 🏿 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🏄 🏿 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f3c4, 1f3ff, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3C4, U+1F3FF, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127940, 127999, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x84, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 84, F0 9F 8F BF, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 204, 360 237 217 277, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFC4, 0xD83C 0xDFFF, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfc4, d83cdfff, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57284, 55356 57343, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3C4 0x0001F3FF 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3C4, 01F3FF, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127940, 127999, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3C4\U0001F3FF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x84\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFC4\uD83C\uDFFF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
