Just a msecond. Are you saying that the surfer is moving at an angle of one degree with respect to the wave? That doesn't seem plausible. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

You do say that the wave is at an angle of one degree with the shore, so the place where the wave is breaking on the shore is moving at an angle of one degree with respect to the wave.