Help Dialing In Surf Wake on 230 w/ NSS

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  • tgator96
    • Jun 2011
    • 127

    • Gainesville, FL

    • 2012 SANTE 230 ZR 409 2010 SANTE 210 (sold)

    Help Dialing In Surf Wake on 230 w/ NSS

    Hi, all. i apologize if this topic has already been covered . . . my research skills may be as poor as my wake setup abilities.

    So after spending most of last spring dialing in the surf wake on our then-new 230 (mostly on the starboard side--I'm goofy), we added the NSS this spring. But thus far, we haven't been able to get enough push from the wake to drop the tow rope. Prior to the NSS, we got a nice curl off the top of the wake and what I thought to be a pretty good push. Now, all we can get is a long, clean wave or a steep, white-capped one (those being the two extremes b/t 0 and 5 on the NSS) but can't drop the rope.

    What we have to work with is as follows:

    750s piggy-backed on hard tanks in back;

    A 450 lb walk-though sack unplumbed (so can be placed where needed)

    2 280 lb wedge sacks from our old boat we can use if needed (e.g., under the bow seats)

    Ideally, we'd like to use as little extra weight as possible but are willing to do what we need to do to get the best wave (yes, we've tried surfing with just factory ballast).

    Does anyone have any suggestions or examples of what's working for you?

    Thanks for the help!
  • darthwhitey
    • Jan 2013
    • 33

    • Midwest


    #2
    This is from one noob to another, but I took my new 2013 210 (with NSS) out a couple weekends ago and I've got a similar setup to you. Rear bags on top of the stock hard tanks and a bag plumbed in up front too.

    We had trouble (so far) dialing in the wave, but it was VERY surfable with no rope. We had more trouble with the port (left) side looking kinda weak and washy (but surfable) but the goofy side was just sick. A nice big, beautiful curling wave with a lot of push. I'll have much more to add after this weekend.

    From what I understand the "0" setting gives you the longest wave and the "5" setting is the tallest. We've had the most luck with "3" or lower. Maybe check and make sure your NSS is deploying? If you look over the back of the boat you should see the tabs extended on the opposite side your surfing. I've noticed that sometimes the NSS doesn't seem to be working and sometimes it does. Again, I've only surfed it a couple hours.

    It sounds to me like you have more than enough weight in the boat, and the 230 is supposed to be Nautique's BEST surf boat, even better than the G23.

    I think it's just a matter of you dialing it in. Keep us posted!!

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    • tgator96
      • Jun 2011
      • 127

      • Gainesville, FL

      • 2012 SANTE 230 ZR 409 2010 SANTE 210 (sold)

      #3
      Thanks, Darth. You're helping to confirm my suspicion that I need more weight in the bow. Only configurations I've tried so far is straight factory ballast and full factory + the two 750s in the rear locker.

      I'm pretty sure our NSS is working 100%. In setting 5 you don't notice it too much but if you have the driver start at five then move to #0 I think you'll see it move way out on the opposite side.

      Hopefully we'll get it figured out this weekend . . . Next week I'm taking it down to a friend's lake house for a trip with my high school buddies. We grew up in Cocoa Beach, FL so everyone is going to want to surf.

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      • darthwhitey
        • Jan 2013
        • 33

        • Midwest


        #4
        Yeah, I've heard that the bow ballast is a big deal. My salesman told me even the best boat loaded in the rear (but nothing up front) won't surf as well.

        I'm hoping as these summer weekends continue we can all help each other with reports back on how NSS works. It's so new I don't think the dealers even know much about how it works. Haha

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        • tgator96
          • Jun 2011
          • 127

          • Gainesville, FL

          • 2012 SANTE 230 ZR 409 2010 SANTE 210 (sold)

          #5
          Originally posted by darthwhitey View Post
          Yeah, I've heard that the bow ballast is a big deal. My salesman told me even the best boat loaded in the rear (but nothing up front) won't surf as well.

          I'm hoping as these summer weekends continue we can all help each other with reports back on how NSS works. It's so new I don't think the dealers even know much about how it works. Haha
          did you have your dealer do all the plumbing? I did the rear piggy-backs in less than an hour but have no clue how I could plumb bow sacks.

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          • darthwhitey
            • Jan 2013
            • 33

            • Midwest


            #6
            Yeah, my dealer did it, but said it was pretty quick and easy (but I'm sure he's done several)

            I'm gonna find out what size bags he used in all locations. I know when the bow bag fills it raises my front seats a little bit, hahaha...I'll let you know what I got

            You should be super stoked to have a 230. From what I've heard all the good NSS promotional surf videos you see from Nautique are done with a 230. For me, the 230 and G23 were just too big, so I'm hoping to get close with the 210.

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