Opium · Surfski
Opium Rider
5.53m x 52cm stable ski, short and wide enough to be a genuine first boat while still carrying a proper ocean cockpit and bailer.
- Length
- 5.53 m
- Beam
- 52 cm
- Deck
- 33.5 cm
Specifications
- Length
- 5.53 m
- Beam
- 52 cm
- Deck height
- 33.5 cm (est.)
- Category
- Surfski
- Skill level
- beginner
- New price
- Not listed new
On-water profile
Both scores are rated at the hull's own design weight. How these are derived.
Suits: Learning, flat water and light chop.
Paddler weight
This hull is built around a paddler of about 92 kg. It stays workable from 81 kg to 98 kg, and sits at its best between 86 kg and 94 kg.
Derived from published hull dimensions and calibrated against manufacturer paddler limits, not taken from a marketing range. The method, in full.
Generations
Opium Caiaques is a Brazilian builder with the widest ski range in South America — seven surfskis from an elite 6.45m racer down to a 5.25m beginner hull, alongside OC1, OC2 and OC6 outriggers. Opium publishes an overall hull height for each boat; that figure is not the deck height this index uses for weight bands, so it is not carried across.
What works, and what it costs you
What works
- Wide and short enough to learn on
- Easy to car-top and carry
- Part of a range you can move up through
Trade-offs
- No published weight or layup table
- Gives away a lot of speed to the 6m hulls
- Effectively unavailable outside South America
What paddlers say
No independent owner review located as of August 2026.Reported experience
Where to buy
No mapped dealer for Opium yet. Every maker and market we cover.
Opium sells in Brazil in reais and publishes no list price. Specs here come from the maker's catalogue and Brazilian dealer listings.
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