the.com/surf rock

means An instrumental rock style built on twangy, reverb-drenched electric guitar meant to evoke the rush of riding a wave.

from Emerged in Southern California around 1960s, pioneered by guitarists chasing the actual sensation of surfing — the reverb unit (a spring-loaded echo effect) became the signature sound, mimicking the wash and crash of water. Dick Dale, a surfer himself, is widely credited as a key architect, cranking amplifiers to recreate the roar he felt riding waves. The genre later split into vocal-harmony surf pop (Beach Boys territory) and the instrumental, twang-heavy strain that stayed closer to its wave-chasing roots.