The polls are in and it seems like everyone wants to date a surfer.

Surfers are summer love all year long, after all. They chase waves for hours and laugh like little kids. The ocean is their meditation and they revel in the tides. They're a splendid balance of free-spirited, playful animals who are also fiercely determined to achieve their personal best.

But when you look past their sun-kissed tans, perfectly tousled hair and sea salty charm, are surfers really the perfect partner? It depends.

If you're on the fence about turning that spontaneous surfer into your steady significant other, heed our warnings below.

Below, 15 reasons you should never date a surfer.

4. Eventually, you'll become a surf widow or widower.
Friend: "Why didn't [significant other's name] come to [important event]?"
You: "The waves were head high with offshore winds."

7. Their idea of a career will be a lot different than yours.
Surfers aren't unfocused or irresponsible, they just have a different set of priorities and getting stoked is number one on that list. Career goals? Pretty much any job that will give them more time in the water, because they know that a good day of surfing is way more rewarding than overtime on a paycheck.

13. If there's a swell brewing hundreds of miles away, they'll drop everything, grab their board, and head in that direction.
Unless you are well versed in global swell trackers and surf forecasts, it will be impossible to make plans 48-hours or more ahead of time.

15. You'll always break your rule of never dating a surfer. Despite all the annoying and frustrating things you'll have to deal with, you know that they live spontaneous, fearless, humbling and fulfilling lives -- and you know you could never date anyone who doesn't possess the spirit of a life-long surfer.