Your weight and where you will paddle most will be the decider. The Falcon 24 is surprisingly competitive on the flat and is great in the ocean. You can improve stability by adding a larger fin such as the VMG Blades Mako 44. It's a great all around board.

If you're slightly larger at 90+kg consider the Falcon 26.75 as it will have the same characteristics for you.

There is a thrad elsewhere on Sea Breeze discussing how the board goes in different conditions.

For a good all round go to board, it's hard to go past a DC. They're pretty fast everywhere...

404's are now in Oz - sent one to WA last week.

Independent review - supexaminer.com/tag/404-v3/ - it stacks as a true all round shape.

14' x 25.5 weights just 9.9kgs - thanks to better construction methods using and investing in moulds' rather than a cnc cut board like DC.

I've been paddling this for the last two weeks - impressive in all conditions.