Please help me on Route 118 with teaching Surf to my team!

I am playing Pokemon ORAS, and am on Route 118, where I have the HM for Surf. Nobody learns it. Here’s my team: Grovyle(cut, leaf blade, rock tomb, slam) lvl 35Zangoose(Fury Cutter, Revenge, Rock tomb, Slash) lvl 22Loudred (Bite, Rock Smash, Uproar, Stomp) lvl 29Electrike (thunder wave, bite, Thunder fang, Quick Attack) lvl 25Swellow(Aerial Ace, Steel wing, double team, Brave bird) lvl 30Machop (Rock smash, Secret Power, Low Kick, Seismic Toss) lvl. 22

Please tell me what adjustments to make to the team, moves and and who to teach surf to!

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This is a great early game team, but in my opinion, you could get rid of either Zangoose or Loudred (I would drop Louderd), them both being the same type (normal). You could replace one with a water type, such as a Tentacool (using an old rod), Magicarp/Gyarados, or Surskit. As it is, no one on your team can currently learn Surf, so you will have to replace someone (or wait for Loudred to evolve at Lv. 40). If you really wanted to, you could use a water type or Linoone only for this and put Loudred back on your team afterwards.

I recommend teaching surf to a Marill, which you can catch in the tall grass on Route 117. I think Marill is better than Linoone and Tentacool because it learns both strength and dive.sourceBy the way, I think you should teach strength and swords dance (move reminder) to Zangoose, teach thunderbolt (talk to Wattson in Mauville City) to Electrike, and teach bulk up to Machop.