The whales we reported seeing at the Wedge a while back seem to like this local spot, and were hanging out on the north side of the Newport Harbor entrance this morning about 9:30 a.m. Photographer Jordan Anast was out taking shots of the bodyboarders when he again spotted the whales. Bodyboarder and water photographer [...]
While signaling dissatisfaction with the project, the Seal Beach Planning Commission delayed a decision on controversial plans to build 48 homes on the city’s last remaining coastal open space. Bay City Partners, the group that owns the 10.7 acres at First Street and Marina Drive submitted last-minute changes to the project this week in [...]
It appears that more cow/calf pairs of gray whales are headed for Southern California waters on their northbound journey back to Alaska. In the longest mammalian migration known to man, 8,500- 12,500 miles, the leviathans are now departing the lagoons of Baja California and headed back to the nutrient rich Bering Sea. According [...]
There were plenty of people who shot down to the beach on Tuesday to get a bit of sun before it disappears to make way for the upcoming storm in the forecast. A new shot of swell started showing, and surfers hit the water to enjoy it while it lasted. Local pros were out, and even [...]
The Seal Beach Lions Club recently held their 11th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Designated Driver Program, which assisted 180 people get home safely. Their club partnered with Straub Distributing/Budweiser to drive home people who had too much to drink at local bars. More than 50 volunteers manned the booth, where celebrators could ask for a [...]
With St. Paddy’s Day right around the corner, it’s only fitting we share a big Irish bomb with you. The water in Ireland might be freezing cold, but a big swell that hit the United Kingdom last week is heating up the action for the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Award entries. It’s the final [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH A circle the size of a football field made up of surfers stretched across the ocean near the Huntington Beach Pier. In what many say is the biggest memorial tribute ever held for a surfer in Huntington Beach, friends, family and the surf community gathered on Sunday to pay respects to Surfline founder [...]
It has been a slow start to the winter swell season, but with the biggest waves in a long time expected to hit this weekend, we thought it would be fun to see how our readers capture the action along the O.C. coast. Break out your cameras for the “January Big Wave Photo Contest” and submit [...]
It was a hazy start to the New Year – not because of all the alcohol consumed the night before, but because of the thick fog blanket that lingered on the sand. But just as noon approached on Sunday the thick fog disappeared, allowing more than a hundred revelers to plunge into a sunny New Year [...]
Jump into the frigged ocean … without a wetsuit?! Are you crazy? There are plenty of people who will be shrieking and screaming as they rush into the chilly water on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier at noon on New Years Day, washing off the old and getting a good cleanse for [...]
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