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Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / 30 minutes ago
Surfing News / SURFER / 2 hours ago

‘Endless Summer’ Star Mike Hynson to be Inducted into Surfing Walk of Fame

In 1966, footage of Mike Hynson walking atop his longboard debuted in theaters across the world. Alongside Robert August and filmmaker Bruce Brown, Hynson’s globe-trotting in The Endless Summer helped establish a precedent of surf exploration that lasted nearly 60 years later.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / 1 hour ago
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / 1 hour ago
Surfing News / SURFER / 1 hour ago

Decent Sized South Swell On The Rise Through Friday- Hawaii

Fresh to strong trade winds will slowly ease through Wednesday high Northeast of the islands moves off to the northeast. A Small Craft Advisory remains

Surfing News / SURFER / 50 minutes ago

From Beginner to Pro: Navigating Your Path Through Scuba Diving Certifications

Scuba diving certifications are not just a formality; they're pivotal for ensuring safety beneath the waves, imparting crucial knowledge about hand signals, pressure and depth gauge readings, and the operation of equipment.

Surfing News / SURFER / 1 hour ago

Encinitas Board Riders On A Roll, USBRC Nationals Field Locked In

That’s a wrap. The 2023/2024 West Coast Board Riders season is finished following the Sun Bum at Ponto event and the USBRC National Championships presented by New Earth Project field is officially finalized.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / 4 hours ago
Surfing News / SURFER / 6 hours ago

Colapinto Brothers Unwrap Oversized Gifts at The Box (Watch)

The WSL has not run a heat at The Box in Western Australia since 2019. At that time, Griffin Colapinto was still a wet-behind-the-ears Championship Tour surfer in his second year on the circuit.

Surfing News / SURFER / 9 hours ago

Watch: Dylan Graves Details His Cosmic Surf Experience During the Recent Solar Eclipse

A month ago, while everyone in the United States was staring up at the sky during the hotly anticipated "total eclipse of the sun", Dylan Graves was surfing

Surfing News / SURFER / 21 hours ago
Surfing News / SURFER / 22 hours ago

2023 Surfer of the Year Winners: Justine Dupont and Nathan Florence Take the Honors

French athlete Justine Dupont has been at the pinnacle of big-wave surfing for a number of years and is well on her way to a spot in the GOAT conversation.

Surfing News / SURFER / 22 hours ago

2023 Biggest Paddle Winners: Laura Enever and Reinaldo "Chacha" Ibarra Paddle Into First

You never know when the biggest wave you have ever encountered will loom up before you and test your resolve. This happened to Australia’s Laura Enever in January of 2023 on an outer reef along Oahu’s North Shore on the same day the Eddie Aikau contest was running at Waimea Bay.

Surfing News / SURFER / 22 hours ago

2023 Wipeout of the Year Winner: Danny Griffiths Pays His Dues With Massive Shipstern Dive

Big-wave surfing is about trying to catch and complete the largest and best waves one can find, but the fact of the matter is that not every wave ends well.

Surfing News / SURFER / 22 hours ago

2023 Biggest Wave Award Winners: Justine Dupont, Nic Von Rupp, and Shaun Walsh Stand Tallest

Justine Dupont (Bayonne, France) shattered glass ceilings and maybe a few male egos in January of 2023 when she snagged the wave of the day on a star-studded expedition to the rarest of unicorn breaks, the Cortes Bank.

Surfing News / SURFER / 22 hours ago

2023 Ride of the Year Winners: Justine Dupont and Nathan Florence Dominate

To be chosen as the Ride of the Year by a voting panel made up of your fellow big-wave-surfing elite, a wave must tick off certain boxes. First, it needs to be a BIG wave, one of the largest of the year.

Surfing News / SURFER / 22 hours ago

2023 Young Gun Winner: 16-Year-Old Aussie Charger Ned Hart Earns the Honors

The Young Gun is a fresh category in the Big Wave Challenge proceedings, concocted to acknowledge the up-and-coming threats shaking things up in the heavy-water crew.  The 2023 recipient was Ned Hart of Dunsmore, Western Australia, who grew up dining on the thick-lipped offerings of his home surfing region.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / 22 hours ago
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / May 6
Surfing News / SURFER / May 6

Slain Surfers Honored with Memorial Paddle-Out in Baja, Locals Call for Justice

Over the weekend, a gathering of northern Baja surfers banded together to honor three travelers who were murdered a week before. A memorial paddle-out was held at Playa San Miguel, in addition to calls for justice and increased safety measures.

Surfing News / SURFER / May 6

Meet Your 2023-24 Mavericks Award Winners

Like a young child on a long road trip, Mavericks had its mood swings during the 2023-24 winter. As is expected during an El Niño season, Mavericks had happy days of picture-perfect wedges groomed by light offshore.

Surfing News / SURFER / May 6

Red Tides Off Southern California Coast Are Getting Worse, New Scripps Study Finds

The spring of 2020 saw one of Southern California’s most prolific red tides on record, and while the bioluminescence left beaches from Santa Barbara down through Baja California with ravishing visual displays at night, the algal inundation – more of a chocolate-brown than a crimson-red– resulted in graver consequences for many creatures within it.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / May 5
Surfing News / SURFER / May 5

Weather Clears Out, But Another System Due Wednesday - Northern California

A low pressure system and its associated cold front will bring widespread rain and fresh southwesterly breezes to the waters with gale force gusts possible over the southernmost zones.

Surfing News / SURFER / May 4

Decent Mix Of Wind And Ground Swell This Week - Southern California

It looks like this upcoming week will end up being a little bit more active compared to what we've experienced recently. Monday will start out kind of quiet with lingering wind swell from over the weekend.

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