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.
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.
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.
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.
The Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro. It was the event the World Surf League needed so badly, only it happened on the wrong tour. That wasn’t a bad thing though, with the Gold Coast Challenger Series event providing the kind of theatre, pressure and performances that only this tier and its format is capable of.
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.
Jessi Miley-Dyer has a new gig with the World Surf League. The former professional surfer and, more recently, WSL Chief of Sport, has assumed the role as Commissioner for competitive surfing’s preeminent body.
East: Consolidating high pressure far N of the islands will support strong E trade winds into Monday, with island terrain accelerating winds to near-gale force in the windier channels.