November 1-30

Drop off your polystyrene foam and used wetsuits in the upper parking lot of Malibu City Hall to be recycled. Sustainable Surf 's Waste to Waves program will use the polystyrene foam to make surfboard blanks and upcycle the wetsuits into Suga yoga mats. Malibu City celebrates five years partnership with the non-profit Sustainable Surf by expanding into wetsuit collection.

For more information, visit
https://www.sugamats.com/
http://sustainablesurf.org/

More info: Save The Waves Film Festival

Michael Blum, executive director of nonprofit organization Sea of Clouds, will present “Sally Saves Spaces by the Seashore: Protecting Surfing Areas, Marine Cultural Heritage, and the Malibu Historic District” in the Surfboard Room at Payson Library on Thursday, November 1, at 11 AM.

The iconic Malibu surfing area, designated as the Malibu Historic District, is the first listing in the National Register of Historic Places centered on surfing history. The project recognizes Malibu's worldwide contribution to surfing's history and culture, secures specific protections, qualifies for other recognition and protection frameworks, and establishes a precedent and process for other projects.

While relevant for its focus on a specific surfing area, the Malibu Historic District is also a rationale for protecting other United States surf breaks and, more broadly, coastal locations possessing cultural and historical significance. Recognizing special coastal areas brings closer together goals of preservation and conservation. It encourages additional energy be placed into coastal conservation to promote a broader, deeper, and more inclusive interpretation of our coastal history.

Sea of Clouds is a nonprofit organization whose practice spans the fields of historic preservation and environmental conservation. With a focus on coastal places, the work of Sea of Clouds illuminates the human dimensions of natural ecosystems—connections between nature and culture—to address how communities fully express their interests and values in public trust contexts

For additional information about this lecture, and to register to attend, visit the Pepperdine Libraries website

Hosted by Surf Academy.

* yeah, we know that is a photo of the Huntington Beach Pier, we didn't make that poster, Surf Academy did.

As we move into our last full week of October, swell from both basins continue to deliver for California and Hawaii. Another round of long period SW-SSW swell builds into Southern California midweek, but only select spots will flourish. This "westerly" Southern Hemi energy rolls into Northern Caliornia as larger WNW swell joins the action. Once again, will winds hinder conditions? Meanwhile, the Hawaiian Islands get another good dose of SSW-South swell and small NNW pulse for exposed spots. Check out the Workweek Video Outlook below for your region to find out when you should be paddling out this week.

Sets up Fun Size Combo Swell For Many
The U.S. West Coast will see SW/SSW swell and NW/WNW swell throughout the work week with many areas also seeing light morning winds.

ZJ Boarding House's 11th annual Haunted Heats Halloween Surf Contest is this Saturday! If you've ever been to one, you know you're in for a laugh and a few screams. Sign up in the store or online here. October 27th, at tower 26-27, 8 AM where you’ll compete for the fame and glory of Haunted Heats!!

Check out what went down last year: 2017 Haunted Heats Surf Contest.

Come join the Malibu Surfing Association for their annual spooky surf off event.

Follow the steps below to win this Manic Pintail!
1. Follow @zflexskateboards on Instagran
2. Tag a friend in the post with the above photo
They will pick a winner at the end of the week, good luck!

NO TURNING BACK 🔥
Stance and Neckface present the sickest Halloween event to hit Downtown LA. Join Stance October 26 - 27 for a Neckface Art Exhibit 🔪Haunted House. 🦇

On Tuesday 10/16, Patagonia Santa Monica Store will be screening Never Town, a film exploring Australia’s wild coastlines and the surfers who are working to conserve and protect it. Enjoy live music, brews and bites.

And they will be raffling a brand new wetsuit! Event is free. Doors open at 7pm and event starts at 7:30pm.

Another shark was caught this weekend at the Venice Pier. These photos were shot by Venice Beach Photos.

ASL Adaptive Surf League's mission is to promote adaptive surfing as a professional sport for the SEVERELY DISABLED.

The event is November 02 - 04, 2018 at Malibu. It's free to sign up.

Divisions for this event
Wheelchair: Prone Assist
Wheelchair: Prone
Wheelchair: Sit Amputee: BK (Below) Amputee: AK (Above)
Amputee: UL (Upper Limb)
Blind
Deaf
Short Stature
SUP (Stand Up Paddle)

Division are all divided into Male and female.
Sign Up Here.

Fun size SW to SSW swell expected in SoCal

Hurricane Sergio’s appearance on satellite imagery looks pretty ragged this evening and the National Hurricane Center now has the system as a tropical storm with 60 knot sustained wind. While the track for SoCal swell production is relatively favorable (NE at 6 knots), Sergio;s decreased intensity and less than stellar structure will likely inhibit swell production.
Sergio should maintain similar strength in the next day or so (and could even re-intensify a bit) as it moves over slightly warmer water. By later this week, Sergio will again move over cooler water with shear also increasing. These factors should lead to a more rapid weakening trend and Sergio should be a low end tropical storm by the end of the week as it approaches Baja. Those with interests in Central Baja should closely follow the latest National Hurricane Center forecast as heavy rains could be problematic for the region.
Sergio swell rebuilt a bit on Tuesday from the SW/SSW and we should see a modest building trend Wednesday and into Thursday. Swell model guidance has continued to trend down over the last few days and finally looks reasonable for most areas. Fun size, but not especially big, surf is expected the next couple days, with the more westerly direction (SW to SSW) allowing the swell to impact more regions/breaks than the more frequent tropical swells we see from the SSE.

Boardriders Malibu
18820 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, Ca 80265
310 - 359 - 8274

October 20th the Board Swapmeet is Back!! 🙌 Get ready to Buy, Sell or Trade at ZJ Boarding House's Fall Surf-Swap.

ZJ Boarding House
2619 Main St. Santa Monica, CA
(310) • 392 • 5646
Store Hours:
Mon - Sat 10am - 7pm
Sun 10am - 6pm

Sergio Taking Center Stage;

Fun WNW swell and leftover S swell through middle of week
Hurricane Sergio now a major player, swell possible on weekend
Longer range outlook looking fairly active in NPAC and SPAC

Tomorrow (Tuesday) from 6:30AM to 8:30AM, a few people from UCLA are continuing to conduct a study on surfers health and bacteria that they are exposed to while surfing. They are looking for volunteers who regularly get in the ocean. If you’re heading to the Venice Breakwater for a surf, stop by the big blue UCLA table and sign up to participate. It will take 10 minutes, please come BEFORE surfing! Tell your friends! . . .

You can expect:
1) Enrollment questionnaire: this has a brief demographic section, section on surfing locations and frequency, section on recent antibiotic usage etc...
2) 2 nasal swabs: instructions will be given on how to swab your own nose, one swab per nostril.

This will likely take less than ten minutes to answer the survey questions and take the nasal swabs.

Mark your calendars, mateys. ZJ Boarding House announced the date for this year's Haunted Heats Surf Contest. It's happening on Oct 27th, with registration opening on Oct. 3rd, this coming Wednesday 💀 Can’t wait to see what kind of costumes and fake blood they will conjure up.

Check out what went down last year: 2017 Haunted Heats Surf Contest.

Hurricane Rosa won't be a hurricane by the time it reaches the Southwest, but the storm will bring heavy rain to Arizona, Southern California and Nevada early next week.

Rosa is weakening Saturday morning with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. Additional weakening is expected over the weekend and Rosa will likely become a tropical storm by Sunday or Monday. The storm was located 625 miles south-southwest of Punta Eugenia, Mexico, and moving north at 9 mph as of 5 a.m.
The storm will continue in this direction Saturday, before turning northeast on Monday. It is likely Rosa will make landfall in Baja California on Monday.


After making landfall, Rosa will continue to weaken as a true tropical cyclone. However, Rosa or its remnants will track into the southwest U.S. late Monday and Tuesday.

The main threat from Rosa in the U.S. will be very heavy rainfall. In the southwest U.S., abundant tropical moisture from Rosa will cause very heavy rainfall, with possibly total rainfall from 1 to 6 inches, locally. This rainfall could cause life-threatening flash flooding and dangerous debris flows. Landslides in mountainous terrain are also possible.

/A new flash flood watch has been posted that will go into effect for parts of Arizona, Nevada and California beginning on Monday.

Large waves are possible off the coast of Southern California through Monday, with waves reaching as high as 10 feet on south-facing beaches. High surf advisories have been issued for parts of Southern California.

A trough moving into California will help pull what's left of Rosa northward, where it will interact with the tropical moisture to bring a wide area of heavy rain to parts of the Southwest through the early days of next week. Heavy tropical rain showers with isolated thunderstorms will develop in parts of the Southwest on Monday and Tuesday, especially in Arizona and southern Nevada.

Rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour are likely, which could lead to possible “extensive flash flooding,” according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches locally are possible early next week, especially in parts of Arizona and southern Nevada, including Phoenix, Flagstaff and parts of the Las Vegas metro area. For this region of the country, this would be a significant rainfall event.

Los Angeles and San Diego could see some of the first rain of the season, with up to a half-inch of rain possible locally.