This Sunday, join Surfrider LA for their monthly community paddle out.

Sunday 24 September
7am
Malibu Third Point
Meet at the lifeguard shack
Coffees after.

South to North: The Worst Surf Trip Ever is a short film by Nico Ramos about his trip up north along with his friends from San Onofre, Blackies, Malibu, Big Sur and other surf spot that they can find along the way. Although many problems have occurred during this trip, a bottle of beer and a good surf session fixes everything.

Supported By:
Sun Bum

Surfers:
CJ Nelson
Roy Critchfield
Brady Larson
Gabe Molinar
Alanna Parra
TJ Blue
Nicole English
Olivia Nowtash
Kim Estes
Nico Ramos

On Saturday, the Vintage Surfboard Collector Club held a Vintage Surf Swap over at the Topanga Ranch Motel. Being right across the street from the Topanga surf spot, with free parking and a run down ranch as a backdrop, it was a perfect spot for vintage surfboards and memorabilia.

The swap was free to attend, and if you wanted to sell your stuff there, there was a $25 fee. There were lots of old surfboards and skateboards for sale, as well as vintage clothing, books, photos, posters, stickers, all kinds of things...check out the photos.












There's a lot more photos, all full size and in high-resolution, in the complete Vintage Surfboard Swap Gallery. Check them out, see a lot of stuff not shown in the above photos.

And you can follow the Vintage Surfboard Collector Club on Facebook and on Instagram

LOLA wave height chart for the eastern NPAC.

SoCal has small surf with a blend of multiple swells
Winds unfavorable for many SoCal locations as well
Watching Tropics; but neither Norma or Otis deliver major swell

Surf Academy has a handful of copies of this beautifully done surfy+travel photography book Sipping Jetstreams by Dustin Humphrey and one has your name on it! Tag a friend on their instagram post and 10 winners will be picked by 6pm on 9/20.

From the markets and souks of Marrakech in Morocco to the blue of the Atlantic in Barbados, from Japan to Cuba, Italy, Hong Kong, and Egypt, Sipping Jetstreams is a photographic journey of discovery and adventure. This two-year odyssey focuses not just on the surfing but the places and faces of each destination.

Small waves on this Saturday morning, but here's a few photos anyways of those that were out there. These photos are by Six12 Media.









There's some more photos from this morning, all full size and in high-resolution, in the complete Topanga - Saturday 9-16-2017 Gallery.

No wind, but small waves, and just a couple people out in the water. Here's a couple photos from mid-morning, nothing. These photos are by Six12 Media.








There's a couple more photos, all full size and in high-resolution, in the complete Ocean Park - Saturday 9-16-2017 Gallery.

Smaller sized waves than predicted, but fun nonetheless. These photos are by Six12 Media.











There's a lot more photos from this morning, all full size and in high-resolution, in the complete Topanga - Friday 9-15-2017 Gallery.

After a quiet last couple weeks, the East Pacific tropics have stirred in the last 24 hours. We have three features that we're watching this afternoon: Tropical Depression 15, well to the southwest of Cabo; Tropical Storm Max, moving onshore near Acapulco; and Tropical Storm Norma, which is a couple hundred miles south of Cabo.

TD 15 and Tropical Storm Max do not look like swell makers (outside of some very localized swell and weather around Acapulco), with better swell potential from Norma for southern Baja and northern Mexico in the next few days. There is even some SoCal swell potential in the long term.

For the time being will base the swell forecast on the official track of Norma from the National Hurricane Center, which takes Norma on a slow northerly track over the next couple days while strengthening. Landfall in Southern Baja is possible late this weekend or early next week. Under this scenario, strong southerly swell will build over the weekend (with moderate SE swell on Friday). There is potential for heavy wind and rain later in the weekend through early next week.

Southern California swell potential looks minimal based on the current forecast track from the National Hurricane center, as Norma would never enter our swell window. However, as was aforementioned, there is considerable uncertainty on Norma's track beyond 48 hours and at least one of our more trusted models does indicate that Norma could move into our swell window early next week. So we're not ready to totally write off Norma just yet.