HIGH SURF ADVISORY in effect through 3AM Wednesday. A Large 6-8' WNW swell builds today and lasts through tomorrow. Elevated surf conditions, strong currents, and rip currents will be present at all Los Angeles County Beaches.

OCEAN WATER QUALITY RAIN ADVISORY has been issued and is in effect through 1:00pm October 28th. Beach users are advised to avoid water contact for at least 72 hours after significant rainfall. This advisory may be extended depending on further rainfall.

Because of the recent rainfall, Los Angeles County Health Officer, Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, is cautioning residents that bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash, and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas are likely to contaminate ocean waters at and around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers after a rainfall. Individuals who enter the water in these areas could become ill.

Use the map below to obtain the current water quality status of your favorite beach location. Use your mouse wheel to zoom into a particular location. Click on the marker to identify the sampling location.

Mornings in Venice Beach Monday 10/25/21. Video by Cop Watch Venice

"The Venice Blvd major homeless encampment clean up is scheduled after being postponed for months due to a "covid outbreak", but gets rained out. Sanitation cannot move anyone in the rain according to the laws, so they had to do a spot cleaning instead. A spot cleaning is cleaning up around tents and structures, and asking if people have any trash. Everyone prepared piles of trash in the street and sanitation spent the morning in the rain throwing it away."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

Filmed live 10/23/21 Saturday night, the first night of the event. Filmed by Cop Watch Venice

"Venice Afterburn Fest. This is the yearly after party to burning man held in Venice Beach CA every year."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

on Friday, a garbage truck caught fire in downtown Santa Monica. Contents were dumped onto street to prevent gas tank from igniting. Firefighters were quick to respond.

Mornings in Venice Beach 10/22/21 Friday. Video by Cop Watch Venice

"Park Rangers show up early to warn everyone the regular Friday clean up is coming, but don't show back up for 5 hours, hoping to catch someone slipping. But instead sit around and do nothing when everyone is gone. And a jerk park ranger told me he hates my videos showing him doing nothing and later intentionally hits me with his truck on a busy Friday afternoon on the boardwalk. And yes I'm legally allowed to ride a skateboard there and no they are not."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal

On Sunday, LA County Lifeguards celebrated the Life of Retired Chief Lifeguard Bob Burnside at Zuma Beach.

Chief Burnside retired in 1983 after serving the beaches of Los Angeles County for 32 years. He is recognized as one of the inventors of the modern day rescue can, now a standard for lifeguards world wide and an iconic symbol of ocean lifeguarding. In Los Angeles County the rescue can that Chief Burnside invented is utilized on over 10,000 Ocean Rescues every year.

Storm system late Sun-Mon. This storm system looks like a significant rain event, and will also bring gusty winds, high surf, and may cause issues at recent burn areas.

Here's some surf photos from Thursday, July 21st at Topanga.

This set was shot from about 4:50-6:00 PM by ChrisDidThis.

These are just a few of the photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo gallery for this day, check them out, the link to the gallery is down below.






You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Topanga - Thursday 10-21-2021 Photo Gallery


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other local surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.