Join us at the Santa Monica Pier once a month for a curated series for locals. Gather your friends and family and head down to the Pier for amazing entertainment including live music, DJ sunset spins, Pier business local discounts, local artist installations, and so much more! You really won't want to miss out on this incredible and unique outdoor setting to unwind with friends and loved ones all while celebrating Santa Monica.

October 20th



West End Stage

DJ Edwin

5:00-9:00 PM

Come jam to DJ Edwin who will be setting up on Pier Parking Deck and spinning tunes while the sun sets.



Pier Parking Deck

Ultimate Wave Selfie Station

4:00-9:00 PM

Strike a pose and capture your Locals’ Night Memories.



Pier Parking Deck

CAR SHOW

3:00-9:00 PM

Come hang out with the Dogtown Devils and see their incredible line-up of classic cars.

And much, much, more..... Click Here

We got a huge photo recap of the Breakwater Open being wokrked on, but in the mentime, here’s the official results from the Venice Surfing Association:

Use your head! The 29th Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon surf Contest is December 10th!

Come on down and find out why Venice Surf-A-Thon Surf Contest has been the people’s choice for 29 years in a row!

Want to volunteer, sponsor or compete? go to venicesurfathon.org for sign ups and more information! Thank you!

Photo above (and below) from the last time a contest was held at the Venice Breakwater, the 2015 Venice Surf-A-Thon

Here the Top 5 favorite reasons we heard from Venice surfers about why they didn't enter the contest:

#5:
"Bro, you know I only compete on the profesional level."

#4:
"I fucking hate contests!"

#3
"I only surf big waves."

#2
"I don't want to take the prizes away from everyone else."

Before we list #1, these get Honorable Mention:

"What contest?"

"I tried to sign up too late."

"My Various insecurities."

And our most favoritest #1 reason a Venice surfer gave for not entering the surf conrtest is:

"The water is too wet."

! Here’s the Venice Surfing Association Breakwater Open event schedule for Saturday, 10/15

Several EVENTS happening this weekend, unfornately, the National Weather Service says there's a good possiblity....



Forecast calls for active showers and thunderstorms to continue through late Saturday. Saturday is looking most active.



This is one computer projection for showers Saturday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening is looking active for showers and thunderstorms, please plan accordingly.

Here’s the Northern LA Boardriders (NLAB) Leo Carrillo Surf Series 05 event schedule for this weekend!

Sign up if you haven’t yet! Click Here

Here's surfing photos from Thursday, October 13th at the Venice Breakwater.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by XCEL Wetsuits.

These are just a few of the 200+ 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 galleries for this day, check them out, the links to the complete galleries are down below.














You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 2 photo galleries:

Venice Breakwater - Thursday 10-13-2022 Gallery #1
Venice Breakwater - Thursday 10-13-2022 Gallery #2


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 from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.

From Brad Jacobson:

"Surfing Malibu raw video clips.
Thanks for watching. I'm Brad Jacobson and I'll see ya on the sand."