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Here's our photo coverage of the surfing from the Breakwater Open.

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

These are just a few of the 1200+ photos from the contest. If you surfed in it, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete contest photo gallery, check them out, the link to the complete gallery is down below.





















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

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



Sunday October 23rd is Malibu Surfing Assoc. Halloween Costume Contest and Intro Club Contest 9:00am -Potluck

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Another drug battle on the beaches of Santa Monica





Join the ladies from Yoniswell for beach yoga followed by a surf session!

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Saturday, October 22nd!
Beach Clean Up followed by Free Tacos and Live Music!


Skate the Coast is a 19 mile skate-bike-roll from the Santa Monica Pier to Redondo Beach along the iconic Southern California Strand with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop for this mellow cruise.





Scenes from the end of the day awards ceremony of the Venice Surfing Association's first surf contest.



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:




From Santa Monica Close Up:

"The Los Angeles County Lifeguard Headquarters Station at Santa Monica Beach was heavily tagged with graffiti over the weekend, Monday, October 17, 2022."

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