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Here's surfing photos from Saturday, February 11th at Ocean Park.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Ocean Park 26.

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 complete gallery is down below.













You can find 100+ more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Ocean Park - Saturday 2-11-2023 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.

And be sure to check out all the hats, tees, and more from Ocean Park 26.


From Santa Monica Close Up:

"The Beaucoup Brass Band with Queen Heatha Bee & King Toussaint lead the Mardi Gras Parade along the Venice Beach Boardwalk on Saturday, February 11, 2023."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Cruisin' Classics, with other neighboring car clubs, meetup at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, February 10, 2023. The car clubs meet every Friday night at Santa Monica Beach."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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On Friday afternoon, at approximately 5PM, LAFD and Santa Monica Firefighters mounted an attack by ground and air on a brush fire in the steep terrain off of Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades.

It took 49 LAFD firefighters 50 minutes to snuff out the flames, holding the burn to approximately 1.5 acres. Crews will remain on scene to ensure any remaining hot spots are eliminated.

No reported injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.


On Friday afternoon, Pacific Coast Highway was shut down in both directions at the 20048 block due to a traffic collision that knocked power lines down across the road.



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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Action Environmental Services, Inc., clean-up homeless encampments in the restrooms at Venice Beach on Friday, February 10, 2023. Many of the unhoused have been using the restrooms as living quarters. LAHSA (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) provided homeless outreach during the clean-up. Park Rangers were onsite during the cleanup. The Venice Beach clean-ups are conducted every Friday."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, clean out a home-made hot tub at a homeless encampments at Venice Beach on Friday, February 10, 2023. The man filled the hot tub with pots of water. He heated the hot tub with a pot filled with burning charcoal which he lowered into the water."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Snowboard instructor Reina Storm builds a snowman at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, February 10, 2023. She brought the snow down from June Lake in the back of her pick-up truck."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/fabianlewkowicz