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Christmas morning at the Venice Pier , pretty much flat and only a couple people out there. These were shot by Six12 Media









There are some more photos, all full size and in high-resolution, in the Venice Pier - Christmas Day 2017 Gallery.

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries for a list of past days.


Christmas Eve morning at the Venice Pier , small waves and only a couple people out there. These were shot by Six12 Media







There are some more photos, all full size and in high-resolution, in the Venice Pier - Sunday 12-24-2017 Gallery.

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other surf spots?
Click Surf Spot Galleries for a list of past days.

New WNW/NW Swell, Surf Picks Back Up Wave heights along the California coast on Christmas Day.

Modest to fun size surf for SoCal through weekend/early next week
Favorable morning winds for most areas; afternoons not looking bad either
More NPAC swell possible for the end of 2017/start of 2018


It's Wednesday, so here's another photo set of surfers sending it.   These are wipeouts from Sunset, Topanga, Ocean Park and the Venice Pier and Breakwater areas.   They were caught by Six12 Media.     










      We post new sets of wipeout photos every Wednesday (more or less).   Click: Wednesday Wipeouts to check out the previous Wipeout Wednesday photo sets.   

On the coattails of a historic Santa Ana wind and wildfire event, the winter outlook for Southern California leaves precipitation to be desired. We are off to one of the driest starts to the water year on record, and the return of the West Coast ridge, along with typical climatology during weak to moderate La Nina events aren’t indicative of significant SoCal precipitation. This will generally be favorable for conditions through much of the winter, though the thought of less precipitation and the potential for more offshore wind events won’t rest easy on most.

In addition to the return of robust ridging along the West Coast limiting precipitation, the pattern often lends to less consistent WNW/NW swells as stronger lows are within our swell window further away. Coupled with a similar pattern during La Nina winters that keeps lows strongest from Hawaii west, and periodically dropping down from the Pacific Northwest, size through the winter will often cap out in the fun (as opposed to solid) range. The silver lining through December will be the continuation of modest SSW/S swells keeping anything fun from the North Pacific peaky. Through January and into February swell from the South Pacific is at a yearly minimum. While this general rule should stand, we anticipate above-average output from the basin, largely on the shoulders of December.
New WNW/NW Swell, Surf Picks Back Up Wave heights for North/Central CA through SoCal Wednesday.

New WNW/NW swell mix builds down the coast Tues and peaks mid-week
Solid size for North/Central California; Smaller/modest size for SoCal
Morning winds mostly favorable - except for Wednesday - onshore flow for some
More WNW swell due to fill in, then fade over the upcoming weekend
Fun to Solid WNW Swell Continues LOLA wave heights off California Friday morning. .

Medium to solid WNW swell Friday and Saturday
Good winds Friday, more problematic Saturday
Easing surf Sunday, reinforcing WNW swell next week
AM winds looking favorable early next week


The Surf Story Project is coming to SQN Sport Malibu for a “Surf Story Vol. II” book signing & Art show Saturday, December 16th from 12-4pm. Come stop by for beautiful art, photography, good stories, shopping, and great company!

Malibu's Surfing With Ben will be there with some of his favorite surf prints on display.

The 24th Annual Venice Surf-A-Thon was held on Saturday, once again taking place at the Venice Pier. The contest is a grassroots local tradition that has evolved from a mentorship gathering for youth beset by gang violence to an inter-generational celebration of community.

As usual, the heats are sort of mixed up, they just kind of happen. There's a Groms heat and a Super Groms heat, both of which usually try to go off the earliest. Super Groms had the youngest surfer in the contest's 24 year history. Jacob Packham, being assisted by his dad.


Full gallery filled with high resolution photos of this heat, check out the Super Groms Photo Gallery


Even though they were judged separately, the girls surfed alongside the boys in some mixed Groms and Juniors Heats.










There's a big gallery of full-size high resolution photos from these heats in the Mixed Groms & Juniors Photo Gallery



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