Bay Street Boards' recently had the honor of having the legendary South African shaper Graham Smith come through to the shop for a few visits. Graham is one of the true early pioneers in the South African surf scene, contributing as one of the first shapers in the region. He's also the father of Jordy Smith, one of the top 3 surfers in the world. Having shaped boards for his son for over 30 years, Graham knows a thing or two about high performance.

Merging his knowledge of super high performing boards like those he makes for Jordy along with his unique ability to make boards that work for surfers of all levels, Graham brought Bay Street Boards' a whole fleet of boards made specifically for SoCal surf. Four beautiful fish/shortboard hybrids are the highlight of the collection.

Ranging from 5'6" to 5'10", these boards blend the outline and volume of a fish with the rails and bottom of a high performance thruster.





Bay Street Boards
🌴☀️Santa Monica ☀️🌴
Surf & Skate Shop
3216 Santa Monica Blvd
310.310.2485
Mon-Fri 10a-8p Sat 10a-7p Sun 10a-5p

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ZJ Boarding House
2619 Main St. Santa Monica, CA
(310) • 392 • 5646
Store Hours:
Mon - Sat 10am - 7pm
Sun 10am - 6pm

WNW Swell with SSE Swell Mixing In LOLA wave heights in the Eastern NPAC Monday morning.

W/WNW swell stays fun/medium size this week
Selective SSE swell for exposures next couple days
Favorable morning winds for most of California

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