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Join Surfrider LA beginning at 10 AM for their monthly public beach clean up in Venice. SFLA removed over 3000 lbs of trash from LA County beaches last year and they're aiming to double their impact in 2018, but can't do it without you!

Bring your boards and beach blankets and make it an afternoon! Surfrider LA be set up just north of the pier at the end of Washington blvd.

Alkaline water provided by Aguavida - bring reusable bottles!

10AM - 1PM

The Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our ocean, waves and beaches and TropicSport, a reef-friendly sunscreen and skincare brand, today announced the launch of a new collaboration. In support of Surfrider’s mission, TropicSport will donate 20% of sales from any TropicSport product to the Surfrider Foundation to help protect the ocean and coasts for the future.

“Surfrider is pleased to partner with TropicSport," said Dr. Chad Nelsen, CEO of the Surfrider Foundation. “As TropicSport products are reef and environmentally friendly, we look forward to working together to help protect our ocean, waves and beaches."

Formulated for daily use, TropicSport is a broad spectrum mineral sunscreen that is long-lasting, meeting both the U.S. 80-minute and Australian 240-minute water resistance tests. Unlike chemical-based sunscreens, TropicSport mineral sunscreen is reef-friendly, oxybenzone-free, paraben-free and made with non-nano zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and other natural ingredients. The moisturizing sunscreen is packaged in ecofriendly containers that are recyclable and reusable.

“It’s taken us four years to get the perfect formula that is strong enough for extreme surfing conditions, yet natural and gentle enough for everyday use, and both reef and environmentally friendly,” said Tony Palmer, lifelong surfer and Founder of TropicSport. “In addition to creating great products, the brand was developed on the core value of giving back. While maintaining healthy skin is our number one priority, TropicSport is built on a promise to care for the 3 C’s - care for your skin, care for the planet and care for our communities.”

Find TropicSport Sunscreen & Skin Care products at TropicSport. For more information on protecting the ocean and coasts, visit Surfrider.org.



Someone over at LA Weekly made this video about Surf Junkie Jeff's surf report lingo on radio station Alt 98.7. Supposedly filmed at "a super secret location" which is obviously Bay Street.
WNW/NW Swell Mix; Winds an Issue. Surf heights along the California coast for Saturday morning.

Increasing NW windswell into weekend
Small SSW swell mixes in next few days
Winds an issue for most spots over weekend
Fresh WNW swell/SSW swell mix next week
Better AM winds due early next week also
By Shivani Patel

With Malibu’s image as a surf city—as Planning Commissioner John Mazza once put it, “where surf culture started”—it comes as no surprise that Malibu has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The National Park Service’s (NPS) Keeper of the National Register appointed the 160-acre area “roughly along Pacific Coast Highway from E [east] of Malibu Pier to Malibu Colony privacy fence”—known as Malibu Historic District— to the list as of Jan. 29.

The listing is eligible for “National Park Service-administered federal preservation tax credits” and other grant programs to protect and preserve the designated area.

Malibu Historic District includes popular destinations, including the Historic Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon State Beach and surf breaks at First, Second and Third Points.

This is the city’s third listing; previous two listings in the register include one for the Chumash Humaliwo village and another for the Malibu Adamson House.
With Malibu’s image as a surf city—as Planning Commissioner John Mazza once put it, “where surf culture started”—it comes as no surprise that Malibu has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The National Park Service’s (NPS) Keeper of the National Register appointed the 160-acre area “roughly along Pacific Coast Highway from E [east] of Malibu Pier to Malibu Colony privacy fence”—known as Malibu Historic District— to the list as of Jan. 29.

The listing is eligible for “National Park Service-administered federal preservation tax credits” and other grant programs to protect and preserve the designated area.

Malibu Historic District includes popular destinations, including the Historic Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach, Malibu Lagoon State Beach and surf breaks at First, Second and Third Points.

This is the city’s third listing; previous two listings in the register include one for the Chumash Humaliwo village and another for the Malibu Adamson House.

Nonprofit organization Sea of Clouds, which is dedicated to “recognizing and protecting America’s special coastal places,” first pushed for the nomination in 2015, and secured letter of support from City Council through a unanimous, 4-0 vote at an April 2016 meeting.

“If successful, this would represent the first mainland surfing area protected under a legal mandate,” Sea of Clouds Executive Director Michael Blum said in his pitch to council.

According to the Sea of Clouds website, the organization received more than 550 endorsements from a variety of people, including elected officials, organization members and individuals.

“From Barcelona’s Camp Nou to Yosemite’s Camp 4, people gathered together in sport have created places of history, culture, community and tradition,” Blum said in a published statement. “A jewel of surfing like Malibu is no different ... This project documents a part of our broad coastal history, an indelible part of California’s history, and certainly of surfing history itself.”

Malibu local and California Senator Henry Stern tweeted about his “hometown surf break (literally) making history” and then went on to thank those involved in the process.

The Malibu Historic District joins a list of more than 90,000 other properties on the National Register list.

To be eligible for a nomination, a property must meet certain criteria, including whether it’s old enough to be considered “historic” and if it remains unchanged for the most part. In addition, the place must have some sort of historical importance. The nominations can be submitted by anyone (in this case, it was Sea of Clouds) to the California Historic Preservation Office. Once approved, the nomination heads to NPS in Washington, D.C., for a final decision.

In an email to The Malibu Times, National Register of Historic Places historian Paul R. Lusignan said, "The historic district represents the first successful National Register listing for a site based around the theme of recreational surfing ... The nomination provided interesting insight into a relatively little known aspect of twentieth century recreational history, or at least little known beyond the confines of Southern California and the surfing community."

Lusignan went on to state that NPS was happy to consider "innovative" nominations—ones that aren't necessarily the traditional historic building.

“Surfrider Beach has long been a destination for beach goers and surfers alike while acting as the catalyst destination for the Southern California surfing community in shaping its surf and beach culture seen on the worldwide stage,” Mayor Skylar Peak said, in a statement to Sea of Clouds. “ ... The district honors a generation who created surfing history here and whose legacy you see today surfing at First Point. I’m excited to celebrate the listing with our residents, other Angelenos and the world community of surfing. Aloha!”

According to the nonprofit, a dedication ceremony for the new designation will be held sometime this summer.

A shark sighting near the Venice Pier Monday prompted a warning from Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguards.

Lifeguards spotted an 8-foot shark about 100 yards offshore Monday afternoon at 12:35, according to the fire department. The shark was north of the pier. Authorities did not report any aggressive behavior by the shark, and there were no other sightings of the animal Monday.

Authorities did not identify the species of shark. It's not uncommon to see juvenile great white sharks that size near the Los Angeles County coastline. Juvenile great whites feed off fish and stingrays abundant in the area. The juvenile sharks tend to range in length from five to eight feet, and they usually steer clear of humans. It's not until they are a little older, closer to 10-feet in length, that they become more of a threat to swimmers or surfers.

A 10-foot shark, typically three to five-years-old, is big enough to feed on an adult seal and will begin feeding on marine mammals. The bigger sharks typically head up the coast and further out to sea to feed on larger prey.

Monday's sighting did not trigger any closures. However, the sighting served as a reminder to beach goers to take precautions.
Fun to Solid WNW Swell, Favorable AM Winds. Surf heights for the California coast on Tuesday morning.

Solid WNW swell peaks Tuesday, AM winds light
Easing surf mid week, but plenty rideable
Morning winds favorable back half of week
More NPAC and SPAC swell due towards mid month

The Venice Pier on Sunday morning. These were shot by Six12 Media










There are some more photos, all full size and in high-resolution, in the Venice Pier - Sunday 2-4-2018 Gallery.

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

Modest Swell/Surf Now; Early Next Week Better. Surf heights along the California coast for Friday morning.

Modest combo of swells for NorCal next few days
Small for SoCal with less favorable winds
Larger, potentially solid WNW swell due Monday
Both NPAC and SPAC outlooks look promising