Swell Combo Continues Through Friday, Weekend Weakens

Friday, August 16th: 2-3’+ waves at exposed breaks. Light AM wind. SW swell holds to slowly fades along with a smaller SSE tropical swell and trace NW windswell. Waves at the better breaks of LA remain mostly around waist high with a few larger sets at times. Those waves will ease over the afternoon. With the multi-directional swell mix, look for the top combo exposed beach-breaks to get a few peaks. Light/variable wind in the morning gives way to fairly light onshore SW-W wind in the afternoon around 5-10 knots. A few areas see an evening clean up.

Saturday, August 17th: 2-3’+ surf off modest scale mix of easing SW swell, new WNW pulse. Light winds early. Old SW swell fades, with average exposures dropping to waist high and under. A fresh, small, long period WNW swell (~290) moves in as minor, short period NW swell linger. The new long period swell was pushed out by former West Pacific Typhoon (Krosa) and it looks good for knee-waist high waves at the better exposures in parts of LA, while standouts there do a touch better. With the old SW swell still in the mix, better beach breaks should be kinda fun.

Surf Trend: Primary, modest scale to fun zone SW swell eases Friday; smaller SW/NW mix this weekend
Novice: Most spots offer small to fun-size surf this week
Tides: Late morning highs, dropping to medium lows in the late afternoons
Water Temps: Mid to upper 60’s for most of SoCa

Just in time for Back to School Shopping! ZJ Boarding House's Semi-Annual Sale starts Friday!! Swing in and check out some of their deepest discounts of the season!

Save up to 50% on Select Mens, Womens, and Childrens Apparel, Shoes, and Accessories–don’t miss it!

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

Twice a month Ocean Goddess Surf hosts Open Ladies Surf Meets for women in the LA area.

The next one is Sunday, August 25, at Tower 26 in Ocean Park, Santa Monica. Beginners welcome, get all the details on OceanGoddessSurf.com, and by following their Instagram: @oceangoddesssurf

If it’s broke, get fix it! For Free!

Worn Wear is coming to Patagonia Santa Monica on Thursday, August 22nd and Friday, August 23rd from 11-5pm. The Worn Wear truck will be parked just across the street in front of the store.

Pull out your broken and busted stuff and they’ll do our best to get ya fixed up and on your way.

One item per person, ANY brand. First come, first served from 11-5 on 22nd & 23rd. (Sorry, no wetsuits this time)

Patagonia Santa Monica store
1344 4th Street ,
Santa Monica , California , 90401

Frankie's Bikinis is having a warehouse sale on Saturday.

Downtown LA
1926 East 7th St, 90021

Surfrider will be hosting the last show in their Summertime Beach Concert series this Sunday

The late-afternoon cleanup will be at the Malibu Pier with a post-cleanup concert taking place at Aviator Nation.

Your $20 ticket grants you access to the post-cleanup concert and your first Angel City beer. GT's Kombucha and Guayaki Yerba Mate also available!

Come clean the beach with Surfrider LA and enjoy amazing local music and beer this Sunday at Surfrider Malibu!

* ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO SUPPORT SURFRIDER LA * * CLEANUPS FROM 4-6PM | CONCERTS FROM 7-10PM *

To get tickets: Click Here

Fun-sized* SW swell for the West Coast the back half of the week. French Polynesia takes a decent bite out of it though, so size is dependent on location. Post-Tropical Cyclone Henriette also delivers a little pulse of select SoCal spots as well.

Sets at the better breaks remain mostly around waist high with top end sets around chest high. Overcast skies with patchy fog in the morning will accompany light/variable wind. Skies clear through the mid to later morning as onshore wind from the W builds and looks stronger than Tuesday around to 9-14 knots by the late afternoon and early evening for bump/chop.

*BTW, when they say "fun-sized", they mean small.

Come feel the Stoke this weekend! Everyone’s welcome to bring friends + family.

Stoked Handcrafted Surfboards
14940 S. Figueroa
West Compton, Los Angeles

Malibu's Brooke Carlson takes 2nd Place at this years 1st Annual Women’s Pro Invitational ran by the Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club.

Avalon Gall took 1st place, and Makāla Harmony Smith of Dana Point got 3rd.