These surf photos from Topanga were shot by Brian Behrens.

Brian Behrens has posted some raw surfing 4K footage from Saturday 12-7-2019 at Topanga.

Check out more from Brian on his Instagram: @brianbehrens

Powerful WNW swell mix cranked out by a strong northeast Pacific storm will fill in tonight and max out for Southern California this weekend. Similar to last weekend, that impressive looking low dropped southward from the Aleutians and develop 35-40kt+ winds aimed directly at our coast. More importantly, this is another lower latitude storm which means that the resultant “westerly ” directed swell gets into most spots so there will be plenty of waves to go around.

Solid surf tops out Saturday afternoon, stays strong into Sunday morning, then eases into next week. Favorable winds on Saturday, turning unfavorable on Sunday.

A rain advisory is issued when there is significant rainfall that may cause bacteria levels in ocean waters to increase. Bacteria levels can increase significantly during and after rainstorms, as contaminants within the runoff enters the ocean. Bacteria levels may remain elevated up to 3 days depending upon the intensity of the rain and the volume of runoff. Elevated bacteria levels in ocean water may cause illness, especially in children and the elderly. The Department of Public Health recommends that beach users avoid contact with ocean water for a period of 3 days after significant rainfall, especially near flowing storm drains, creeks and rivers.

An Ocean Water Quality Rain Advisory has been declared for all Los Angeles County beaches. The advisory will be in effect at least until 7:00 am, Saturday, December 7, 2019. Beach users are cautioned to avoid water contact for at least 72 hours after significant rainfall. This advisory may be extended depending upon further rainfall.

Use the map below to obtain the current water quality status of your favorite beach location. Use your mouse wheel to zoom into a particular location. Click on the marker to identify the sampling location.



Los Angeles county beaches are under advisory after the rainfall starting Nov. 27, 2019



This map is updated as conditions change. The

The average water temps as of December 2nd.

According to Surflies, "another impressive-looking storm in the northeast Pacific will setup more swell for Southern California this weekend. Similar to the past weekend, low-pressure dropping southward from the Aleutians have already whipped up 35-40kt winds in a fetch aimed toward the West Coast. More importantly, the lower latitude storm opens up more options along the coastline with the westerly swell direction."

"Solid surf rises through Saturday to a peak, then slowly easing Sunday with fun-size leftovers into the start of next week. And although we may see a chance of showers this weekend, winds generally look favorable during this run of swell."

Here are a couple of surf photos from Tuesday at Secos by Brian Asher Photography. The link to the complete gallery of more photos is down below.






You can find more photos from this session in Brian's Facebook photo album:

Secos - Tuesday 12-3-2019 Photo Album

If you were out there, there's probably some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

Brian Asher Photography

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Here's some of the photos from Sunday at the Venice Pier. This set was shot by Six12 Media.

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 some more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

Venice Pier - Sunday 12-1-2019 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?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.