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Here's surfing photos from Wednesday, January 12th at Topanga.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by Body Glove.

These are just a few of the 200+ 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 galleries for this day, check them out, the links to the complete galleries are down below.
















You can find about 200 more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 2 photo galleries:

Topanga - Wednesday 1-12-2022 - Gallery #1
Topanga - Wednesday 1-12-2022 - Gallery #2


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 from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.



Some dolphins cruising along some surfers along the coast of the Malibu.


Venice beach, CA library park major homeless encampment clean up AKA sweep. 1/12/22 Filmed by Cop Watch Venice

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal


large west swell will bring high surf conditions to west-facing beaches across Southwest California on Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be a high rip current risk.


From Santa Monica Close Up:

" A woman blocks a Big Blue Bus from moving at 500 Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. The bus was delayed by the woman for about 10 minutes."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"What appears to be an art installation of a School of Sharks swimming up the Pico Storm drain at Santa Monica Beach on Tuesday, January 4, 2022."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

Support Santa Monica Closeup/Fabian Lewkowicz with Venmo or PayPal to help earn money to make these videos:

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Tuesday, January 11th: 3-5’+ and building with anticipated WNW swell on the rise.
Conditions remain offshore and groomed through most of the morning, then again, some opportunity in the afternoon as wind only trends light out of NW. Note — select areas may even stay offshore. Look for waist-chest waves at most spots, while standouts hit shoulder-head high on sets. Select focal points throughout the region push overhead+ by afternoon.

Originally published on Surfline


Filmed on 1/7/22 Friday by Cop Watch Venice

"LAPD is out again playing games. Everyday they do whatever possible to not be filmed when interacting with homeless people, and everything possible to not do what they're supposed to. Today is no different, I get intentionally led back and fourth along the beach multiple times, in an attempt to discourage me from filming, meanwhile during this criminal waste of resources, only select homeless people are ticketed, all while they ignored over twenty 911 calls. I wanted to show a typical morning in Venice and where our tax dollars go, outside of the sanitation pretend clean ups. It's never as smooth as my normal videos show, the city and LAPD do everything possible not to be filmed doing things they aren't supposed to, wasting thousands of hours and literally driving around in circles trying to lose me. Guess I should say thanks for getting me in great shape, but I'll just file more misconduct reports instead."

Cop Watch Venice follows LAPD pacific division on world famous Venice beach, showing a point-of-view style cop watch and update on Venice's current conditions. We make edited shorts, full scenes and are working on a documentary about homelessness and city failures. Donate to Cop Watch Venice via Cop Watch Venice Paypal