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Sunday, May 29th: 2-3′ at average spots, 3-4’+ summer focal points.
Old SSW swell drops to smaller leftovers as fresh long-period SW swell starts to fill in. Better spots are in knee-waist high waves. NW windswell rebounds through the day and should provide enough juice to cross up some of the smaller Southern Hemi lines. Moderate westerly wind develops for the afternoon.

Memorial Day (Monday), May 30th: Widespread 3-4′ with 5-6’+ sets at summer focal points.
Fun, long-period SW swell builds further Monday and peaks into Tuesday. Note that there will be a decent amount of NW swell mix in the water as well so a lot of spots in play over the holiday. Expect waist-chest high waves through most, while good spots easily hit shoulder-head high. Summer focal points will go slightly overhead. Note that the front end of this swell will be somewhat shadowed and lully due to the French Polynesian shadow.

Tuesday, May 31st: More 3-4′ waves at most, 5-6′ sets at summer standouts.
Similar to previous day as long-period SW swell tops out, while NW swell mix begins to fade. There should still be a few good corners at the beachbreaks but as that NW swell drops, summer points/reefs will look best. Continued waist-chest high surf with good spots shoulder-head high. Again, summer focal points push overhead on sets.

Originally published on Surfline


Check out RVCA's Memorial Day Sale going on all weekend long. Extra 40% off Sale on all Sale Items. ⁠

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Video by Green Cloud Art Org


From Brad Jacobson:

"Travis Logie got a little creative when he was faced with another day of small surf. Why not try to catch a wave off of that rock? Travis and I hit Malibu in hopes of scoring some fun waves. When we first got there it didn't look good, so we went with plan B.

He caught a wave then joined Shane Borland, Scott Carpenter, Allen Sarlo and others for a normal surf. Ends up the waves weren't as and as we thought.

Thanks for watching. I'm Brad Jacobson and I'll see ya on the sand."


Check out Jacks Surfboards Memorial Day Weekend Sale going on all weekend long. 20% OFF storewide and 20% OFF Sitewide using the code MEMORIAL2022.⁠ ⁠

(This sale excluded Surfboards, bodyboards, wetsuits, booties, bikes, rainbow, gopro, yeti, theragun, gift cards, already discounted items.)




The leading causes of Ocean Rescues are Inshore Holes & Rip Currents. Curious about how to escape these near shore hazards and avoid being swept away by Rip Currents? Watch the video for some great tips!


National Wesather Service says strong rip currents are likely along most beach areas this holiday weekend due to building surf.



A fire broke at at the Venice Library / Homeless Encampment / Drug Mall last night.

This just a couple days right after Homeless People Attacked Fire Fighters In Venice for putting out their little encampment fires, and one of them shouted out "yall want to see a fire?!"