Head to Burton Chace Park for a family-friendly Glow Party, 7 p.m.–midnight, with DJ music, dancing food trucks, and more!

7:00 p.m. - Join us for a Glow Party with fun activities for the whole family! Featuring , Live Entertainment, DJ, Face Painting, Photo Booth, Food Trucks and More!

8:59:30 p.m. - 30-second countdown and view the Times Square ball drop followed by an amazing 10-minute fireworks display.

11:59:30 p.m. - 30-second countdown to celebrate New Year's Eve in Marina del Rey followed by another amazing ten-minute fireworks display.

Watch the spectacular fireworks from Burton Chace Park, Fisherman’s Village, or the many waterfront restaurants in Marina del Rey!

Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 7:00 PM

Burton Chace Park
13650 Mindanao Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

For more info, Click Here

Project Save Our Surf returns to Tower 26 to clean the beach. Buckets, gloves and light snacks will be provided.

Come join Project Save Our Surf for a fun afternoon of music and refreshments cleaning the beach. Buckets and gloves will also be provided for the cleanup. Connect with others in Los Angeles working to support our environment.

Sat, January 14, 2023,
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST

Santa Monica Beach Tower 26
2559 Ocean Front Walk
Santa Monica, CA 90405

For more info and to register, Click Here

Noah Hill has a new film coming out.

The film will screen on Thursday, January 5th at The Waterfront in Venice.

Ocean Water Quality Rain Advisory has been issued lasting to at least 4:30PM Friday, December 30th. A rain advisory is issued when there is significant rainfall that may cause bacteria levels in the ocean waters to increase.

Active weather is expected into next week with widespread rain Saturday, then a stronger storm next Tue or Wed. Gusty winds will accompany the storms and there will be heavy rain at times.

Here are the latest projected rainfall totals for our next storm on Saturday and Saturday Night. The peak of the rain is expected to occur right in the middle of #NewYearsEve evening activities. Rain may be heavy at times.

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"The Venice Healer Daisy, AKA Wa, gives a treatment to a person at the at Venice Beach on Monday, December 26, 2022. She also shared her thoughts."

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The first Surfrider public beach cleanup of 2023 at the Venice Fishing Pier for a beautiful winter morning spent with your local environmentalist community. SurfriderLA will be meeting from 10am-12pm to get our toes in the sand and trash off of our shorelines.

Sun, Jan 29, 2023
10:00AM-12:00PM

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High surf and strong rip current will impact beaches in SW California, especially west facing shores.

Here's surfing photos from Tuesday, December 27th at the Venice Breakwater.

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

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 180+more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 2 photo galleries:

Venice Breakwater - Breakwater - Tuesday 12-27-2022 Gallery #1
Venice Breakwater - Breakwater - Tuesday 12-27-2022 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.