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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Los Angeles County Lifeguards tryout to compete in the Taplin Lifeguard Championship, Santa Monica Beach, Wednesday, July 14, 2021."

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Here's some surf photos from Wednesday, July 14th at Leo Carrillo.


This set was shot from about 6:50-7:50 PM by ChrisDidThis.

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 gallery is down below.






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

Leo Carrillo - Wednesday 7-14-2021 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.




The top photo is a few years old, while the bottom photo is recent.


Here's some surf photos from Tuesday, July 13th at Leo Carrillo.


This set was shot from about 6:20-7:10 PM by ChrisDidThis.

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 gallery is down below.






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

Leo Carrillo - Tuesday 7-13-2021 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.



Here's some surf photos from Tuesday, July 13th at Topanga.

This set was shot from about 7:50-8:15 PM by ChrisDidThis.

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 gallery is down below.







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

Topanga - Tuesday 7-13-2021 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.






The victim’s body was discovered in the sand off the 20000 block of the Pacific Coast Highway near Big Rock Drive at around 6:15 a.m. Monday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

He was found near a row of beachside homes and was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no word on his name or a cause of death.



The idiots who run the City of Los Angeles social media accounts have been trying use images of a very nice looking Santa Monica claiming it's Venice Beach.



And people are responing with real images of Venice Beach: