Thursday, March 10th: 2-3’+ surf early eases PM. Favorable wind for some, not all.
Looking like a relatively clean morning with variable to light offshore flow as modest NW pulse from late Wednesday holds. Most average winter breaks top out in the knee-thigh occ. waist high range with focal points still a little larger at times running waist-stomach high through the morning. Surf eases a touch through the afternoon as onshore flow develops from the WNW. Wind may trend back offshore through the evening.

Friday, March 11th: 2-3′ surf lingers. Santa Anas for the AM.
Looking like a clean morning with light to locally moderate offshore Santa Ana flow for the morning — strongest offshores from Southern Ventura into North LA, and through pockets of OC and north SD. Most average winter breaks top out in the knee-thigh high range with focal points still a little larger at times running around waist-high through the morning. The morning is the cleanest window of the day with light to moderate WNW wind expected to make a mess of the little waves by the afternoon.

Originally published on Surfline

At approximately 4:40 pmon Sunday, Lifeguards responded to the Malibu Surfrider Beach for a report of a pygmy sperm whale stranded on the beach. Lifeguards removed the whale off the shoreline and transferred care to California Wildlife Rescue.





The California Wildlife Center reported that “The whale was in poor health and had sustained many injuries as a result of hitting against low tide rocks. Working with NOAA, we opted to humanely euthanized the animal, in order to prevent additional suffering.”

DC hosted its first annual all women’s skate jam at Stoner Plaza in West LA yesterday, welcoming any and all ladies to come hang and battle it out for $1500 in cash. We held three separate jams on different obstacles, handing out $20s for individual tricks and $300 to the overall winners of each jam. Props to Skylar Chadwick, Isii Campos, and Amanda Castillo for taking the cake. And thanks to everyone who came out for a truly epic day at Stoner.

March 19, 2022, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
1835 Stoner Ave. Los Angeles, CA, 90025
Age 5 - 99 years
Price: $5
Register Here.

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Construction crew demolish the iconic Santa Monica Chess Park at Ocean Front Walk on Thursday, March 3, 2022.

The Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commission voted to close chess park due to public safety concerns from a long history of criminal activity.

Chess Park featured a collection of chess tables including a human-scale board with large pieces. The .29 acres park included 14 large tables with 4 chess boards per table, 10 small tables with 1 chess board per table and one large-scale chess set. A total of 67 chess boards were in the park."

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:

https://venmo.com/u/santamonicacloseup

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/fabianlewkowicz

The last streetcar to Santa Monica in Sept. 1953.

DC PRESENTS ALL WOMEN’S SKATE JAM.

SUNDAY MARCH 6TH @ STONER PLAZA, LA. 11AM - 2PM.

BEST TRICK CONTEST - $1500 CASH PRIZE.

1835 Stoner Ave, LA 90025

2/6
A vehicle parked near Nicholas Beach was broken into, and a messenger bag worth $170 and prescription glasses were stolen. There was no damage to the vehicle. The glasses were estimated to cost $500 to replace.

2/11
Two iPhones, credit cards, and a key fob were stolen from a vehicle parked on Broad Beach. The victim went surfing, hid the key on the passenger rear tire, and upon return, the key was taken, and his vehicle was ransacked. The victim reported the incident three days after it occurred.

2/16
A vehicle parked near Topanga Beach parking lot was broken into and ransacked. The victim locked his key in the lockbox, went surfing, and upon return, noticed his vehicle was unlocked and ransacked. The victim’s cell phone, wallet, and driver’s license was stolen. The victim was notified of an unauthorized charge of $24,036.55.