The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout is not a traditional surf contest. No person-versus-person heats. There’s eight shortboard teams with five surfers, each of which gets to surf the same amount of time over ...

Fresh on the heels of a historic run to round out 2024, the North Pacific is gearing back up to deliver more good surf to the Golden State through the early days of the New Year. There’s even some ...

So peace out, closeout! Bad sand only translates to a bad winter session. Contrarily, good sand translates to glowing ...

Da Hui Backdoor Shootout begins this weekend; chances to run next week, too ...

Kahu Andronicus holds that thought for a second while he’s getting ready to do exactly the thing he’s discussing. Then he turns to the camera and grins: “I dunno what it’s like, but I know you gotta ...

“We’ve had some super fun sessions, but not days of all-day-waves like this.” ...

From perfect surf to proposals, wild rides to wildlife, rainbow rights to Northern Lights — this is 2024 captured on the 1000+ Surfline Cam network. And yes, it was a wild year. Here’s to 2025! (Also ...

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Today: Another frontal system is expected to slide through the region around New Year’s Day. This is not looking like as strong of a swell producer as the Monday system, but the passing front ...

PEAK STORM WIND/SEAS First Swell: Satellite measured winds of 40-60 knots producing seas just shy of 45’. Eddie Swell: 65-75 ...

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