Surfline's LOLA Swell Model is the ONLY global swell model that can separate individual swells to accurately calculate surf heights for any location on Earth. Every surf spot will only have a limited range of swells that produce good surf at that location. Compare the LOLA swell forecast with a spot's "Optimal Conditions" information and your own local knowledge to score the best surf.
The "Swell Rose" above is the only one of it's kind in the world. This shows the directions of all the incoming swells (N=0° East=90° etc). If you mouse over the swell rose you can see detailed raw numbers of the underlying swells.
US Weather data comes from the WeatherUnderground array of personal weather stations. Data is near realtime. International weather comes from LOLAs high resolution models or WUG where possible.
Tides are generated using the most excellent Xtide system.
USER SURF REPORTS:(Also upload reports from your phone using the mobile site: mobile.surfline.com)
For higher resolution buoy data, go to the LOLA Buoys tab in the forecast section.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL NEWS: This SAT, Nov 21 from 6:30-10:30 AM. EL PORTO in Manhattan Beach. Featuring the latest in SUSTAINABLE SURFBOARD DESIGN. There will be a whole quiver of Entropy Bioboards for tryout: fishes, shortboards, funshapes, longboards, alaias and an SUP. Also will have a few shapes by local shapers Podunk and Synergy. Some DEMOs will be for sale as well. Bring valid ID, CC, or surfboard as deposit for demo. More info.
You're invited to the ZJ Boarding House Hurley Store grand opening party this Saturday Nov. 21st from 12-6pm. Live music, drinks, food and a prize raffle. Check out the new goods and party with your friends! Click here for more info.
SoCal pro surfer Gary Edgar lost his battle with Cancer Wed. night at 11pm. Gary will have a memorial paddle out this Sunday at 9am at Orange St. in Newport Beach.
Surfer and musician Colin Giles just released his new single - "Lady" - on iTunes. Link here for download.
This Sunday, November 15th, the Life Rolls On Foundation is holding a wetsuit sale at Rider Shack (12718 W. Washington Blvd., Venice Beach, CA.) We hope you will join us, as all wetsuits are in great condition and selling for $15 - $30. All proceeds and donations from this event go straight to the Life Rolls On Foundation. Not only are you getting a wetsuit for an unbelievably great deal, you are also supporting a great cause. Rider Shack will even throw in a 10% off coupon for your next in-store purchase (excludes surfboards). Make sure you tell your friends and family about this awesome sale. See you soon!
"The Drifter" film premiere in Venice is set for Thursday November 19th at Air Conditioned Supper Club. Doors open at 7:30pm. Drop in!
Local surfers and psych-indie band The French Semester will release their new E.P Forces Afield at the The Echo on December 8. The band recently played the premiere of Billabong's Still Filthy, picked up an endorsement from MySpace Records, and has licensed tunes to Fuel TV. Album art was contributed by San Diego surfer/painter Andrew Detrick, who will be on hand at the release. For more info see www.mypsace.com/thefrenchsemester .
Need a reason to study? We got 10 – the best surfing colleges in whole US — including three options in Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and San Diego. So hit the books now, and you can hit the waves harder later on.
A new SurfMoms site geared towards moms who surf recently popped up on the web. The basic idea is to swap surfing time for beach babysitting time. All the info can be found on our site at: http://surfmamas.ning.com
LOST AND FOUND - Did you lose your board or gear? Submit date, time place and 5 word description and we'll post it in Local Knowledge.
Lost: Blackberry phone in El Porto parking lot on Nov 8th(Sun) Reward! Contact: Eric 562-900-6069 Thxs
Lost: Black Body glove springsuit left on railing @ parking spot #2 westside, facing water. contact edz56@hotmail.com
Lost: Epoxy M10 6'3" thruster, white, with Stretch style rails. Lost at El Porto. REWARD! Call 415-412-0166.
Found: Short Wetsuit on the vent pipes by the red parking zone at PCH/ Surfrider Beach Malibu Monday Oct 26 around 3 pm. give me some details about it, and it came be home and happy again. buzzlovelace@sbcglobal.net
Found: Surfboard on 21 October on Ave B in Torrance Identify and it's YOURs again. Contact e-mail: aqua_fiend@yahoo.com
Found: a Zippi @ Malibu, claim it!! 951-312-5123
Found: Surfing Fins, Zuma Beach. Email: heysktsurf@aol.com with description.
Stolen: 2 wetsuits from my condo garage in Playa Del Rey. O'neill Psycho II, 4/3, black, size L, 1 year old. And XCEL Infinity 3/2 short sleeve full, black with mustard yellow arms (size L). It was a full suit I cut the sleeves off to make a short sleeve full. They smell awful caused they were used a lot and can't figure how someone would even want to put them on, just putting it out there... thanks, Col...
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