Lately giant squid have been invading the coast of Sothern California. This event is bringing out fisherman in large numbers to catch these elusive nocturnal creatures. Some are reporting catches of up to 300 squid in one night and if you want to eat one they starting to hit the fish markets in San Diego. Video included. Read more »

It is only one more day till the next massive swell hits us. With some reports saying waves to 30 feet in some locations if your heart isn't pumping yet here's a video of what could possibly be the biggest paddle in wave ever surfed. Read more »

Seems like all the news outlets in San Diego are hitting the beaches to catch video of these waves and talk to lifeguards about rescues. As that count continues to grow we have a nice collection of stories and videos to get your week started and the excitement for our next swell on Wednesday. Read more »

This latest swell is keeping lifeguards busy as they answer call after call to rescue distressed surfers and swimmers. CBS 8 reports on the current swell. Video. Read more »

Winter Fun! This weekend looks like we will have some good swell arriving on Friday. This swell will be with us throughout the weekend and another whopper will be coming at us into next week around Wednesday. Read more »

In a closed door meeting the biggest polluters in San Diego bay will only have to clean up just 16% of the pollutants they were initially ordered to clean. Read more »

Residents in Ocean Beach started seeing new tsunami warning signs appearing at the beach. These signs are part of an effort to increase public awareness of the threat and to provide safety information in case a tsunami were to hit the San Diego coastline. Read more »

When Chris Martino's first surfboard broke in half, he couldn't bare to let see his board get tossed. So Chris Martino opened a galley in Solana Beach devoted to turning broken surfboards into works of art. Video included. Read more »

Ho! Ho! Ho! This week Santa is delivering quite a nice swell for us. This swell will initially arrive by mid-day today out of the NW direction. Swell sizes from head high to overhead with onshore winds and mostly cloudy skies are expected. This swell will stay with us until Wednesday pushing out the same head high to overhead waves. Later in the week we expect to see an even larger swell arrive. Read more »

Surfer Magazine just did a solid and released 60 high-quality surfing photos for your desktop background pleasure. Tell us which one is your favorite. Read more »

"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea."

 -- Captain James Cook (European Discoverer of the Hawaiian Islands)

San Diego fire pits will soon turn into ash. Last year when San Diego was facing a budget shortfall of $47 million, the city decided to cut funding to the fire pits program. An anonymous donator stepped up and donated enough to keep the fire pits running another year and a half. Now that the city is facing a staggering $179 million budget shortfall, the same fire pits set for destruction last year are once again on the chopping block, but it’s not like there was no effort to save them. Read more »

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

 -- Kurt Cobain

Pumping! We continue to track our next stoke to arrive on Wednesday out of the NW direction. Swell sizes from overhead to double overhead with onshore winds and mostly sunny skies are expected. High tide is at 6:00 am (5 ft) and 5:43 pm (4 ft). Low tide is at noon (2 ft). This stoke will peak by noon and tapper off into Thursday. Fellow surfers can get more information at the current surf report and weather report. Nalu Koa!

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had planned to dredge the San Diego bay entrance to remove the build up of sand and allow for safe passage of ships. They had offered the extra sand to Imperial Beach, initially at 330,000 cubic yards but after Imerpial Beach permit and safety issues were raised the project was scaled back to 100,00 cubic yards. Now the project has been halted until the Army agrees to the list of requirements Imeperial Beach has assembled. Read more »

Looks like there will be another NW swell hitting us on Tuesday afternoon. Delivering waves from head to overhead sizes, this swell should be with us into early Wednesday. SurfSD will be have updates as the forecast models tighten up. Read more »

The San Onofre power plant will be testing it's emergency sirens today from 10 am to 12 pm today. If you're in the lineup don't let the drone of 52 sirens affect your perfect ride. Read more »

Todays! We are tracking our next stoke to arrive on Thursday out of the NW direction. Swell sizes from chest to overhead with onshore winds and partly cloudy skies are expected. High tide is at 8:00 am (5.8 ft) and 8:05 pm (5.3 ft). Low tide is at 2:00 pm (0.5 ft). This stoke will peak today and tapper off slowly till Friday evening with swell sizes from chest to overhead. Fellow surfers can get more information at the current surf report and weather report. Nalu Koa!