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Surf reports, news and gear from a crew of beach rejects who’d rather be in the water. We see it from the California sand, but we love every wave out there, from Pipeline to Nazaré. No fluff. No lectures. Just the ocean, your friends and whatever’s breaking.
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Live wave heights and trends for 39 spots around the world (plus the Surf Ranch wave pool), tagged MOST and FREE, refreshed every 12 hours from open marine forecast models. Hover the tape to pause it.
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Updated Oct 31, 5:00 PM PT · ▲ building ▼ dropping ■ holding · Data: Open-Meteo
Oct. 24Munich has no ocean, but surfers have ridden a standing wave in the middle of the city since the 1970s. It even…Shore Grub

Recipe of the Day · Oct 31
Woody Wagon Spam Musubi
Seared, soy-glazed Spam on a block of warm rice, wrapped in a strip of nori: the hand-held island snack that rides in the cooler to every…
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Low Tide Grilled Street Corn
Sweet corn charred on the grill, slathered with lime crema, rolled in cotija and dusted with chili: Mexican-style street corn on a…
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Founder’s Pic of the Moment: Still Grinding at 55
The Phounder is 55 and still skating the bowl all the way up to the grind at the top lip. Stoke doesn’t…
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Inside the California Surf Museum: 40 Years of the Boards and Stories That Shaped Surfing
Oceanside’s California Surf Museum turns 40 with an exhibit on the Hawaiian royals who took surfing to the world, plus Bethany Hamilton’s…

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Oct 28 · Called Off the Boat