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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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Live right nowWave of the Day: Muizenberg, South Africa● LIVE Gidgey’s… Believe It Or Surf.

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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

Poster-style illustration with a cream title band naming the recipe: Lani, the Island Surflines hostess, sits on a red-and-white cooler on the sand and takes a playful bite of grilled street corn coated in crema, cotija and chili, with a tray of more cobs and lime wedges, longboards, a small grill and a curling wave at sunset.

Recipe of the Day · Nov 2

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 stick, made for eating…

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