PHOTO ESSAY / VIDEOs. The Oriental Lady was high and dry for the better part of a month. Pillar Point Deputy Harbor Master, Cary Smith, came with his crew at high tide and tried to twist and drag the keel out of the water. After 20 minutes it was not looking good as the tide […]
Half Moon Bay High School Surf Team Results from Manresa
ARTICLE. The final comp of the regular season for the Surfin Cougars started in clean offshore conditions for the team round, blessed with cloudless skies and a fresh pulse of swell. Unfortunately, that didn’t last long and the tide drained out with the predictable result that it wreaked havoc with the organized swell, resulting in […]
Sabrina Brennan and CEWS Aim for Equal Pay Regardless of Gender
LETTER from Sabrina. I have big news! Bill for equal pay for all athletes regardless of gender as a condition for approving a lease or permit for events held on California state land has been introduced. This week, Assembly Bill 467 was introduced in the California State Assembly by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath and was joint authored by […]
Lost Car Found at Montara State Beach After Valentine’s Storms
PHOTOS by Dan Stegnik. Yesterday, Dan took these pictures. In 2017, locals Dan and Thu-ha Nguyen spent a lot of time rappelling down the Montara cliffs to get the space where Richard Moss’s Hyundai Tiburon went over the cliff at low tides. They tried diving at high tides until the sand came in and hid the ocean […]
Elephant Seals Fighting for Their Valentine ;-)
VIDEO / PHOTO. Call me Mirounga! Northern elephant seal bull daddios fighting for a harem. A one minute edit of the mighty northern elephant seal. During their annual winter haul out at Año Nuevo, males, females and pups are together for a few months of no food or water but plenty of action. These elephant […]
Spectacular Goes17 Weather Satellite for West Coast ~ Great Detail
ARTICLE/ LINK. Super cool, fun weather satellite web page that will help you plan when to walk, bike, paddle, sail, ride your horse, or surf. GOES17 From the menus at the left side of the image you may manipulate the display parameters to enhance the image detail. You may also increase the number of frames […]
In Search of Mavericks from Michael Lathrop ~ Jan. 26th 2017
VIDEO. Slo-mo look at the wave on the biggest day of the 2016-2017 season.