Surfing website Surfline estimated that some waves were as tall as 30 to 40 feet Thursday. Friday is expected to have a smaller breaking height before a new swell brings more 30-foot waves on Saturday ...

The finale swell of 2023, which peaked and pummeled California’s coastline on December 28th, was a tricky one in terms of finding a rideable wave to surf. Lots of typical wintertime haunts were too ...

The massive swell that pummeled California’s coast Monday brought destruction and death, but it also created one of the best surf days in the history of Mavericks, the most famous big-wave surf spot ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Monday at Mavericks was projected to be one of the biggest and most epic surfing days of the decade at the famous Half Moon Bay surf spot and it lived up to that billing ...

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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Mavericks always puts on a show when big swells track toward the San Mateo County coast. Each wave presents a gamble that rewards skilled surfers with the thrill of a lifetime ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

A California surfer may have set a new world record with a wave he caught last month, and the video of the feat looks like a scene straight out of Hollywood. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, a 23-year-old ...

WATSONVILLE — Throughout the Pacific Ocean lies a series of 1,000 scattered islands stretching from New Zealand to Easter Island and all the way up north to Hawaii for a subregion collectively known ...