Surfing

San Diego weather today: Brooke Martell’s forecast for Dec. 26, 2024

The high surf advisory has been extended until Thursday at 10 a.m. NBC 7’s Todd Strain has been tracking the surf and has more from Pacific Beach.

NBC 7 reporter Shandel Menezes was live in La Jolla Christmas Eve, where high surf was likely to continue along the coast with 10 to 12-foot waves.

A high surf advisory has been issued for San Diego beaches through Wednesday. With the waves come both delight and danger, NBC 7’s Todd Strain explains.

San Diego lifeguards were warning the public Wednesday of poor surfing, diving and navigation conditions, while a high surf warning remained in effect at county beaches through Thursday.

California Live’s Amber Pfister heads to Palm Springs and catches some waves at the Palm Springs Surf Club, featuring state-of-the-art wave technology that caters to surfers of all levels.

A 14-year-old dog becomes 1st animal inducted into Surfers’ Hall of Fame

A Florida surfer says he’s thankful to be alive after being attacked by a shark not once, but twice now in his lifetime.

The beach attracts more than 2.5 million visitors annually, according to California State Parks, which has operated and maintained the site since 1971.

The city of Porto in northern Portugal takes pride in its beaches, old churches and famous port wine. It’s also home to a church where its members surf before they worship.

Para-surfing has been excluded from the Los Angeles Paralympics. But that hasn’t stopped fans and participants of the sport in strengthening their desire for it to be included in future Paralympics.

American gold medalist Caroline Marks spoke Tuesday about the surf conditions in French Polynesia and the sport’s progression to include female surfers on the pipeline. “Teahupo’o is one of the scariest waves in the world but also one of the most beautiful waves in the world.”

After days of weather delays, American Caroline Marks secured her spot atop the podium.

She follows in the footsteps of teammate Carissa Moore, who won the event in Tokyo in 2021, the first time the sport was an Olympic event.

The Keegan family spent what was supposed to be a joyous trip in the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal in a hospital after a surfing accident left a San Diegan paralyzed.

A surfing accident left a local San Diego teacher paralyzed in Europe. But now, the family is trying to find way to get him back to San Diego, NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.

Caroline Marks finished one spot off the surfing podium in Tokyo and will now look to retain the gold for Team USA after Carissa Moore was eliminated.

The celebration led to possibly the best image of the 2024 Games so far.

Strong winds have postponed men’s and women’s Olympic surfing events in Tahiti.