Water Quality Issues

Water Quality Issues

This is both disturbing and upsetting…all these little yellow dots in the above screen shot from the Orange County Heath Care Agency’s website (ocbeachinfo.com) represent ocean water bacteria levels tested after the recent rains to exceed state health...
2015 US Open of Surfing

2015 US Open of Surfing

(you can skip to the gallery at the bottom…I won’t be offended, just don’t expect a xmas gift) It always amazes me how many surfers say they hate competitive surfing. This goes for surf photographers as well, who often loath a day–or god forbid...

Smithsonian Annual Photo Contest

The fishing vessel Pamela Rose, part of the historic Dory Fleet based out of Newport Beach, CA, heads out of Newport Bay as the light just begins to break through the early morning fog. In an area so close to the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, and known for...

Santa Ana Winds

The fall season means heavy off-shore winds in the southern California region. Long, sustained winds blowing all the way from the hot desert/mountains inland, ripping through the canyons, out to the coast. And when those winds coincide with a swell, that means...