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639-Foot Cargo Ship Ignites Barreling River Waves in Vietnam (Video)
June 20, 2026The 639-foot Ever Oath is generating surprisingly surfable waves on the Lòng Tàu River....
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International Surfing Day Hits Today And Demands You Actually Care
June 20, 2026Doesn't International Surfing Day just feel like a made up holiday? The world's already filled with days – like, bubble wrap appreciation day, national do nothing day, no rhyming day. Everything gets a day, these days....
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Q&A: Bettylou Sakura Johnson on Her Breakout WSL Season, Marathon Sessions, and Tour Confidence
June 19, 2026The Haleʻiwa-raised pro is World No. 8 on the WSL Tour and coming off a breakout 2025. We caught up on her mindset, marathon sessions, and what's next....
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Watch: Apocalyptic Waves Hammer Hawaii Beachfront Condos (Video)
June 19, 2026A viral video captures the terrifying moment a massive South Pacific swell completely overwhelms an oceanfront property....
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Seatrees Opens The Sea House in Encinitas, Partners With Rob Machado Foundation and SURFER for Monthly Ocean Culture Events
June 19, 2026The Sea House from Seatrees brings together surfers, scientists, and brands to celebrate and protect the California coast....
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Inside Team USA’s Utah Wave Pool Weapon for the LA28 Olympics (Video)
June 19, 2026A state-of-the-art Endless Surf wave pool is coming to Utah, serving as an Olympic training center for Team USA ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Games....
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Great White Shark Stalks NorCal Surfer and Sends the Internet Wild (Video)
June 19, 2026A viral video of a great white shark stalking a surfer in Aptos, south of Santa Cruz, California, has whipped the internet into a collective frenzy – but why?...
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Bahamas Jet Ski Paradise Turns Dangerous: U.S. Issues ‘Injury, Death, and Sexual Assault’ Alert (Video)
June 18, 2026American travelers are urged to avoid certain shore rentals following a wave of violent incidents....
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'Pipeline Is Safer Than Malibu': Koa Rothman Survives California Super Swell Chaos (Video)
June 18, 2026Koa Rothman battles the crowds at Malibu during the historic “swell of the decade” that slammed the west coast....
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Hey Dibi: Is the Olympics Good for Surfing?
June 18, 2026Editor’s Note: Have a question for Dibi Fletcher? She’s definitely got answers. Or at least a perspective. Don’t hold back, shoot her a DM on Instagram and ask away. Here’s this week’s dispatch from the Matriar...
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Historic Laguna Beach Swell Turns Crescent Bay Into Rescue Chaos (Video)
June 18, 2026Crescent Bay transformed into a raging washing machine as a powerful rip current swept swimmers offshore before lifeguards saved them via boat....
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Surfer Hunter Jones and Co-Author Jon Pickle Release Rare Surf-Inspired Children's Book "Chasing Dreams," Partnered With Surfrider Foundation
June 17, 2026Out now is a surf-inspired children's book co-authored by Hunter Jones and Jon Pickle, called Chasing Dreams. The book is geared for those kids who still haven't found 'their thing' and is based on their experiences grow...
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‘Swell of the Decade?’ Southern California’s Big-Wave Bender in Photos
June 17, 2026From Malibu to The Wedge, here’s Southern California’s season-opener summertime swell, as seen from the lens of Santa Cruz photographer Ryan “Chachi” Craig....
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‘Double the Sharks’: El Niño Warms Southern California Into a Great White Frenzy (Video)
June 17, 2026Warmer waters and El Niño conditions could bring more juvenile great white sharks to Southern California beaches....
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Blair Conklin Rides 400-Year-Old Glacier 'Tsunami' Waves in Remote Alaska (Video)
June 17, 2026Blair Conklin goes on a search for one of the world's rarest waves, which leads to an unforgettable adventure among calving glaciers....
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Surfrider LA Hosts International Surfing Day Paddle Out in Santa Monica to Oppose Offshore Drilling Along California's Coast
June 17, 2026Surfrider LA and community partners are gathering at Tower 20 for International Surfing Day....
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Rogue Wave Slams China Walls as Surfer Sprints In to Save Stranded Woman (Video)
June 16, 2026Dramatic footage shows a man sprinting into pounding surf after a woman was swept into the impact zone....
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Counting Down Surfing's Biggest YouTube Stars
June 16, 2026Can you guess who takes top honors? Hint: They're no joke at Pipeline....
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Ben Gravy Rides 20-Foot Tidal Surge on Canada’s Wildest River Bore (Video)
June 16, 2026Ben Gravy headed to Canada in search of one of the world's strangest waves, a tidal bore deep inside Canada's Petitcodiac River....
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Great White Mauls Young Mother at Coogee as $300k Rescue Fund Surges
June 16, 2026Leah Stewart, A 35-year-old mother and teacher, lost her arm in a great white attack at Coogee Beach. As she fights for life on support, donations and debate are swelling....
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Two Women Die After Being Swept Away While Sleeping on CA Beach
June 15, 2026Authorities identified the Fremont women after a tragic rescue effort along the Santa Cruz County coast....
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California’s Futuristic DSRT Surf Wave Pool Finally Fills Up. So When Do the Waves Turn On?
June 15, 2026DSRT Surf is nearing its long-awaited opening, bringing Wavegarden technology to the California desert....
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Carissa Moore Wins Surf City El Salvador Pro Back-to-Back, Moves to World No. 2. Plus Italy's First-Ever CT Win Through Leonardo Fioravanti
June 15, 2026The five-time World Champion claimed her 30th career CT victory at the Surf City El Salvador Pro, moving to World No. 2 heading to Brazil....
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King Tides Pummel Multi-Million Dollar SoCal Beachfront Homes (Video)
June 15, 2026King Tides and elevated surf combined to create dangerous conditions along Capistrano Beach....
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Mozambique’s First Pro Surfer Sung Min Cho On The Rise of African Surfing
June 15, 2026“People are not wrong when they think of Mozambique and dreamy right-hand point breaks,’ says Sung Min Cho, the African country’s only professional surfer. “Winter is coming, it’s cooling down, and the offshore...
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How a Surfer’s Romantic Gesture Spearheaded a Green Oasis In Costa Rica
June 15, 2026What started as a way to offer his surf-widow girlfriend a spot of shade while he played turned into a massive coastal reforestation project....
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Catalyst Cream: Physician-Formulated Recovery Support Built for Surfers and Athletes on the North Shore
June 15, 2026Catalyst Cream was built on O'ahu's North Shore for surfers, watermen, and athletes who need recovery that keeps pace with their lifestyle....
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SoCal Shorebreak Obliterates Swimmers Before Heroic Lifeguard Rescue (Video)
June 15, 2026A dramatic video shows an Orange County lifeguard saving beachgoers from powerful waves during a historic swell....
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Puerto Escondido Goes Berserk During Biggest Swell in 10 Years (Video)
June 14, 2026Giant barrels, brutal wipeouts, and nonstop chaos defined a historic run of surf at Mexico's most famous beachbreak....
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20-Foot Swell Pummels Dana Point Harbor and Unleashes a Bizarre Surfable Wave (Video)
June 14, 2026A historic Southern California swell created one of the strangest and most unexpected waves of the year right inside the Dana Point Harbor....
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Laguna Beach Swell Turns Tragic as 5-Year-Old Amada Mia Brown Is Swept Out to Sea (Video)
June 14, 2026Amada Mia Brown was caught by a rogue wave during a massive swell event at Treasure Island in Laguna Beach. Authorities found her body days later a quarter-mile away....
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Antarctica’s Hidden ‘Megastructure’ Stuns Scientists With Continent-Size Scale
June 13, 2026The discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, reveals one of the largest deep-Earth structures ever mapped on the continent....
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Historic SoCal Swell Rips Away Beaches and Topples Lifeguard Tower (Video)
June 13, 2026A recent swell caused dramatic damage to places like The Wedge and Crystal Cove, and incoming King Tides may accelerate the destruction....
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La Palma Mega-Tsunami Hype Collapses Under New Science
June 13, 2026A viral theory claims it could devastate the East Coast, but experts aren't convinced....
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Inside Punta Mita’s W Hotel, the Ultimate Luxury Surfing Escape
June 13, 2026A complete first-hand guide to the waves, the gear, and the dreamy W Punta de Mita resort on the idyllic Riviera Nayarit....
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Why Surfing Pounds Your Body and Clears Your Mind Like Nothing Else
June 13, 2026There's a long, meandering weather front off the beach. It's been there for days, sending cross-shore squalls across the sand, churning small sections into updrafted spirals of dust, before evaporating. The coastline is ...
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Waikiki Surf Brawl Footage Flips ‘Tourist Assault’ Story on Its Head (Video)
June 12, 2026A fight broke out between a local and a tourist while surfing at Waikiki. Now, surf cam footage shows what really went down....
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Viral Clip Shows Angler Tackle 300-Pound Great White With Bare Hands To Save It (Video)
June 12, 2026Viral footage sparked outrage online, but the angler was actually trying to free the 9-foot predator, which was accidentally caught on a Massachusetts beach....
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Orange County Supervisors Vote Down Herbicide-Restriction Bill — Public Works to Resume Spraying in Local Creeks Without Public Notification
June 12, 2026Eight hours of waiting. Sixty seconds each to speak. The Creek Team, Surfrider, and Coastkeeper lost the vote. Spraying resumes — without notice....
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Blair Conklin’s Terrifying Aliso Creek Ride Nearly Drags Him Out to Sea (Video)
June 12, 2026Surfer and 3x world champion skimboarder takes on the Aliso Creek river wave during one of the scariest and biggest swells in recent memory – and barely makes it out alive....
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‘Swell of the Decade’ Turns Deadly Close as Surfer Tries to Shoot Malibu Pier (Video)
June 12, 2026Hunter Jones narrowly avoids disaster after wiping out beneath the iconic Malibu Pier and snapping his board in half....
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Capitola Makes Way For Female Surfer Statue
June 12, 2026The 17-foot-tall bronze homage will reportedly be only the third in the world to “honor the women of the water.”...
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Barbados Pro Surfer Josh Burke Releases Film 'REAL ESTATE'
June 11, 2026Barbados' top surfer dropped a new film that's making the rounds and dropping jaws in the process. ...
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Massive Laguna Beach Swell Claims 5-Year-Old Girl in Harrowing Search (Video)
June 11, 2026The body of Amada Mia Brown was found on Thursday a quarter-mile from where she was swept into the ocean at Treasure Island in Laguna Beach, CA....
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Legendary Shaper Timmy Patterson Resurrected After Drowning in Huge California Swell: ‘He Didn’t Have A Pulse’
June 11, 2026Legendary shaper Timmy Patterson resuscitated following harrowing incident in massive waves during historic Southern California swell....
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How Humans And Mangroves Can Fend Off Climate Chaos (And Storm Havoc)
June 11, 2026Mangrove forests fight storm surge and sea-level rise, but with the climate in flux, humans can help make way for the miracle trees to do their thing....
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Surfer-Firefighter Speaks Again 3 Years After Devastating Fin Injury
June 11, 2026Surfer and firefighter Makaliʻi Andrade beat the odds after a horrific foil accident, thanks to a rare surgery and unwavering local support....
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Tourist Punched in the Face While Surfing Waikiki (Video)
June 11, 2026Video footage surfaced showing a tourist on the sand at Waikiki, following an altercation in the lineup, which resulted in him filing a police report....
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Rogue Wave Slams Maldives Road and Catapults Motorcyclists (Video)
June 11, 2026Viral footage captures a wall of water, leaping onto the road, and sweeping riders off their bikes....
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‘Very Strong’ El Niño Is Official and Set to Pummel the Pacific
June 11, 2026After months of speculation, the Pacific's most influential climate pattern is back. And it could be an historic version of the weather phenomenon....
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