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Satellite Imagery Shows Southern California’s Toxic Algal Blooms From Space
March 21, 2026Pretty, no doubt, but deadly....
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Jason Momoa Rallies Aloha Spirit After Catastrophic Oahu Floods
March 21, 2026Aquaman man actor, and Hawaii native, has stepped up to help the residents of Oahu, as they’ve been struck by historic and unprecedented flooding....
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Make Your Wetsuit Last Years Longer With These Pro Care Tricks
March 21, 2026From salt and sun damage to botched parking-lot changes, here’s how to keep your wetsuit softer, warmer and surfing for many more seasons....
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‘Leave Now’: Catastrophic North Shore Oahu Flooding Swallows Homes and Roads (Video)
March 20, 2026Torrential downpour and flash-flooding brings destruction to surfing’s hallowed ground on the North Shore of Oahu....
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The New Camo Florence Waterproof Headphone Collab Just Dropped
March 20, 2026Limited-edition camo colorway meets H2O Audio's open-ear tech built for paddlers, athletes, and ocean adventurers. ...
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‘Gigantic’ Shark Mauls Surfer’s Legs at Northern California Beach
March 20, 2026James Eastman, 39, suffered serious wounds to both legs after a shark attack at Big River Beach, where quick-thinking surfers and off-duty lifeguards rushed in....
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NIHI Rote Resort Brings Surf, Luxury, and Purpose to Indonesia
March 20, 2026While there are plenty of world-class waves around NIHI Rote, the development's crown jewel is its Hospitality Academy....
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Missile Shrapnel Slams Tel Aviv Wave Pool As Surfers Run For Shelter (Video)
March 20, 2026Sirens blare at Surf Park TLV, surfers clear the water, and a chunk of missile debris ends up in the lagoon. Here’s how the crew handled it and bounced back....
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4-Year-Old Zephii Bourke Charges Snapper Rocks Before He Can Walk (Video)
March 19, 2026Gold Coast, Australia dad Jordon Bourke and his 4-year-old son Zephii tandem surf one of the world’s best (and most crowded) waves, Snapper Rocks....
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Hey Dibi: When Is A Wave "Post Worthy"?
March 19, 2026Don't let social media bum out your trip, Dibi Fletcher offers up some sagely wisdom on how to stay stoked no matter where you're at in your surf life....
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'That Looks Fake!' Kelly Slater Stunned by 19-Year-Old Malakai Hagley’s Mutant Mullaghmore Bomb in Ireland (Video)
March 19, 202619-year-old Malakai Hagley bagged a massive bomb at Mullaghmore in Ireland, earning praise from flocks of surfing greats....
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Bull Shark Mauls Jet Ski in Wild Florida Attack (Video)
March 19, 2026An intense encounter between a feisty bull shark and a jet ski driver in Florida, all caught on camera....
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SURFER Extends Deadline for 2026 Emerging Brand Grant
March 19, 2026The window just got a little wider for surf’s next wave of entrepreneurs. SURFER and the good folks at CARV Expo have officially extended the submission deadline for its 2026 Emerging Brand Grant through Friday, April ...
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‘Godzilla’ El Niño Hype vs Reality: Surf Forecast Guru Calls It ‘Nonsense’
March 19, 2026Mark Sponsler of Stormsurf debunks the claims that a super El Niño is building for the summer of 2026....
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Biggest Shark In The World “Inches” From Feet of Big Wave Hero (Video)
March 19, 2026When a large dark shadow approaches you in the lineup, things get heavy real quick....
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Psycho Slab in Peru Goes Below Sea Level and Runs 650 Feet (Video)
March 18, 2026The days of Skeleton Bay – the mythical, longest, sand-bottomed tube wave in the world – have come and gone. But Peru is still pumping out brain-melting barrels....
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Don't Blow Up The Swell! Has Surf Forecasting Gone Too Far?
March 18, 2026We believe we are saying the saying the quiet part out loud. What do you think?...
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Jamie O’Brien Charges ‘Best Ever’ XXL Wedge Barrels (Video)
March 18, 2026A rare south swell in the middle of March ignites Newport Beach, CA’s premiere novelty surf spot, and Jamie O’Brien was there for the historic event....
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Lava Detonates Into the Ocean on Shark‑Infested Réunion Island (Video)
March 18, 2026For the first time in 19 years, lava flowing from Piton de la Fournaise hits the Indian Ocean on France’s Réunion Island....
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Surf Coach Lucas Taub Leaps From Jetty to Save Drowning Father and Daughter (Video)
March 18, 2026Dramatic footage shows Southern California surf coach Lucas Taub, jumping into action in Oceanside, and rescuing a father and daughter caught in a riptide....
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Experts Officially Predict El Niño for 2026; How Big Will It Be?
March 17, 2026Officials at NOAA have predicted a 62% chance of El Niño to develop during the summer of 2026....
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Behind The Cover: The Secret Spot That Was Never Revealed
March 17, 2026Could you keep a secret?...
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Inside ‘The Most Remote Homestead on Earth’ in the Middle of the Pacific
March 17, 2026Meet the Humbert family, three generations of pearl farmers living on Ahe Atoll, one of the world’s most isolated places in the Pacific Ocean....
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Watch This Octopus Straight-Up Punch a Grouper in the Face (Video)
March 17, 2026Scientists capture an octopus slapping a grouper fish in the South Pacific Ocean, a practice which they believe is related to hunting....
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"What I’m Doing Now Feels Endless:" John John Florence Opens Up About Future Plans
March 17, 2026Spending much of 2025 at sea with his family, the three-time world champ sits down with SURFER to talk sailing, empty waves, dengue fever, his new boat, and what's on the horizon....
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Huge Landslide Slams Waimea Bay Amid Historic Hawaii Storm (Video)
March 17, 2026Iconic big wave surf spot suffers landslide during Kona storm, which brought torrential downpours, flooding, and destruction across Hawaii....
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Dylan Graves’ Frigid Surf Mission Through Norway’s Wild Fjords (Video)
March 16, 2026Dylan Graves joins Swedish pro surfer Tim Latte for a rare look at the surprisingly pumping – and extremely cold – waves of Norway....
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Gang Fight Erupts at Los Angeles Surf Beach as 15-Year-Old Boy Is Shot (Video)
March 16, 2026Following an altercation on Saturday night at Dockweiler State Beach – a popular surf spot in Los Angeles – a teenage boy was shot and hospitalized....
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‘Italian Robinson Crusoe’ Spends 33 Years Alone on Island to Escape People
March 16, 2026Mauro Morandi, known as the “Italian Robinson Crusoe,” lived as a hermit on the small island of Budellli in the Mediterranean after rejecting traditional society....
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WSL Unveils First-Ever Maternity Wildcard for Tatiana Weston-Webb and Johanne Defay
March 16, 2026Surfing’s elite Championship Tour initiates a full return to competition in 2027 for Johanne Defay and Tatiana Weston-Webb, after their departures due to pregnancy....
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20-Foot Freak Swell Explodes at The Wedge and Lights Up Newport (Video)
March 15, 2026The Wedge went off for the first south swell of the season, a rare occurrence in March, and there was no shortage of epic rides and wild wipeouts....
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Anat Lelior Makes History as First Israeli Surfer to Qualify for the Championship Tour
March 15, 202625-year-old Tel Aviv native becomes the first surfer from Israel to qualify for surfing’s elite competition circuit: “This is unreal,” she said....
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Hawaii Kona Storm Rips Maui House Off Its Foundation and Into a River (Video)
March 15, 2026Torrential rain, flooding, landslides, and bedlam strike Hawaii as a historic Kona storm batters the islands – and in one case, blowing a home off its foundation....
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Fire Tornadoes Could Torch Oil Spills While Cutting Toxic Smoke
March 15, 2026More outrageousness from our lonesome friends of science. What Lake of Fire?...
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Is An All-Sardine Diet The Key To The Next Superhuman Surfer?
March 15, 2026This Harvard MD/PhD wasn’t sure the answer was no, so he had to find out for himself....
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Rare Kona Storm Pummels Hawaii With Historic Flooding and Mudslides
March 15, 2026A massive Kona low has been pummeling the Hawaiian Islands all week, and it's heavy — especially in Maui. Throughout the past two days in particular, I kept seeing footage of the storm on different people's I...
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Shane Ackerman’s Teahupo’o Scorpion Wipeout Implodes on Impact (Video)
March 14, 2026Shane Ackerman sends it on a monster at Tahiti’s most infamous slab wave, then gets absolutely annihilated upon impact....
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‘Keeping In The Shadows’ Premiere Tour Hits SoCal Theaters
March 14, 2026Act now because these remaining screenings will sell out and the film won't be on YouTube until 2027....
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Historic South Swell Awakens Newport’s Lost Freak Wave (Video)
March 14, 2026With an early-season south swell hitting the West Coast, a rare wave in Corona Del Mar came alive for a scarcely-seen surf session....
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Ryan Callinan Faces a Brutal Choice After a Year Without a Single Heat Win
March 14, 2026Sick freesurfing clips and the worst competitive streak in his career see the powerhouse goofy at a crossroads. Where does one of the sport’s best go next?...
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Surf History Needs Saving Before It Disappears
March 14, 2026In 2014, Derek Hoffmann was filming the Survivor TV show in Nicaragua when he received news that his good friend and long-time collaborator, Sonny Miller, had died. It would have been a seismic event in his life in any c...
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Tourist Dies in Harrowing Puerto Escondido as Big Wave Season Ignites
March 13, 2026Tragedy in Zicatela, as an unidentified 29-year-old male from Colorado died amidst heavy waves at the infamous Mexican surf spot....
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Jack Johnson Offers Sneak Peek Of New Album, New Film
March 13, 2026Johnson's new film "Surfilmusic" premiered at SXSW this week with the first cut off his new album also dropping this week. ...
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'Biggest Swell Ever Seen' Sends 20-Foot Wedge Freight Train Past Newport Boat (Video)
March 13, 2026The first south swell of the season has come early to Southern California, igniting surf hotspots like The Wedge. One boat had a close call with a big wave....
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Lightning Storm Pummels Hawaii as Governor Declares State of Emergency (Video)
March 13, 2026Footage shows lightning striking the North Shore of Oahu, as Hawaii’s governor issues a State of Emergency due to severe weather....
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Kelly Slater’s Abu Dhabi Wave Pool Shatters Skepticism to Become One of Time’s ‘World’s Greatest Places’
March 13, 2026Surf Abu Dhabi, the Kelly Slater Wave Company joint in the United Arab Emirates, was honored with a slot on Time Magazine’s coveted list of “The World’s Greatest Places.”...
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110 Million Pounds Of Plastics Collected From World's Oceans
March 12, 2026he Ocean Cleanup claims a record haul of plastic waste as its innovative technologies and strategies continue to make significant progress....
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Inside Mexi Log Fest, Longboarding’s Wildest Week in Mazatlan
March 12, 2026For the international longboard community, there's no bigger fiesta than the Mexi Log Fest. Back this year from May 2-9 at Playa Los Pinos in Mazatlan....
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Scarlett Johansson ‘Jaws’ Reboot Hoax Fools the Internet
March 12, 2026A supposed remake of the iconic ‘Jaws’ film, starring Scarlett Johansson circulated online; but the rumors were shut down....
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Russian Tourist Floats Alone off Bali for 20 Hours Before Miraculous Rescue (Video)
March 12, 202664-year-old Iurii Orlov, a Russian native, was sucked out to sea while surfing Nusa Dua in Bali; local fishermen came to his rescue after 20 hours adrift....
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