Redondo Breakwall reawakens in time for Big Wave Challenge

Photos by Mike Balzer by Kevin Cody On Sunday, December 29, just days after the South Bay Boardriders Club announced the opening of its 2024-25 Big Wave Challenge, a swell that promised to rival the swell that produced the 2023-24 Big Wave Challenge winners swept into the South Bay.  Unfortunately, the swell peaked after dark […]

Why so foggy? Think of it as a glass of cold beer

By Richard Dickert The persistent dense fog in the South Bay over the past few months is unusual, but not unprecedented.  Southern California has been dominated by an upper-level ridge of high pressure, pushing the jet stream (storm track) to our north. This pattern has kept the region mostly dry during the late autumn and […]