Laylan Connelly

Laguna Beach’s Avalon Gall earned her second consecutive win and San Clemente’s Tommy Coleman, who entered the event as a wildcard, earned his first big win.

The National Weather Service issued a High Surf Advisory starting Wednesday and lasting through Saturday evening, along with a Coastal Flood Advisory due to extreme evening high tides of nearly 7 feet.

Surfing is a serious sport. Not long ago, some die-hard ballsport fans may have scoffed at that statement, and maybe still look at surfing as a fun-in-the-sun pastime rather than an athletic pursuit.

A safety crew was needed to help surfers navigate the big waves on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier.

Patti Paniccia remembers standing on the shore of Huntington Beach as a kid, mesmerized by the wave riders. “And I thought, ‘I want to do that.'”

Several local surfers from San Clemente and San Diego are into the final weekend of the US Open of Surfing.

It was an all Southern California final, with four local surfers making it to the semifinals and Sierra Kerr, won splits time between Australia and Encinitas, winning the women’s event

It was a battle on the beach between Southern California surfers: Would Huntington Beach's hometown surfer Kanoa Igarashi clinch his third US Open of Surfing title?

HUNTINGTON BEACH — It was a battle on the beach between Southern California surfers: Would hometown surfer Kanoa Igarashi clinch his third US Open of Surfing title?

The boulders are being added to address recent damage from big surf, coming just ahead of a meeting Aug. 10 where OCTA will discuss a 30-year plan to address the vulnerable rail line.