Surfer in his 50s Dies after being Pulled Unresponsive from the Water at Sunset Beach, HI Yesterday at around 10:20 am, Honolulu Ocean Safety responded to an urgent call about an unresponsive surfer at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu. Many of the details about what happened are still unclear, but it appears a man in his 50s was pulled from the water, sent to a nearby emergency room in critical condition, and has […] Surf SwellBrains | April 2, 2018 0 Comments
Surfer Grabs VIDEO of Huge Great White Shark Hucking Its Meat at Sunset Beach, CA on Monday *** Huntington Beach, CA surfer Drew Palumbo got incredible footage of a Great White shark hucking its meat huge around midday on Monday at Sunset Beach, CA. The footage is stunning… These animals are huge, badass, amazing, scary, and deserve to be protected. Surf SwellBrains | April 20, 2016 0 Comments
Civil Disobedience: Town Mayor Comments on Video of Lone Surfer Running from Law Enforcement on California Beach In an official letter released by the town of Little Coronado, California’s mayor, Rich Bailey, and headlined, Can We All Agree That Surfing Should Not Be a Crime, the mayor writes: “A viral video from earlier this week shows a lone surfer, in the ocean near La Jolla, fleeing the water as multiple law enforcement officials chase him down in […] Surf SwellBrains | April 21, 2020 1 Comment
Mandatory Evacuations Ahead of Category 5 Hurricane Irma for Miami Beach, FL & More Category 5 Hurricane Irma is forecast to make landfall in southern Florida on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for Miami-Dade County for all mobile homes, all of Zone A, the Barrier Islands, and parts of Zone B (see map below). It’s hoped that Irma will have decreased in strength to a category 3 or 4 hurricane before it hits Miami. “Hurricane […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 7, 2017 0 Comments
Alta Conditions Report – Beach Weather Temps have been downright springy as of late. This made for some awesome jibbing, slush bumps, and corn skiing the past week. However be warned that Alta is a predominately North facing mountain. This means that you need to time your […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | March 21, 2015 0 Comments
Detailed 2013/14 Ocean Beach, California Season Recap: The below chart is from Wunderground. They have a weather station somewhere near Kelly’s and it records all kinds of meteorological data continuously, including wind direction and speed. You can see the average daily wind direction and speed for August 1, 2013 through April 31, 2014. Remember all those good days we had in December and January? Well, they can pretty much be explained by the average wind direction being E on those days. Additionally, there were very few low-pressure systems that rolled through the […] Surf Guest Author | August 19, 2014 7 Comments
The Island that has it all: Views, Beaches, and 1.8 million gallons of Agent Orange! | Brain Post The Johnston Atoll is certainly pushing its way up on the travel list. Located westward of the Hawaiian Islands, the atoll looks like any normal atoll Brains SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 1 Comment
Swell Saturday: Big Barrels, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California This video shows Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California at it’s finest. I don’t thing there is another major city on Earth with surf within its city limits that is this good. During winter 2012, big swells, offshore conditions, and big barrels plagued Ocean Beach. This vid shows us two days of Twiggy and the Long brothers getting it good. Ocean Beach Info: Ocean Beach is a beach that runs along the west coast of San Francisco, California, United States, at the Pacific Ocean. It is adjacent …] Surf SwellBrains | October 12, 2013 0 Comments