The same southern hemisphere swell already caused a buzz in the surf world last week when it produced bombing waves in Tahiti and then Hawaii, sending a tidal wave of footage to flood social media of the world’s best wave riders tackling the massive surf.
Now, it’s Southern California’s turn, big waves have been showing up across the region, from the South Bay to San Clemente and beyond, but especially at the Wedge.
“Wow, these guys are brave,” Erin Slessor said as surfers, bodyboarders, bodysurfers and skimboarders tried to figure out how to tackle the beast. “And a little crazy.”
(Video by Jeff Gritchen/Orange County Register)
