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“We should see ... surf heights in some of those west-facing beaches in that 8- to 12-foot range, some areas may be a little bit lower,” Lewis said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

High surf is expected, possibly enough to cause pier damage, especially over the weekend on the Central Coast, the National Weather Service said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

A storm series has arrived in Southern California, bringing with it rain, heavy surf and the potential for flooding in coastal communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Developers in states like Texas, Utah, and Arizona are betting that man-made surf lagoons will lure wealthy buyers, despite high construction costs and steep monthly fees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The slow surf crawled and seethed in the dark and he thought about his life but there was no life to think about and after a while he walked back.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

John van Rooyen regularly surfs and spear fishes at the Tinley Manor beach, about 2 miles from where he lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Efrus, a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier, surfs the waves in the Pacific waters off Peru.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

He appears to be in great physical shape, and he surfs regularly and travels the world for weeks at a time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

He grew up surfing at Makaha and now surfs all over the world, and has trained at the Slater wave pool and a Texas one.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023

Wanting to ask where he’s from and what his name is and if he surfs and how old he is and what school he’s going to next fall.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Suvorova writes about girls in school accusing her mother of being a gold digger, intentionally choosing rich boyfriends that would eventually become rich husbands while they lived in poverty and couch surfed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The goal survived a VAR check for a potential foul on Martinez and Arsenal surfed the wave of momentum to double their lead four minutes later.

From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025

Post-M.B.A., you surfed in Sri Lanka, hiked in Nepal, rode horses in Afghanistan and didn’t call your parents—or anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

This semester, a student senator told the campus paper she was glad Yale has so far surfed under the radar; she didn’t want to end up “like our peer institutions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

A writhing body surfed along the top of the throng up ahead.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

In doing so, the man who loves surfing swept aside England and set up a crushing victory in Perth.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

His mother, Betty, who died in 2021 at 88, was one of the first female competitive surfing champions in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The results are much more downbeat than you might expect from a man who's renowned for hilarious social media slapdowns and crowd surfing in inflatable dinghies.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Instead of golf courses, ski mountains or lakes, high-end housing developments are offering surfing as the main activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

He sat in the library, surfing the Internet, trying to find more news stories about the girl who’d accidentally gotten on the wrong plane.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai