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A Really Solid Swell Caught Surfers in Los Angeles by Surprise This Week

It was mostly closed out in the South Bay of Los Angeles but a few beautiful barrels came through and several talented surfers were in the right position.

It wasn’t supposed to be this heavy. The swell that rolled into Los Angeles was expected to have decent size but nothing like this. Yeah, it was mostly closed out but a few absolute gems came through and the wipe outs were really entertaining as well. Huge, heavy barrels slammed into the area for a few hours taking most of us by surprise. We saw a swell coming but nothing like this. It brought a few amazing moments. Kei Kobayashi and Colin Weinberg snagged the best waves of the morning.