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The Real Winter Wonderland: January in California

January was an amazing month for waves along California’s coastline. After what seemed like an eternity of flatness, the charts finally starting showing some color, and surfers shook the cobwebs off their boards and paddled out.

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Conner Coffin surfs so fast I had to guess where and when he would appear on this wave before he was gone to the next section and the next one after that. Photo: Aroyan/lowtiderising.com


January was an amazing month for waves along California’s coastline. After what seemed like an eternity of flatness, the charts finally starting showing some color, and surfers shook the cobwebs off their boards and paddled out. These are some of my favorite moments from January.