Carlsbad Art and Culture

During Summer the waves are usually small, hopefully warm and sometimes red. Swells rarely crash upon our beaches in any height worth surfing and mid day chop is common. A refreshing dunk is threatenned by the omnipresent stingray and thick beds of sand crabs crowd the shoreline.

During the first week of September a storm jumped the gun over New Zealand and sent an early swell tumbling towards the California coastline causing many rare surf spots to heave massive slabs into the late Summer air.

Witnesses claim giant waves in Oceanside, Carlsbad and as North as the Wedge, but one of the biggest, heaviest and rarest spots broke down in La Jolla. Predominately a body boarding wave because of its steep drop and heavy conditions, the break was dared only by a handful of surfers.

Tourists were in awe of the 12ft. waves and locals were shocked at the timing of the swell as spectators cheered and snapped photos well into the afternoon.