A shark spotted jumping out of the water early Wednesday, March 5, in Huntington Beach has shut down a stretch of ocean until at least Thursday morning. The sighting came from a credible source at ...

And forget trying to go there during the summer months, as surfing is taboo. Instead, Main Beach becomes tourist central. The wave can actually become a great alternative to The Wall during the ...

At the north end of the beach is Ray Bay at the mouth of the San Gabriel River, where you can sometimes find long fun rights on big south swells -- but may actually be best on huge west swells.

While most outsiders think of the South Side of Huntington Beach Pier as a summer hot spot, that’s not always the case. Locals say it works better during winter, when NW swells wrap around the ...

The pier is at a coastal lake outflow, like Grayton Beach, making for a great sandbar, good waves most of the year and zero crowds. There are downsides to all of this, though: it's hard to find ...