Warm (max 26☌ on Thu afternoon, min 21☌ on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the NE by Wed night). Warm (max 28☌ on Wed afternoon, min 18☌ on Mon night).
Wind will be generally light.ĭays 6-9 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm (max 22☌ on Sun morning, min 14☌ on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Wed morning, calm by Thu morning).ĭays 3-6 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18☌ on Fri morning, min 12☌ on Wed night). The Wedge.Short Range Forecast: Mostly dry. See more photos of the Wedge taken recently.īreaking wave, fast motion and blur. Don’t get caught inside during a closeout set. The result is a big, sucking, foam-filled donut. Incoming waves reflecting off the adjacent jetty combine with the next wave to form a doubled-up triangular mutant mountain wave that pitches over thick and fast in surprisingly shallow water. However, these days boards rule the Wedge, working the place with bodyboards and standup. The old-school still bodysurfs the Wedge by virtue of a local ordinance that forbids any boards in the water between 10am and 5pm. Growing up in Newport in the 60s and 70s, I remember many times sirens would sound down Newport Boulevard as an ambulance raced to the Wedge to attend to some poor soul who had gone over the falls trying to impress his buds or the (quite fine) local girls, crunching bones as he returned to the beach. Locals in the 70’s and 80’s developed a reputation for getting barreled in the bruising, thick wave while risking being pile-driven onto the sand if they got sucked over.
The Wedge in Newport Beach is one of the world’s most notorious and exciting bodysurfing spots. Kirk Blackman, September swell Newport Beach, California. Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USAĪ large, powerful wave breaks with offshore winds at the Wedge in Newport Beach.
A wave, breaking with powerful energy, at the Wedge in Newport Beach.
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