Cocoa Beach’s Excellent Holiday Charity: Surfing Santas, Dude

Every year, Cocoa Beach, Florida, stages the effervescent "Surfing Santas" event, a "surf-off" and costume contest attended ...

Should common route over tracks, down ‘goat path’ be addressed ahead of LA28 surfing at Lower Trestles?

San Onofre Parks Foundation has long sought fixes to the unsafe, illegal trek to the remote beach. Olympic officials say it’s ...
SanLuisObispo

Monarch butterfly count very low in Pismo Beach. ‘It’s definitely disheartening’

The monarch butterfly migration is off to a tough start this season — with fewer butterflies than usual fluttering to the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. As of Wednesday, California State ...
WESH

Dozens of Santas take over Cocoa Beach in annual surfing event

THEY’RE JUST GROWING. THE SUN’S SHINING. ALL RIGHT. HUNDREDS OF SURFERS DRESSED AS SAINT NICK HIT THE WATER. THE SUN SHINED ON THEM TODAY AS PART OF THE ANNUAL SURFING SANTA EVENT IN COCOA BEACH. WESH ...
KEYT

Low number of monarch butterflies recorded for second straight year in Pismo Beach

PISMO BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) - For a second straight year, a low number of monarch butterflies have been counted at the popular Pismo State Beach Butterfly Grove. "Unfortunately, we're looking at ...
Florida Today

History of Surfing Santas: How the Florida holiday tradition started

Surfing Santas is an annual beach party where attendees surf while dressed up as Santa Claus. Surfing Santas started when George Trosset and his family hit the waves in 2009 and happened to be ...
News 6 WKMG

Cocoa Beach police to Surfing Santas attendees: Park where you should, for goodness sake

COCOA BEACH, Fla. – The biggest Christmas party in Central Florida, and perhaps the entire world, returns Christmas Eve with a major crackdown on parking. Cocoa Beach police are warning, if you’re ...

Should ‘goat path’ to San Onofre’s Lower Trestles that crosses tracks be addressed prior to the Olympics?

San Onofre Parks Foundation has long sought fixes to the unsafe, illegal trek to the remote beach. Olympic officials say it’s being looked at.
News 13

'Surfing Santas' hit the beach in holiday tradition

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The annual Surfing Santas tradition returned to Cocoa Beach Wednesday morning. Around 500 surfers dressed up as Santa Claus hit the beach and waves for Christmas Eve. This ...
ksby

Phase 1 of Dinosaur Caves Park garden renovation complete

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. The first phase of ...
Florida Today

First time going to Florida's Surfing Santas? Here's everything to know

Surfing Santas is an annual Christmas Eve event in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where hundreds of surfers dress in festive costumes. The event is free to attend and raises money for the Florida Surf Museum ...
WFAA8

$200M Cannon Beach surf resort planned for McKinney, opening as soon as 2027

MCKINNEY, Texas — A $200 million surf and adventure resort is planned for a vacant 35-acre site at the corner of Stacy Road and State Highway 121 in McKinney, promising a beach-like experience for ...