The message in a bottle was discovered on the beach at Wedge Island, Australia.KymIllman.com By MERRIT KENNEDY | NPR - the two-way In 1886, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle with a message inside into waters hundreds of miles off the western coast of Australia. One hundred and [...]
UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PhD student Piper Wallingford uses a one square-foot frame divided into quadrants to take a survey of the variety of mussels, barnacles and others species on the tide pool rocks at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 as part of a study how [...]
A four-man crew flips an outrigger surf canoe to purge the water from it Friday near the Huntington Beach Pier. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer) By Bradley Zint | Los Angeles Times On a blustery Friday morning before dozens of supporters and curious onlookers, Rocky McKinnon and his watermen buddies set off in [...]
The USLA has been notified of a scholarship opportunity by the Ben Carlson Foundation, which has invited us to share it with all USLA members. The scholarship is offered independently of the USLA. Ben Carlson was a Newport Beach Lifeguard that died in the line of duty July 6, 2014. Ben exhibited an exceptional work [...]
Porter Hogan, of Laguna Beach, and Jake Miller, a lifeguard from the South Bay, both wear white caps as they compete during competition against Australian guards. Photo courtesy Ryan Gates/California State Lifeguards By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Imagine going to the beach and looking up where rip currents [...]
With the sunset behind him, Vitaliy Kostylov installs wireless communications technology and solar panels on a lifeguard tower at Huntington State Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By BRADLEY ZINT | LA TIMES For lifeguards keeping watch over much of Huntington Beach's coastline, recently installed technology is finally bringing them into [...]
By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register In a video to an estimated 99.2 million followers, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson gave a shout out to Huntington Beach’s beautiful sunset, oh, and the beautiful women in “your bronze skin and bikinis and baby oil …” “Not that I was paying attention to that,” [...]
Visitors to the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve cross the footbridge at the start of a trail along the wetlands in Huntington Beach on Thursday, January 18, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG) By GREG MELLEN | [email protected] | Orange County Register HUNTINGTON BEACH — On any given day, the Bolsa [...]
From causes to cures, here’s your guide to the pesky eye-growth known as pterygium. By: Dashel Pierson | Surfline.com Surfer’s eye, or pterygium as it’s known scientifically, may seem like an obscure disorder, one which affects only the saltiest of elder surfers at your local break and is commonly recognized by its uncommon name (hint: [...]
By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register If you’re thinking about taking a dip or riding some waves after the storm clears, you might want to think again. The Environmental Health Division of the Orange County Health Care Agency on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 9, issued an advisory for swimmers, warning that levels [...]
