World champion surfer Kelly Slater has a storied history at the famed surf spot just south of San Clemente. In 1990, the Florida surfer would win his first big career title at Lower Trestles, the surf ...

Ten Olympian surfers will compete in the Lexus World Surf League Finals, a one-day event held at Lower Trestles, north of Oceanside, sometime between Sept. 6 and Sept.16, depending on when the best ...

The world’s most recognizable surfer slipped through the beach crowd incognito, his hooded sweater draped over his clean-shaved head, hiding his tanned face. A few heads turned as he passed, their ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. The 2028 Olympic surfing competition will be held at a famed break south of San Clemente, according to an ...

Lower Trestles has been the choice four-years straight as the salt-water stage for the surfing world championships. But that’s going to change next year, with the World Surf League on Monday, June 17, ...

The world’s "heaviest wave" is born near the South Pole, where fierce storms pound the ocean’s surface like angry fists, sending pulses of energy racing north, unimpeded, for thousands of miles. That ...

Can the eroded beaches at the north and south ends of sand-starved San Clemente be reconstructed to mimic the world-class waves at Lower Trestles or the popular T-Street surf break in an attempt to ...

The perfect, peeling waves just south of San Clemente, wedged between Orange County and San Diego, have long been a crown jewel of mainland America surfing – and now, Lower Trestles is set to be the ...