A Set of HUGE Waves at The Wedge - 07/25/09

High surf warning for southern California was issued during the week, with the waves peaking on Saturday the 25th.

Friday, July 24, 2009, body surfer Monte Valantin, 50, was killed from the dangerous surf conditions at The Wedge.

On Saturday, Balboa Island/Peninsula was overrun with beachgoers heading to The Wedge to watch the huge waves. Lines for the auto ferry(0:06) to get to the peninsula side were hours long (even for the pedestrians!) due to one of the three ferry boats being run aground and put out of commission several days earlier.

The entrance to The Wedge was coned off to automobiles, and was inundated by bicycles and pedestrians(0:11).

On the beach were hundreds of spectators watching the body surfers challenge waves that were so huge that the water surge would occasionally spill over the crest of the beach(4:10)! Lifeguards can be heard telling everyone to move back.

Apologies for all the wind noise.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Big
• Waves
• Wedge
• Body
• Surfing
• High
• Surf
• Warning

[gdawn6812]

press f13 for a suprise.

[xelytos]

@gdawn6812

My laptop doesnt have f13 xD

[anuraggogetter321]

thats the coolest wavepool ever!

[MrSuperfabio1]

those arent huge waves -__- for the wedge.....

[TheBooze4me]

@xelytos Dont blame yourself, i did the same thing =_=

[xelytos]

@BlueMediaGroup

To my defense i can say that i was drunk when i wrote that after looking for f13 like a total retard :p

[pleb88smoggie]

canny sure there saposed to be surfing them

[spreadeagle311]

That lifeguard sure as hell didn't want to go in and save anyone that day for sure...

[TheSkateLuv]

@gdawn6812 damn it

[MrBuster619]

got to 2:14

[pyromaniac5300]

At best it was a 25 footer not 40. Do you really think that wave was the size of a two story building?