Stories

With the passing of American Pickers’ Frank Fritz on September 30, we recall the time he and Mike Wolfe came to the California Surf Museum. Was Frank a surfer? Not before he…

California Surf Museum Nominated Again for USA TODAY 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice Award! We were thrilled when last year we made it to #2 in voting for "Best Attraction for Sports Fans"…

Oceanside, CA — The California Surf Museum (CSM) is pleased to announce that Chris Carter, distinguished television and film writer/producer and creator of the now legendary TV series “The X-Files,” will serve…

This latest announcement means San O is safe, at least for another few decades. “California just signed a new deal with our federal partners to keep San Onofre open as a state…

“Being a girl does not make me feel like it is harder to excel.” - Caity Around the age of 10, Oceanside’s Caitlin Simmers caught the attention of local surfers and the…

If, in the 1950s and 1960s you had a Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays or Hank Aaron baseball card, or in the 1980s or 1990s you had a few choice Nolan Ryan cards,…

Alive on Arrival: Dale Dobson by Robert Wald Ocean Magazine cover photo: Dale Dobson at Big Rock, La Jolla. Photo by Rick Doyle.