Hurricane Marie Swell - Yucca Fins On Top of the Coverage
As major swells reshape the sand at Newport Beach's Wedge, Yucca Fins has been on top of documenting the changes—and our footage has helped bring the story to a wider audience.
If you've spent any time around the Wedge this year, you've probably noticed that it hasn't looked quite the same.
We've been watching the changes unfold from our own backyard, sharing photos and video as major swells have moved sand, exposed sections of the jetty, and revealed pieces of the Wedge's history that have been buried for decades.
And lately, that footage has been making its way beyond our feeds.
From the Wedge to SURFER
Earlier this year, our team started documenting some of the dramatic changes happening around the Wedge following a series of powerful swells.
Those updates eventually became part of a larger story. SURFER Magazine featured Yucca's footage and reporting in its coverage of the changing Wedge, helping bring what we were seeing locally to a much wider surf audience.
Now, following Hurricane Marie's swell, another piece of Wedge history has surfaced—and SURFER is back on the story.
It's a pretty cool full-circle moment for us.
We're a Costa Mesa brand. The Wedge is part of our backyard. Our team surfs it, works around it, watches it, and has spent years paying attention to how the beach changes. So when something unusual happens, we don't need to wait for someone else to tell us about it. We can go look.
A Living Piece of Newport Beach
The Wedge has never been a static place. It's a product of the ocean, the harbor, the jetty, the sand, and decades of changes to the Newport Beach coastline. Big swells can completely rearrange what the beach looks like—and sometimes they uncover things that haven't been seen in years.
That's what has made this year's changes particularly interesting.
What started as something our team was simply noticing and sharing has become part of a larger conversation about the Wedge and the constantly changing Southern California coastline. And that's something we're stoked to be able to document from here.
We'll Keep Watching
We're not trying to be a news outlet. We're just lucky enough to be close to one of the most dynamic stretches of coastline in Southern California. When the swell hits, we'll be there. When the sand moves, we'll notice. And when the Wedge uncovers another piece of its history, we'll probably have a camera rolling.
Follow along with @yuccafins for the latest from the water and around our backyard in Costa Mesa.
