Malibu Surf Photos from June 11 2026

I was not expecting this big of a swell. Some things had scrolled over my social media about a huge swell coming, but I believe close to nothing I read on any social platforms. I has with a coworker on Monday evening and he asked if I had seen the swell coming. This instantly got my heart racing and I than immeditaley went onto stormsurf.com. They were saying Malibu 6-8ft. The next morning I had to wait for the film lab to open at 8, because I didn't have enough rolls of film to go up there with. I bought 5 rolls of the Kodak Ultramax color negative 400asa film. I truly never know what color film to buy and I bought a few rolls of black and white for backup. - Jack English (my photos)

Go where the talent goes - text between Alex and myself

Film from North Coast Photo (aka The Great American Photo Lab)

Alex Knost has arrived

Show us your board of choice - five fin most likely shaped by himself

...and his home for two nights - the van life

Christian Fletcher's ride cut short of shooting the pier

Back for another one - I did see his brother Nathan, but I don't think he surfed

Katin surfer making the best of the tough conditions

Danny Fuller and his son catching a free tow ride

Michael February making the most of his four fin surfboard

Not sure who this is, but he was by far one of the best in the lineup - update I have found out this is Hunter Jones

The rescue - for a moment I thought it was a shark attack

Surf brothers coming together to help

Malibu lifeguards arrive on scene

The crowd makes Malibu dangerous - it's one of the easiest waves to surf which makes it so crowded

About 5 minutes later the surfer is brought to - people cheer