Once a remote seaside village known for its prodigious waves and not much else, Corona del Mar is now one of Newport ... led to the construction of a jetty, which improved safety at the cost ...

looking out toward a jetty where perfect waves once rolled in. Burnett and his wife, Claudine, for years have been researching Corona del Mar’s surfing history, sifting through newspaper ...

SSE, S, shorter-period WSW-W swell. Three critical elements are necessary for the Corona Del Mar Jetty to work well. First, you need a massive southwest swell -- at least double overhead at Newport.

Corona del Mar is perhaps best known for its scenic beach and great surf spots. But as the jetty rocks extended in the late 1930s, the “Killer Break” ended, creating a new dangerous break known as the ...

After the fireworks ended and crowds were leaving Corona del Mar beach at about 10:30 p.m ... though its location next to the jetty makes it especially challenging to get next to it, Jacobsen ...

A year earlier, on June 8, 1924, the 30-foot fishing boat Adieu, carrying 16 passengers and its captain, overturned during a storm off Corona del Mar, drowning five fishermen from Santa Ana.

In a tweet, the City of Newport Beach announced that due to a "weather situation with lightning strikes off the near coast" all beaches between the Newport Pier and Corona del Mar would be closed ...