The impact of climate change on surf breaks
As the world grapples with the growing impacts of climate change, the lives of millions of surfers worldwide are changing with it.
According to a recent study by California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI), the way humans respond to the climate crisis might have an even more immediate and profound effect on the quality of waves than climate change itself.
The study, led by CSUCI Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Resource Management (ESRM) Dan Reineman, an avid surfer himself, finds that while climate change will affect surf breaks, the effects will be gradual, possibly going unnoticed by many surfers over the coming decades.
