The Western Surfing Association wraps its 2026–27 Salt Life WSA Championship Tour presented by Got Milk? with Stop #9 at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on April 10 and 11, 2027 — the final regular-season stop before the invitation-only West Coast Championships. Salt Creek is a premier Orange County point-and-beach break below the bluffs at Salt Creek Beach Park, roughly 58 miles south of downtown Los Angeles and squarely within the WSA tour’s core Southern California footprint. This is a regular-season amateur contest open to any competitor who holds current WSA membership, pays the event entry fee, signs the liability waiver, and enters a listed division — it is not invitation-only. Registration is open now through SurfSignup and closes April 7, 2027 at 11:59 PM Pacific. The event runs a full age-bracketed ladder: shortboard from Mini Groms (6 and under) and Micro Grom push-in classes up through Boys’ and Girls’ U10–U18, Men’s 18–29, Masters 30–39, Seniors 40–49, Legends 50+, and Open Men’s and Open Women’s; longboard divisions from U14 and U18 through Open and Senior Men’s 40+; and a full para-surfing and waveski program (PS1–PS3, PS Prone 1–2, PS VI1–VI2, PSK, and Para Waveski). Entry is $90 for Mini Groms, Micro Grom push-in, and the youngest U10/U12 brackets, and $100 for every other division, with current WSA membership required separately. WSA sets division age as of January 1, 2027, and requires proof of age; returning surfers are seeded on prior-season points, surfers moving up receive 80% of their points as a seed, and new surfers are added alphabetically at the bottom of the seed. First-round heat draws and the full heat schedule are published as a downloadable document in the days before the contest; competitors must check in with the beach marshal before their heat and be checked in by the five-minute mark or risk being replaced, and a missed heat drops the surfer to the bottom of the alternate list with no refund. Salt Creek Beach Park is a public OC Parks beach, so watching from the sand or the bluff-top park is free. Per-division outcomes feed the WSA 2026–27 season ratings that decide season titles and USA Surfing pathways as the season closes.

Western Surfing Association

Open to competitors who purchase current WSA membership, pay the event entry fee, sign the waiver, and enter a listed division. This regular-season stop is not invitation-only. Division age is determined as of January 1, 2027, and proof of age is required. Some categories are gender-specific; para divisions are open to male and female competitors.

This is an upcoming event; results are not yet available. As the 2026–27 regular-season finale, per-division outcomes will feed the official WSA season ratings (published Google Sheet), which count each surfer’s best six regular-season scores plus West Coast Championship points toward season titles and USA Surfing pathways. WSA posts finalists immediately and remaining points within about ten days; it does not publish a standalone per-event results PDF.

Western Surfing Association; USA Surfing member pathway

Upcoming 2026–27 Salt Life WSA Championship Tour presented by Got Milk? — Stop #9 (season finale) Events

Salt Life WSA Championship Tour Stop #9 — Salt Creek Dana Point 2027