October 27, 2025

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17th Annual Gala Fundraiser

Saturday, November 1 ~ 2-8pm

Tickets are still available!

You are invited to an Endless Summer of fun! fun! fun! to start November as we celebrate the 2025 Silver Surfer honorees!

2025 Silver Surfer Honorees

Bruce Brown in memory

Mike Hynson in memory

Robert August

Dana Brown

Wingnut

Pat O’Connell

with Honorary Gala Chairwoman 
2017 Silver Surfer Jericho Poppler

with support from

Opper Films / The Surf Network

NIXON

live music by

Dave and Kylea Sheils

The Long View Band

Join us at The Seabird Ocean Resort & Spa 

overlooking the ocean and Oceanside’s iconic pier!

101 Mission Avenue Oceanside

Want to stay at The Seabird when you attend the Gala? 
Click here for Saturday night, November 1.

Tickets are on sale — click here to purchase!

Click here to stay up-to-date with all things Gala!

Can't make it to the Gala?

Click here to check out the Online Auction!

Thank You to All the Gala Donors for the Silent, Live and Online Auctions!

333 Pacific 

574 Organic Tequila

78 Thai Kitchen

Ace Hardware, Carlsbad

Agua Hedionda 

Lagoon Foundation

Alfred Laws

Andi Esposito/Point Break Design

Back to Cali

Beach Break Café

Beach City Smoothies

Beach Hut Deli

BeachFront Only 

Vacation Rentals

Best Pizza

Board Bin Snowboard Shop Ketchum

Brad and Heidi Russell

Brenda Stokes

California Locos

California Surf Museum

Candle Bar

Carlsbad Golf Carts

Carlsbad Magazine

Case by Case, Oregon

Children’s Museum of Discovery

Chocolate Bar

Coomber Craft Wines 

Corky Carroll

Courtyard Marriot 

Cycle City Hawaii

Dave Kaplan Management/Surfdog Inc.

Dave Tourjé

Day with a Pro Skateboarder

Don’s Country Kitchen

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps

Duke’s Huntington Beach

Duke’s La Jolla

Duke’s Malibu

Encinitas Surfboards

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Eris Food Co.

Fleet Science Center

Frontwave Arena

Gerber Kawasaki 

Wealth Management

Goat Hill Park

Golf at Omni La Costa

GoPro

Guy Takayama

Handel’s Ice Cream

Hansen Surfboards

Harrah’s

Herb & Sea

Herb and Wood Restaurant

Hobie Surf Shop

Holley Hill Pottery

Holy Sits

Howard and Joanie Mees

Humu Surf Company

Huntington Beach Harley-Davidson

Hyda Helmets

Jake’s Del Mar

Jamie O’Brien Surf Experience

Japanese Friendship 

Garden and Museum

Jason Mraz

Jim Kempton

John Lamb

Kat De Laet Portraits

Killer Dana

La Costa Resort

Larry and Louise Balma/Tracker

Laurel Roberts

Le Coq Restaurant

Living Coast 

Discovery Center

Luika’s Shop

Lynne Merchant

Mangia e Bevi 

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Masters of Surf Photography

Mike Lewis

Minxnails

Mission San Luis Rey Museum

Mraz Family Farms

Nathan Gibbs 

Art and Design

NXTC Surfboards

Oceanside Adventures

Oceanside Gift Basket

Oceanside Museum of Art

Oceanside Sea Center

Ohana Creations

Okuma Fishing Rods

On the Sands Vacations

Pacific Harley-Davidson

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

Pelley’s Fish Market

Pier View Coffee

Piscifun

Pizza Port Brewing Company

Poseidon Restaurant

Primo’s Pizza

Privateer Restaurant

Pura Vida

Quail Street Coffee Roasters

Ralph Rubio

Rebel Villa

Robin Logan/Logan Earth Ski

Salmon Creek Bait & Tackle 

San Diego Automotive Museum

San Diego Museum of Art

Scott Kish

Sean Davey

Sector 9 Complete Skateboards

Shawn Styles

Shelta Hats

Shibumi Shade Company

Shore House Restaurant

Skateboarding Hall of Fame

Smith Eyewear

Spirito’s Restaurant

Steve and Cher Pendarvis/Pendoflex

Sun Bum

Sun Valley Snowboard

SunDiego

Surf Ride

Surfside Sports

Tequila Fortaleza

Teresa MacGregor

The Board Bin

The Plot

The Skatepark Project

Tillman Eakes

Timmy Patterson

TIS Wheels & Tires

Tommy Daniels

Trader Joe’s Oceanside

Troy Lee Designs

USS Midway Museum

Vans

Visit Oceanside

Vissla

Wade Koniakowsky

Wahoo’s Tacos

Waterways Travel Surf Adventures

Wet and Wild Adventures

Whitlock Surf Experience

Wildland Restaurant

Wingnut

Woodbridge Creek Winery

Zach Voight

Never Die Young – A James Taylor Holiday Show

at the Belly Up in Solana Beach

143 S. Cedros Ave

Wednesday, December 17, 7pm

One of our favorite groups is back at the Belly Up for a holiday show! We are lucky to have Dave Sheils (usually along with his daughter Kylea) playing at our Gala while Gala guests are socializing and bidding on silent auction items. 

The show at the Belly Up is a 21+ seated show. Tickets are $30.55 (balcony seats are more). Click here for more info and to buy tickets.

The California Surf Museum Exhibit Hall is Open

10am-4pm Daily

NOW ON EXHIBIT

Click here to read about these exhibits online.

• Surf Art: Exploring California’s Coastal Culture
• Wave Science: Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
• A Brief History of Surfboards: from Wood to Foam and Fiberglass
• Courageous Inspiration: Bethany Hamilton
• Making Waves: Jack and Reid Van Wagoner
• Bodysurfing: Fins and Handplanes

Be sure to check out surfmuseum.org!

There’s always lots to see!

As we gear up for the 17th Annual Gala Fundraiser, be sure to see all the fun and fundraising at the wrap up of the 16th Annual Gala Fundraiser here.

Click here to see past issues of the California Surf Museum’s newsletter OUTSIDE! going back to 2007! We still have more to upload.

Take a look around past events in the Event Archive.

Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn!

And don’t forgot to follow the California Surf Museum on YouTube! Lots to see there too! Including videos from past events and the very popular “Jan and Dean Sidewalk Surfin’” video.

Shop the California Surf Museum Store!

Surf Art posters now available in store!

This iconic image of Swamis was painted by Carlsbad artist Wade Koniakowsky. 24"x18"

Our Museum Store is stocked up with lots of unique merchandise both in store and online! Click here to shop online (California Surf Museum members: be sure to call in your order to get your 10% discount on California Surf Museum-branded store merchandise).

Remember, memberships always make great gifts -- click here -- or click here to renew your membership today! Besides 10% off on California Surf Museum-branded store merchandise, members get free admission to our exhibit hall, and free or reduced admission to our Big Wednesdays and other in-house events.

Already a member? Be sure to share the stoke by sharing your guest passes with your friends and family!

Mission Statement

The California Surf Museum serves as an international repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing by capturing, preserving, and chronicling its art, culture and heritage for the education and enjoyment of current and future generations.