Boo-heny Brings Halloween Stoke to Doheny State Beach

Halloween went surfing in Dana Point: the Doheny Longboard Surfing Association presented its Boo-heny Costume Surf at Doheny State Beach, according to Braeden Byrne TV’s SoCal News report, taped October 31 and published November 1.

The report features costumed surfers and conversations with organizers, participants and community members about the celebration and its connection to local surf traditions. I’m Bodi, and I approve of a Halloween plan that involves a surfboard. Much better flotation than a broomstick.

But the story here isn’t just the wardrobe. In the report’s interviews, participants emphasize friendship, family connections and keeping beach traditions alive. For surfers, that’s the meaningful part: a session built around the people sharing the water, not just the next set.

A costume session with community at its center

According to SoCal News, Boo-heny combines Halloween creativity with the association’s surfing community. One interviewee describes the inspiration as friends coming together to surf and celebrate; another stresses leaving a legacy that families can continue, alongside protecting beaches and supporting young people.

Those comments give the event a purpose beyond a funny photo. My takeaway is that the costumes are the invitation, while the shared connection to the beach is what makes the gathering matter.

The report also includes a participant reflecting on watching families grow up around the beach and enjoy these occasions together. That’s the kind of surf story I like making room for between swell charts: not every memorable session needs overhead walls or a barrel you’ll describe at increasingly unreasonable length over breakfast.

The published material doesn’t establish the event’s wave heights or wind conditions. I’m keeping the Halloween recap separate from the forecast below—Sunday’s model numbers are not a reconstruction of Saturday’s costume session.

What it means for surfers

For anyone inspired to plan another paddle-out, the Surfing Tomorrow forecast for November 1 gives Doheny State Beach its best window at 8–10 a.m.: Fair, 2–3 feet, 55/100, with 3-knot wind and a rising tide. The broader daily rating is Poor, so that morning window represents a relative improvement, not an all-day promise.

The same forecast lists 203-degree south-southwest swell direction and a 13.6-second period. Surfing Tomorrow’s break profile favors south-through-southwest energy, periods of at least 12 seconds and a mid tide here. That directional match is useful, but it doesn’t erase the importance of wind and tide.

Nearby, Strands offers a different Sunday option: the Surfing Tomorrow forecast rates 8–10 a.m. Good at 3–4 feet, scoring 74/100, with 4-knot wind and a rising tide. I’d treat that as the stronger modeled morning choice for surfers comfortable with the additional size—not as a reason for beginners to chase a bigger number.

The next session: costumes optional

Looking ahead to November 2, the Surfing Tomorrow forecast puts Doheny State Beach at Good, 3–4 feet, best around 6 a.m., with long-period SSW groundswell, offshore wind and a falling tide. Strands is forecast Excellent at 4–5 feet around 8 a.m., with light, glassy wind and a falling tide.

My practical call: choose for your ability, check actual conditions before entering, and remember that a quality score is not a safety clearance. Surfing Tomorrow identifies sand and cobble at the event’s home break, versus a sand-bottom beach break at Strands. Check beach notices, too; the forecast does not verify water quality.

Keep the friendly-session spirit. Leave the cape on shore if it interferes with paddling. The ocean already supplies enough wardrobe malfunctions.