For 25 years, brave revelers have gathered at the Huntington Beach Pier on New Year’s Day to wash off the old and welcome the new. The famed Surf City Splash ... the water is clocking in the ...

Elizabeth Sutherland moved to Huntington Beach from La Habra last summer ... who entered the water for the Surf City Splash dressed as ladybugs. They held signs reading, “On Your Side in ...

New Year’s Day has always been a good time to take the plunge in Huntington Beach. The Surf City Splash returns Wednesday for the hundreds eager to take a dip into the Pacific Ocean at high noon.