Hurricane swells reveal forgotten history beneath iconic California beach

Hurricane Marie sent massive swells crashing into Newport Beach's legendary surf break, The Wedge, producing the towering waves the spot is famous for. But the hurricane-driven surf also unearthed a piece of California history, exposing long-buried wooden pilings believed to date back to the construction of the jetty that helped create the world-famous wave. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Mysterious wooden structures exposed at Newport Beach ’s famed Wedge have offered a glimpse into the city’s past, as hurricane swells peeled back the sand to reveal a series of unidentified items from history . When Hurricane Marie smashed the Southern California coast over Labor Day Weekend , aggressive coastal erosion turned one of California's most iconic waves in Newport Beach into an archaeological dig. At the Wedge, a shore-breaking wave that has drawn surfers , bodysurfers and boogie-boarders for generations, massive waves arrived as Hurricane Marie churned hundreds of miles offshore in an El Niño -supercharged Pacific.

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