LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 24: Boats sail past big waves at The Wedge as a winter storm with 50-knot winds in the Southern Hemisphere off Tahiti generates high surf at south-facing southern California beaches on July 24, 2009 in Newport Beach, California. Surf forecasters predict that wave faces at The Wedge could reach 12 to 20 feet at high tide through the weekend. The Wedge is well-known among surfers for its swell that reflects off a jetty and back into other swells in the wedge-shaped water between the beach and jetty to produce dangerously big surf in water that can be as shallow as three feet. Inland, triple-digit heat is driving many people to seek relief at area beaches and is causing heightened wildfire weather conditions. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)