Surfers in colorful costumes paddled out at Tourmaline Surfing Park in Pacific Beach on Saturday, Oct. 31, for Tourmoween, the neighborhood's annual costume surf session. The gathering turned the lineup into a festive scene against the backdrop of the Pacific.
The gathering unfolded at Tourmaline in north Pacific Beach. Times of San Diego described colorful costumes at the event. The San Diego Union-Tribune has similarly called Tourmoween an annual costume surf session at Tourmaline in Pacific Beach, part of its roundup of where to find Halloween happenings around the city.
Costumes in the Lineup
Photos from Tourmaline on Saturday captured the range of costumes in and around the water. Jill Smith surfed in Day of the Dead-themed attire, while Ryan Wilkinson paddled out dressed as Joe Dirt, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported in its photo coverage of the event.
Quiana Stodder and Megan Barry waded into the water dressed as Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, the same photo coverage showed, while Barbara Whatley rode a wave dressed as a skeleton. Times of San Diego also described colorful costumes at the event.
Costumed Surfers Take to the Water
Surfers joined the Halloween event in costume.
The event featured colorful costumes in the water.
A Tradition With Costume Contests and Bigger Crowds in Past Years
Tourmoween has grown into something of a Pacific Beach Halloween institution. A 2025 account from nicolecaldwell.com described more than 100 surfers paddling out at Tourmaline that year to celebrate spooky season and party waves, with costumes ranging from Batman and Robin to Poseidon, cacti and even a Space Trucker.
A Tourmaline Halloween surf event took place in 2024. At this year's Tourmoween, Times of San Diego reported the Mount Rushmore team won best costume and the Sixers took best party wave.
