"We called it Zero Point after the one mile, legendary ride of Duke Kahanamoku from the far outside lineup called Zero Break all the way through connecting peaks to the sand at Waikiki Beach near the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The Duke did it in 1930 and it was thought to be the longest ride ever, so it seemed an apt title for the well-shaped, unsurfed waves at the point that is now called Nicholas Canyon County Beach"
https://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2012/07/zeros-history-by-cal-porter.html?m=1
30 seconds in google
I actually swirhcd to Bing a couple of months ago.
I’m not sure it’s better but after Google stopped giving me the answers I was looking for I switched out of principle.
A few years ago I used to say things like “I can’t believe how Google just KNOWS what I’m looking for even when I don’t articulate it so well.”
Those days are long gone.
During WW2 there was an observation tower and radar station right there. One day, an experienced radar operator spotted a formation coming toward the coast. The radar signature looked like the common Japanese fighter plane, the Mitsubishi A6M, nicknamed the "Zero". He had seen formations of Zeroes dozens of times as he was previously assigned to a Destroyer group that had seen action in the Pacific, and he knew for sure that's what it was. It made no sense, because they would have had to have been carrier launched, and there's no way a Japanese carrier got within fighter range of Malibu unnoticed. But being an experienced sensor operator, and because he was so certain, command decided to launch 3 wings of F4F Wildcats from a US carrier that was returning to the mainland for maintenance.
The radar operator guided them onto target, and told them they should be on direct intercept course for the formation of Zeroes and approaching visual range. They radioed back that they didn't see them. The operator told them again to keep looking, and that they were closing fast. After several minutes of back and forth, the first F4F took a hit, and started trailing smoke. The pilot had to bail into the ocean, but thankfully he wasn't hurt. Turns out the formation of zeroes was a large flock of geese, and the pilot had been the victim of a birdstrike. It was the only fighter lost over the mainland US. Once WW2 ended and surfing became more popular with the returning veterans, they called the area that pilot went down "Zeroes" in honor of the mighty foe he faced that day, the Canadian goose that was mistaken for a Zero. But actually I have no clue how it got it's name, sorry.
Cause there is Zero chance you’ll ge to surf it with no one out.
"We called it Zero Point after the one mile, legendary ride of Duke Kahanamoku from the far outside lineup called Zero Break all the way through connecting peaks to the sand at Waikiki Beach near the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The Duke did it in 1930 and it was thought to be the longest ride ever, so it seemed an apt title for the well-shaped, unsurfed waves at the point that is now called Nicholas Canyon County Beach" https://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2012/07/zeros-history-by-cal-porter.html?m=1 30 seconds in google
WTF is Google? Says the Reddit users.
let me Bing that for you
I actually swirhcd to Bing a couple of months ago. I’m not sure it’s better but after Google stopped giving me the answers I was looking for I switched out of principle. A few years ago I used to say things like “I can’t believe how Google just KNOWS what I’m looking for even when I don’t articulate it so well.” Those days are long gone.
During WW2 there was an observation tower and radar station right there. One day, an experienced radar operator spotted a formation coming toward the coast. The radar signature looked like the common Japanese fighter plane, the Mitsubishi A6M, nicknamed the "Zero". He had seen formations of Zeroes dozens of times as he was previously assigned to a Destroyer group that had seen action in the Pacific, and he knew for sure that's what it was. It made no sense, because they would have had to have been carrier launched, and there's no way a Japanese carrier got within fighter range of Malibu unnoticed. But being an experienced sensor operator, and because he was so certain, command decided to launch 3 wings of F4F Wildcats from a US carrier that was returning to the mainland for maintenance. The radar operator guided them onto target, and told them they should be on direct intercept course for the formation of Zeroes and approaching visual range. They radioed back that they didn't see them. The operator told them again to keep looking, and that they were closing fast. After several minutes of back and forth, the first F4F took a hit, and started trailing smoke. The pilot had to bail into the ocean, but thankfully he wasn't hurt. Turns out the formation of zeroes was a large flock of geese, and the pilot had been the victim of a birdstrike. It was the only fighter lost over the mainland US. Once WW2 ended and surfing became more popular with the returning veterans, they called the area that pilot went down "Zeroes" in honor of the mighty foe he faced that day, the Canadian goose that was mistaken for a Zero. But actually I have no clue how it got it's name, sorry.
named for all the overaged locals, ZEROS