Dale Webster

Dale Webster, nicknamed the Daily Wavester, was an American surfer born in Alhambra, California, on November 25, 1948, who died in Rohnert Park, California, on August 9, 2025. He set the Guinness World Record for most consecutive days spent surfing, 14,641, by catching at least three waves to shore at Bodega Bay, Northern California, every day from September 3, 1975, to October 4, 2015, through hurricane force winds, shark infestations, car breakdowns and kidney stone complications. He also set the world record for most waves caught, with 43,923 confirmed waves. His streak ended on October 5, 2015, when he had minor kidney stone surgery at the age of 66. He appeared in Dana Brown's 2003 surf film Step into Liquid.