7TILL8 Custom Wetsuits

Everything You Need To Know About How Swells Work

What follows is a by-no-means-comprehensive guide to swells and surf forecasting to help you make some sense out of all those charts and numbers. If you’re new to surfing, absorbing...

Crafting Connections Underwater: Tae and Tyler

Those unfamiliar with “ocean cultures” are surprised to hear that surf and dive rarely overlap. It's felt taboo (even divisive at times) to explore diving as a surf brand, but...

It's Official: Stab Magazine Names 7TILL8 #1 in World's Best Wetsuit Test

The illustrious Stab Magazine recently released their "World's Best Wetsuit" test* and ranked nine different wetsuit companies in areas of comfort and warmth. We're beyond stoked to say that we...

A Quick Guide to Wetsuit Entry Systems

With a 7TILL8 Custom Wetsuit, you can choose your preferred entry style to give you the best performance in your session. We’re going to give you a quick overview of all...

Waves of Appreciation: Surf Brands We Love - True Ames

It’s been a few days into our gifting campaign and we realized that this is also an opportunity to share and educate about independent surf brands we love. Learn more...

The Slow Down: Going Beyond Black Friday

We’re not participating in Black Friday this year. This isn’t anything personal against the event, but the idea of promoting a season of discounts is not sitting well with us...

Surfline Visits 7TILL8: A Look at 7TILL8 HQ

When people come through to the 7TILL8 HQ, we often hear, "Wow. I didn't expect it to look like this. Even the space feels custom." When we moved into this...

7TILL8's Beginner's Guide to Spearfishing - Vol 3 - How To Prepare Uni (Sea Urchin)

This is Volume 3 of our Beginner Guide to Spearfishing. In case you missed it, here's Volume 1 and Volume 2. To round out our Beginner Guide to Spearfishing, we...

Splash of Inspiration: Lobster Edition

These days, lobster occupies a big part of our minds. We’re sharing the latest and greatest dive tools, kitchen gear, and provisions that are inspiring us this fall season.

7TILL8's Beginner's Guide to Spearfishing - Vol 2 - Exploring California Catch

Now that we've covered the Fundamentals, it's time to go explore your local dive area. In Volume 2: Exploring California Catch, we introduce five different types of seafood that we...

Nineties Nostalgia: An El Niño Tale from '97

We just saw our first significant Southern California swell in a while and it's gotten us hopeful about the coming Fall/Winter surf season. Although this El Niño year's been underwhelming thus...

7TILL8's Beginner's Guide to Spearfishing - Vol 1 - Get Started With Fundamentals

This past summer with no significant swell, we started getting curious about diving. More specifically, we got interested in learning how to catch our own food. It's been such an...

Crafting Connections Underwater: Tae and Tyler

Those unfamiliar with “ocean cultures” are surprised to hear that surf and dive rarely overlap. It's felt taboo (even divisive at times) to explore diving as a surf brand, but...

The Slow Down: Diving Into Curiousity

There are more surfers than ever and working in the surf industry during these last few years has complicated our personal relationship to surfing. It's given us mixed feelings. More surfers...

The Slow Down: What's In a Name

It took over a week of non-stop brainstorming to decide to name the company 7TILL8. It feels nostalgic remembering those late late nights, ideating at the kitchen table in our...

Let's Talk About Monica and Olga

Going down in surfboard length is a challenge in every surfer's journey, but progressing in adulthood requires a tremendous amount of determination. Both Monica and Olga transitioned to shortboarding as...