The Oceanside Surf (formerly known as the San Diego Surf) are a
semi-professional
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basketball team in the
American Basketball Association
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(ABA) based in
Oceanside, California
Oceanside is a city on the South Coast (California), South Coast of California, located in San Diego County, California, San Diego County. The city had a population of 167,086 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is a popular ...
, and began play in
2009
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. The Surf was previously a member of the ABA's Far West division and its home arena was the HourGlass Arena at
Miramar College
San Diego Miramar College (Miramar) is a public community college in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Community College District and the California Community Colleges System.
Notable alumni
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in
San Diego. In 2022, the team announced a rebrand to the Oceanside Surf.
History
Before the formation of the San Diego Surf, the city's ABA team had been the
San Diego Wildcats, who stopped playing in 2009. The San Diego Surf was formed and held its first
tryout
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s later that year under head coach Terry Mason, and began playing in late 2009. The team has a rivalry with the
San Diego Sol.
2009–10 season
The Surf finished their season on a positive note participating in the benefit games for the 80,000 victims of the devastating earthquake in Chengdu, China 2008 against the Beijing Aoshen Olympians in Chengdu, Sichuan, China and the first game of ABA Global's ABA Friendship Games 2010 against the Philippine National Pro Basketball team, Smart Gilas, in San Diego April 2010.
2010–11 season
The Surf began their short exhibition season against the
Camp Pendleton Marines on October 21 at Hourglass Arena. San Diego won 97–73. They opened up their regular season with a 140–123 win over the
San Francisco Rumble, who were ranked #3 in the preseason power rankings.
2019–20
The Surf played 15 games in the season.
Notable players
*
Glen Dandridge
Glen Dandridge (born July 16, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri and Lambuth University before having a seven-year professional career.
High school career
After ...
*
Michael Gomez
References
External links
Official websiteTeam statistics
from MyStatsOnline
American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams
Basketball teams in San Diego
Basketball teams established in 2009
2009 establishments in California
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