Don't Thwart That Thursday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
No rain today as some weather pundits predicted. Instead clear skies and not even a hint of smoggies. Visibility is 25+ miles and the winds are now reading 19.4kts with gusts up to 23kts. The sea surface is lightly chopped. The air temp is 53.4º and the water is 56.1º. High tide is at 10:43am +4.9' and low tide will follow at 4:58pm +0.1'. The swell is out of 262º at 6.2' and we're calling it 5' to 6'.
We hit Sapphire this morning around 9am and even though the wind was still a bit on and north it was starting to smooth out a bit. We almost picked Topaz, but it was a bit rocked and even Don Swift didn't look like he had a good pick. Sapphire on the other hand was bouncing off the top third of the jetty and was setting up a rather steep bowling face. There were some good lefts and the right was a long bottom turn with a quick kick out next to the rocks. By the time we left at high tide it was starting to blow pretty hard and we got a shot of our whirligig doing about 500rpms. Damn camera was still too fast though.
The other shot is Mr. Fatty drawing on Tyler Russel's stick. He's actually not that rotund, but it was f'n cold in the garage last night and he had about five layers of clothes on. Don't worry, even as slow as he is he's moved the operation inside. Good boy, Mr. Fatty!
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
No rain today as some weather pundits predicted. Instead clear skies and not even a hint of smoggies. Visibility is 25+ miles and the winds are now reading 19.4kts with gusts up to 23kts. The sea surface is lightly chopped. The air temp is 53.4º and the water is 56.1º. High tide is at 10:43am +4.9' and low tide will follow at 4:58pm +0.1'. The swell is out of 262º at 6.2' and we're calling it 5' to 6'.
We hit Sapphire this morning around 9am and even though the wind was still a bit on and north it was starting to smooth out a bit. We almost picked Topaz, but it was a bit rocked and even Don Swift didn't look like he had a good pick. Sapphire on the other hand was bouncing off the top third of the jetty and was setting up a rather steep bowling face. There were some good lefts and the right was a long bottom turn with a quick kick out next to the rocks. By the time we left at high tide it was starting to blow pretty hard and we got a shot of our whirligig doing about 500rpms. Damn camera was still too fast though.
The other shot is Mr. Fatty drawing on Tyler Russel's stick. He's actually not that rotund, but it was f'n cold in the garage last night and he had about five layers of clothes on. Don't worry, even as slow as he is he's moved the operation inside. Good boy, Mr. Fatty!
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
