Whirligig Wednesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Our first shot this morning is of the Hermosa Pier at somewhat of a higher elevation than we're used to. But you get the idea. A few fisherpeople, but it didn't look like anything was running, especially the surf! Let's look at the statistics...
Cloudy to hazy sun this morning and about 10 miles visibility. Winds are offshore (ESE) by 5.2kts and the sea surface has a bit of reverse tack. The air temperature is 59.4° and the water has nudged up a bit to 57.4°. We keep flirting with the idea of a springer - then it gets cloudy. Today's problem is that high tide is at 8:18am +4.3' and low tide will be at 2:07pm +0.7'. If we could reverse the tides, there could'a been some waves this morning. The swell is hitting the buoy from 205° at 2.6' and because of the tide we're calling it 1' and poor. Today's strategy will be to wait until the tide is low enough for it to break, but BEFORE the wind kicks up.
Our second photo is at the end of the Hermosa Pier and the foghorn. On a morning like today it's nice and quiet and you can snuggle up to it and do some fishing. But when the fog comes in... see the guy wearing the baseball cap. It'll blow that thing clear to the breakwall. We mention this because we walked out there and then thought, "Gee, it's getting a bit hazy out here..."
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
Our first shot this morning is of the Hermosa Pier at somewhat of a higher elevation than we're used to. But you get the idea. A few fisherpeople, but it didn't look like anything was running, especially the surf! Let's look at the statistics...
Cloudy to hazy sun this morning and about 10 miles visibility. Winds are offshore (ESE) by 5.2kts and the sea surface has a bit of reverse tack. The air temperature is 59.4° and the water has nudged up a bit to 57.4°. We keep flirting with the idea of a springer - then it gets cloudy. Today's problem is that high tide is at 8:18am +4.3' and low tide will be at 2:07pm +0.7'. If we could reverse the tides, there could'a been some waves this morning. The swell is hitting the buoy from 205° at 2.6' and because of the tide we're calling it 1' and poor. Today's strategy will be to wait until the tide is low enough for it to break, but BEFORE the wind kicks up.
Our second photo is at the end of the Hermosa Pier and the foghorn. On a morning like today it's nice and quiet and you can snuggle up to it and do some fishing. But when the fog comes in... see the guy wearing the baseball cap. It'll blow that thing clear to the breakwall. We mention this because we walked out there and then thought, "Gee, it's getting a bit hazy out here..."
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
