Free Association Friday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Pictured we have the mother-daughter team of Beth McSorely and Karly Goins.  Karly is the #1 ranked woman surfer on the BMHS roster and our vote to take the Coastal League Women's crown.  Maybe it's a tiara, we're not sure?!  The archetypal surf mom, Beth surfs and brings hot coffee and chocolate to all the meets and practices, hauls all the rash guards and is in charge of the official banner.  If she didn't have a bad ankle we'd send her in as well!  Karly finished 1st in today's contest even after she stayed up until 3:30am watching the latest "Twilight" release, "New Moon."  She made it to the contest, but we're not sure she made it to school, ZZzzzzz...

If you were south of Avenue F, you thought it was a brilliantly clear morning.  However, north of Avenue F you imagined the world to be socked in with fog and visibility was down to a hundred yards.  Winds were off and out of the NNE by 3.9kts.  The sea surface was smooth.  The air temp was a chilly 50.2° and the water was 61.9°.  High tide is at 10:07am +5.6' and low tide will be at 5:53pm +0.1'.  That high tide is already bumping things down and the 3.3' swell out of the W at 268° is starting to end up right on the beach.  If you caught it early it was in the 3' to 5' range and pretty wally-crashy.

From:  Chris Miloe
 Aloha from Oahu..... Overcast.  20mph trades.  81 degrees  2-4 ft West, South and North.   You are getting the surf in the South Bay that was here last week.  Here is the good news....more is coming.  Sat will still be 4ft.  Sunday and Monday 8 to 18 ft North and West shores.  That means you should have another good weekend following this one.  Even 8ft N shore is toooo big.  So I am playing golf on Sunday and maybe driving out to N shore late afternnoon to take pictures.  Frank...Sunday would be perfect for you.....here!
Mahalo
(Gee, I'd really like to come, but I'm thinking I've been avoiding rearranging that sock drawer for sooo long...    Oh yeah, send pictures!  Ed.)

"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!




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