Fistulous Withers Wednesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Our first photo this morning is the playing field at the Breakwall. Quite simply, it lines up against the rocks and then breaks left down the line, just like God and Willard Bascomb intended. Our second shot is of a young Turk charging the wave. This was Sunday afternoon, so things had calmed down a bit. But there were still some sizable waves and the wind and the swell continued to cooperate. Some folks have expressed surprise at the fact that Redondo has big waves occasionally. As a matter of fact, it's featured in "The Endless Summer" as a California big wave spot. What a lot of folks don't know is that even before the Breakwall was there, Beryl St., which then ended at the water's edge, got some big waves. Not unlike Avenue I, it focused swell energy into that stretch of beach. We haven't ever seen photos of anyone riding there, but it would be great to find a couple!
A beautiful morning as the sun came singing up out of the east at 6:54am right on schedule. Visibility was 20 miles under clear skies and the winds were offshore by 3.8kts. The sea surface was smooth. The air temperature was 52.7° and the water was 58.8°, but honestly, it doesn't feel that warm. Keep your booties on... High tide is at 6:16am +6.3' and low tide will be this afternoon at 1:42pm -1.3'. The buoy is telling us that the current swell is coming out of the W at 261° at 3.9'. The waves at Topaz seemed bigger than that and we're calling it 3' to 5', with some bigger sets every 20 minutes or so.
Finally, a gentle reminder about Boomfwappa and Flashbak, playing at Keegan's Public House on the 29th from 7pm to 9pm. Be there or be... (you pick the geometry.)
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
Our first photo this morning is the playing field at the Breakwall. Quite simply, it lines up against the rocks and then breaks left down the line, just like God and Willard Bascomb intended. Our second shot is of a young Turk charging the wave. This was Sunday afternoon, so things had calmed down a bit. But there were still some sizable waves and the wind and the swell continued to cooperate. Some folks have expressed surprise at the fact that Redondo has big waves occasionally. As a matter of fact, it's featured in "The Endless Summer" as a California big wave spot. What a lot of folks don't know is that even before the Breakwall was there, Beryl St., which then ended at the water's edge, got some big waves. Not unlike Avenue I, it focused swell energy into that stretch of beach. We haven't ever seen photos of anyone riding there, but it would be great to find a couple!
A beautiful morning as the sun came singing up out of the east at 6:54am right on schedule. Visibility was 20 miles under clear skies and the winds were offshore by 3.8kts. The sea surface was smooth. The air temperature was 52.7° and the water was 58.8°, but honestly, it doesn't feel that warm. Keep your booties on... High tide is at 6:16am +6.3' and low tide will be this afternoon at 1:42pm -1.3'. The buoy is telling us that the current swell is coming out of the W at 261° at 3.9'. The waves at Topaz seemed bigger than that and we're calling it 3' to 5', with some bigger sets every 20 minutes or so.
Finally, a gentle reminder about Boomfwappa and Flashbak, playing at Keegan's Public House on the 29th from 7pm to 9pm. Be there or be... (you pick the geometry.)
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
