Hasta Manana Monday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Okay, we're back to the good ol' USA and it's about time! We had a couple of spectacular days of snorkelating and then the wind started to blow like the interior was heating up to max. At one point we were wondering, "Is this how a hurricane starts out?" Our lead photo today shows the dive boats moored outside of our back door before the blow and the second shot is of the cannons they use to protect their shores from Somali pirates. When you dive off of this point you see some of the cannons they threw into the bay, before they realized they made good statuary. In fact they threw a lot of good stuff into the water out there, so besides all of the coral, fish and turtles, you keep finding the detritus of centuries of civilization. Kinda cool...
But it was a lot calmer here this morning, with 10 miles visibility under a hazy sun and no wind. The sea surface was smooth, bordering on glassy. The air temperature was 60.3° and the water was 57.2°. This was a bit of a shock, since yesterday when the water at Akumal was 80°. Low tide was at 8:05am +0.0' and high tide is at 3:30pm +3.2'. The buoy is reading a west swell out of 259° at 2.6' and we're calling it a smallish 2' with fair shape.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
Okay, we're back to the good ol' USA and it's about time! We had a couple of spectacular days of snorkelating and then the wind started to blow like the interior was heating up to max. At one point we were wondering, "Is this how a hurricane starts out?" Our lead photo today shows the dive boats moored outside of our back door before the blow and the second shot is of the cannons they use to protect their shores from Somali pirates. When you dive off of this point you see some of the cannons they threw into the bay, before they realized they made good statuary. In fact they threw a lot of good stuff into the water out there, so besides all of the coral, fish and turtles, you keep finding the detritus of centuries of civilization. Kinda cool...
But it was a lot calmer here this morning, with 10 miles visibility under a hazy sun and no wind. The sea surface was smooth, bordering on glassy. The air temperature was 60.3° and the water was 57.2°. This was a bit of a shock, since yesterday when the water at Akumal was 80°. Low tide was at 8:05am +0.0' and high tide is at 3:30pm +3.2'. The buoy is reading a west swell out of 259° at 2.6' and we're calling it a smallish 2' with fair shape.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
