Blue Whale Wednesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
It's my fault. Here's the new blade. It's home. Now... there will be no waves for at least a couple of weeks. That's just the way it is... I'm just sitting here staring at it...
Checking it out this morning and the Esplanade is alive with folks gazing sea-ward. Nope, not big surf, dolphins or schooling fish... Whales! Not just the basic California Gray, but the granddaddy of them all, the Blue Whale! There were tens of them from a ½ mile out to maybe a mile. But no problem seeing them - they're the biggest things that have ever lived and their spouts shoot way over 20'! Yeah, dinosaurs were cool, but these guys are the real deal. You could see boats following them trying to get a better look and on the Esplanade people were using spotter scopes, cameras and binoculars. Some folks are thinking that as the health of the bay has improved, this might be a more regular occurrence. How big a deal is it? The last time Billy McIntosh saw a Blue was on his Daddy's boat, almost 40 years ago - it's a big deal...
Ten miles visibility this morning under heavily overcast skies. Winds are offshore at 3.3kts and the sea surface is glassy. The air temperature is 62.5° and the water is close at 62.8°. High tide is at 9:49am +5.8' and low tide will be at 3:48pm +0.3', setting up for some radical tide swings over the next four or five days. The buoy is reading a 2.6' swell out of 201° SSW. It's about 1' and poor and unfortunately, the curse has started...
Finally, we have the dinner table last Sunday night in McCall, Idaho. The place that has the salad is LoLa's. Yeah, you can tell she's from California...
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
(But it might take awhile...)
It's my fault. Here's the new blade. It's home. Now... there will be no waves for at least a couple of weeks. That's just the way it is... I'm just sitting here staring at it...
Checking it out this morning and the Esplanade is alive with folks gazing sea-ward. Nope, not big surf, dolphins or schooling fish... Whales! Not just the basic California Gray, but the granddaddy of them all, the Blue Whale! There were tens of them from a ½ mile out to maybe a mile. But no problem seeing them - they're the biggest things that have ever lived and their spouts shoot way over 20'! Yeah, dinosaurs were cool, but these guys are the real deal. You could see boats following them trying to get a better look and on the Esplanade people were using spotter scopes, cameras and binoculars. Some folks are thinking that as the health of the bay has improved, this might be a more regular occurrence. How big a deal is it? The last time Billy McIntosh saw a Blue was on his Daddy's boat, almost 40 years ago - it's a big deal...
Ten miles visibility this morning under heavily overcast skies. Winds are offshore at 3.3kts and the sea surface is glassy. The air temperature is 62.5° and the water is close at 62.8°. High tide is at 9:49am +5.8' and low tide will be at 3:48pm +0.3', setting up for some radical tide swings over the next four or five days. The buoy is reading a 2.6' swell out of 201° SSW. It's about 1' and poor and unfortunately, the curse has started...
Finally, we have the dinner table last Sunday night in McCall, Idaho. The place that has the salad is LoLa's. Yeah, you can tell she's from California...
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
(But it might take awhile...)
