Theodolite Thursday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Some rugged coastline on the west side of Portugal. This was just north of Peniche. Can you imagine having a bit of a problem and trying to put in to a safe harbor along this stretch? Even as we headed toward Sagres, there were still some pretty radical cliffs...
TODAY looked like textbook June, in our book. It's supposed to be overcast, gray and just a little moist. Then magically on July 4th it suddenly gets sunny and hot and stays that way for the rest of the summer, except for two days in August when it rains and everyone says, "Geez, it's never rained in August before..." 7 miles visibility and the wind was coming lightly from the south at 3.4kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air temp was 58.5° and the water was an almost ditto 58.1°. Low tide was at 9:58am +0.8' and high tide will follow at 4:57pm +5.1'. We had a SSW swell out of a steep 193° at 3.9'. Too steep for our best waves, so it faked-in at 1' to almost 3' and was poor, to a little better than that. If the swell would move a little closer to the 200 degree mark we might get some waves. The swell is still running in the 3's and has enough push for some fun ones...
#2 photo is a gargoyle we found a few doors down from our B&B. Some nice bug-eyed sea-serpent stuff goin' on there. This was a ceramic version. In the New World we rarely go in for this kind of ornamentation, but it has an undeniable charm. Maybe we need to get into the gargoyle biz? There's got a be a market...
Finally, Pic. #3 features the peripatetic TJ and Zoë Maggio. We met up with them in Lisbon and toured the south of Portugal, between conference breakfasts, lunches and dinners. This was at the "Salgadomare" not far from our digs. Thanks to Paulo, Susana and Marco for their outrageous hospitality, PTN for all the tequila and the Professor for keeping the villa safe from encroaching security.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
Some rugged coastline on the west side of Portugal. This was just north of Peniche. Can you imagine having a bit of a problem and trying to put in to a safe harbor along this stretch? Even as we headed toward Sagres, there were still some pretty radical cliffs...
TODAY looked like textbook June, in our book. It's supposed to be overcast, gray and just a little moist. Then magically on July 4th it suddenly gets sunny and hot and stays that way for the rest of the summer, except for two days in August when it rains and everyone says, "Geez, it's never rained in August before..." 7 miles visibility and the wind was coming lightly from the south at 3.4kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air temp was 58.5° and the water was an almost ditto 58.1°. Low tide was at 9:58am +0.8' and high tide will follow at 4:57pm +5.1'. We had a SSW swell out of a steep 193° at 3.9'. Too steep for our best waves, so it faked-in at 1' to almost 3' and was poor, to a little better than that. If the swell would move a little closer to the 200 degree mark we might get some waves. The swell is still running in the 3's and has enough push for some fun ones...
#2 photo is a gargoyle we found a few doors down from our B&B. Some nice bug-eyed sea-serpent stuff goin' on there. This was a ceramic version. In the New World we rarely go in for this kind of ornamentation, but it has an undeniable charm. Maybe we need to get into the gargoyle biz? There's got a be a market...
Finally, Pic. #3 features the peripatetic TJ and Zoë Maggio. We met up with them in Lisbon and toured the south of Portugal, between conference breakfasts, lunches and dinners. This was at the "Salgadomare" not far from our digs. Thanks to Paulo, Susana and Marco for their outrageous hospitality, PTN for all the tequila and the Professor for keeping the villa safe from encroaching security.
The Professor!!
