Too Many Flies Tuesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Last night while wrapping up our bike ride, we came cruising by the lifeguard tower at Topaz. From the bike path it looked like someone had spray painted it black, half-way up. Upon closer inspection (and closer and closer...) we found the "paint" to be flies. Like hundreds of thousands of them, maybe millions, maybe even a brazillion. Coelopidae Hendel, is abundant in the coastal wrack and usually amuse themselves by eating, mating, sleeping and goofing around on the kelp. But every once-in-a-while they decide that the towers are a great spot to get out of the wind and end up in droves on the lee side of the structures. We did notice that they wouldn't lite on the "keep area clear" sign, which points out their community awareness and a dislike for plasticized surfaces. If you're having trouble with kelp flies, just have your jammies made out of that plastic material and they won't land on you... You're welcome...
Another stellar June day with the appropriate overcast/gloom. 6 miles visibility and not an inch further. Winds early out of the NW by 3.0kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air temperature was 60.8° and the water was a accommodating 62.1°. High tide was at 9:42am +3.9' and low tide will be at 2:21pm +1.9'. The buoy tells us that it's a SSW swell out of 203° at 2.6'. But we're telling you that there were some nice little waves in the 1' to 3' range at you local beach, that would have more than floated your boat. We saw Mark the Poolman and the Professor splitting peaks for almost 2 hours and they came out laughing like hyenas. When we suggested that there weren't any waves out there, they just laughed and agreed with us. But we saw them surfing... Hate it when they do that...
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
Last night while wrapping up our bike ride, we came cruising by the lifeguard tower at Topaz. From the bike path it looked like someone had spray painted it black, half-way up. Upon closer inspection (and closer and closer...) we found the "paint" to be flies. Like hundreds of thousands of them, maybe millions, maybe even a brazillion. Coelopidae Hendel, is abundant in the coastal wrack and usually amuse themselves by eating, mating, sleeping and goofing around on the kelp. But every once-in-a-while they decide that the towers are a great spot to get out of the wind and end up in droves on the lee side of the structures. We did notice that they wouldn't lite on the "keep area clear" sign, which points out their community awareness and a dislike for plasticized surfaces. If you're having trouble with kelp flies, just have your jammies made out of that plastic material and they won't land on you... You're welcome...
Another stellar June day with the appropriate overcast/gloom. 6 miles visibility and not an inch further. Winds early out of the NW by 3.0kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air temperature was 60.8° and the water was a accommodating 62.1°. High tide was at 9:42am +3.9' and low tide will be at 2:21pm +1.9'. The buoy tells us that it's a SSW swell out of 203° at 2.6'. But we're telling you that there were some nice little waves in the 1' to 3' range at you local beach, that would have more than floated your boat. We saw Mark the Poolman and the Professor splitting peaks for almost 2 hours and they came out laughing like hyenas. When we suggested that there weren't any waves out there, they just laughed and agreed with us. But we saw them surfing... Hate it when they do that...
The Professor!!
