Wingtip Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

For openers we have an illustration of the Pacific Halibut.  We watched a guy swim out at the jetty this morning, home-style rubber band gun and 20 minutes later he was swimming back with a 34½" flattie.  It still had a lot of fight left and it almost swam him back in.  He immediately drew a small crowd, including Sanchez the lifeguard who had the measuring tape.  They've got to be 21" to be legal and this one made it easy.  Rooster has brought in some nice ones, but this is the biggest we've seen...

Overcast this morning with 12 miles visibility.  Winds were offshore all morning, variable to 5.6kts and the sea surface was smooth to glassy.  The air temperature was 66.5° and the water was trying with a 67.1° reading.  High tide at 9:01am +3.6' and low tide at 1:13pm +2.6'.  #46221 says SW swell out of 219° at 2.3' and we're going to agree with that and suggest that it was funner than it looked...  Yeah, funner...

Amy Redux...
Don't forget Jimi Hendrix.  And just because she was 27 and she didn't want to go to rehab, it still isn't easy for me to put Amy Winehouse in a category with that crew.  She had one hit song... not exactly a legend.  But you're right.  She did have a mega beehive.
-Tando
(Yeah, not a legend, but maybe we're thinkin' there was the potential...  Ed.)

Seeing Green...
Green flash is the reflection of the sun, just after it sets, off of a heat inversion layer and into your lens.  The heat inversion layer only reflects green and blue light.  Best to view them on days with off shore winds at sunset as the Santana winds blow the layer far out over the ocean.  
In a plane you can prolong the flash by climbing as the flash starts.  
Dennis

Boomfwappa says......"Green Flash my ass...no such thing"
(You're looking at the wrong end...  Ed.)

Meanwhile, after dark...
Boomfwappa says: Come check out the Pheasant Pluckers...Keegan's Friday night....That's what Boomfwappa says
✠
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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