Life Is Just A Tire Swing Thursday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Thanks to Vinnie for sending us these pics of Waikiki!  For some perspective, the sailboat we showed anchored a couple of weeks ago would be in the center of the white water up at the top of the first photo.  So instead of being outside, it would now be right in the middle!  Looks like "Outside Queens" to "Cunhas."  It looks about twice as big as when we were there.  The second shot is a bit blurry, but you get the idea.  It's out there beyond "Castles" and a place we heard called "Steamers Lane," just like up in Santa Cruz.

Light overcast this morning breaking into some hazy sun.  7 miles visibility in most directions.  Winds were out of the north at 2.3kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temp at checkout was 62.3° and the water was 64.4°.  You'd think that with all that water pushing up from the southern hemisphere, it would get a bit warmer.  Apparently it doesn't work that way. Low tide is at 5:37am +0.9' and high tide follows at 12:01pm +6.0'.  The 46221 buoy was showing a 4.3' swell out of the SSW at 198°.  Depending on where you were, the waves cou8ld have been 2' to 6'.  In Manhattan they were brushing the bottom of the pier.  In Hermosa it was 3' and not too remarkable, just like Topaz and Sapphire (and Sapphire wasn't as big as Topaz.)  But Torrance looked thick and gnarly and we heard that Haggerty's was going off (with it's attending crowd.)  It's supposed to be running again tomorrow, so be prepared to check a few places...

On our way home we snapped this shot of the lower avenues.  A big wave had just cleared the beach and this guy ran all the way up behind the lifeguard tower to not get wet.  There were some pretty big sets, even though this doesn't look particularly big...

Two words...  PIG ROAST!! 
The Professor & LoLa will be hosting a pig roast on Saturday, September 10th at 4pm.  None other than Jimmy Barahona, will be presiding over the cooking of the pig, so you know it will be "all time."  The Tiki Bar will be open.  You don't have to bring anything, but if you want to - go ahead...  If you're TC, that means you can bring the Peruvian, since most of your friends don't believe she exists...  If you're Ivan bring Michelle and the "yucca de aijo"...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it...
 The Professor!!

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