Warm Up Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Another Sapphire local Elle Enscore milks this little left in photo 1. all the way in for some valuable points.  In one heat Elle was the only one who caught a rideable wave and advanced on the credit of that single ride!  Lesson learned:  Ride'em all the way to the beach!

A gorgeous morning today with some marine haze and 10 miles visibility.  The full moon was setting in the west and it's reflection on the water and the lights on the piers made for some real Kodak moments.  Winds were calm and the sea surface was glassy.  The air temperature was 65.9° and the water was a cool 63.7°.  High tide was at 9:32am +5.8' and low tide was at 4:14pm +0.3'.  The buoy was reading a west swell out of 262° at 3.3' and we're calling it 3' with some bigger thick outsides.  The class this morning in Hermosa featured two broken boards!  The backwash from the high tide was launching some of the kids and they were hitting the bottom with some authority...

Photos #2# & #3 feature standout Connor Beatty.  He smacked this right for some nice float and then came down into a perfect coffin.  But instead of riding it all the way in in the coffin position, he suddenly came to "life" doing the spazzalooka, jumped to his feet and finished the wave switching foot.  It got a great reaction from the crowd and enough points to garner him first place in the boys long board division.

The Pheasant Plucker's will be playing Keegan's this Friday at 7pm.  They've become one of our favorite bands and we're thinking you'd like'em too!  We're not sure where happy hour might be, but we'll let you know as soon as we get a handle on that...   ✠
 
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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