No Mincing Monday Surf & Culture Report

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Well, Marco and Paulo are back on the road to Portugal, their visit seeming way too short.  They actually got in the water 5 out of the 7 days and Marco was looking good!  This was Paulo's first surf trip and he's ready to acquire some equipment in Portugal!  If you should find yourself in that part of the world make sure you look them up.  Marco is in Porto where the waves are big and cold and there's plenty of surf.  Paulo lives in the Algarve which is a lot like San Diego.  Warmer water, but a bit more fickle conditions.  Zoë snapped this shot of the Lost Boys Portugal Chapter with a couple of local chaps...

Stormy Monday on tap today!  10 miles visibility under cloudy skies as the weather closed in.  Winds began calm and quickly kicked up to 10kts on and then 14 to 15kts with white caps.  The air temperature was 50.6° and the water feels cooler than the posted 57.4°.  Low tide at 6:39am +1.2' and high tide is at 12:28pm +2.9' as it goes out of sine for the next three days with essentially one tide over the next two days.  The buoy is reading a wind blown west swell out of 268° at 3.6' and building over the day to almost head-high.

The South Bay Surf League Finals were Saturday, February 25th at the Hermosa Pier and we'll feature the finalists over the next few days.  Photo #2 is the Girl's Shortboard Finalists.  From L to R:  Natalie D'Angelo, BMHS (6th), Rachel Tominaga, MC (1st), Alidah Sheldon, RUHS (4th), Katie Parkinson, RUHS (5th), Sarah Curran, RUHS (3rd), Jordan Wible, MC (2nd).
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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