Move It On Over Monday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Things were getting so much like summer that the Professor decided to remodel the backdoor to affect a more tropical atmosphere.  Actually, he had a bunch of bamboo left over from working on Scooter Boy, but that's another story...

HEY!  What about this weather!  We've had like five days in a row of warm, sunny conditions, mimicking summers in some of the garden spots of the planet!  This morning we had cloudless skies and 12 miles visibility.  Winds were on shore at 3.6kts and the sea surface had a light short period chop.  More like little bumps.  The air temperature was a delightful 70.2° and the water was as good as it gets at 70.0°  by the pm it had gotten up to 71.1° and there was some nice body surfing in Hermosa at 19th St.  High tide was at 8:37am +3.7' and low tide will be at 1:05pm +2.6' for not much of a tidal differentiation.  We have a SSW swell out of 192° at 3.6'.  Since the swell direction is still a bit steep our waves are about 2' to 3', but you can still find some nice ones if you're patient and hit the right spots...  It's beautiful out there...

Sorry for the occasional skips in the Surf & Culture Report!  During the summer the report takes on a rather cavalier attitude toward deadlines.  This is typically the case when the weather, sea temp and surf all conspire to create the opposite of a "perfect storm."  We don't even know what you call that - but if you do - dammit - let us know!
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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