Windsock Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

If you look closely at the end of the pipe in the photo you can see a stream of sea water gushing back into the surf.  Moments later the flow turned an ugly brown and the dredging of Topaz Bay started in earnest.  Something like 75 brazillian square yards of sand will be barfed into the surfline expanding the beach to a historically egregious width.  Yes, they're not refilling the sand they claim has been lost, but they're dumping sand (sucked up from the mouth of Marina Del Rey, after rolling down the sewage/chemical/heavy metal filled Ballona Creek) to expand the beach.  The last time they tried this, Sapphire didn't break for four years and some old timers would insist it still doesn't break they way it used to.  The water used to go all the way to the bike path.  Actually, the water used to go all the way to the cliff before there was a bike path.  We can remember surfing Knob Hill one large winter day and having to paddle to Avenue A to find a spot to get up the cliff without getting slammed into the retaining wall.  Of course history does offer some consolation.  After they dredged last time we had one of the biggest storms we had all season long.  They lost about half the sand they put down and that winter 75% of their work was wasted.  We've said it before, if they were truly interested in saving some sand, they would build jetties at Ruby St., Avenue C and Avenue G and use the natural longshore currents to replenish the sand gradually and possibly create some new surfing breaks along the way.  It would also create additional habitats for fishing and diving as well.  Too bad we found out about this after all the bureaucratic planning was in place.  Danger Boy was going to tie himself to the pipe - but he had to go to Hawaii...

Meanwhile, we have 10 miles visibility under cloudy skies breaking to hazy sun in the mid-morning.  Winds were offshore at checkout at 2.9kts and the sea surface was smooth to glassy.  The air temperature was 70.9° and the water was 67.8°.  Low tide was at 6:29am +1.4' and high tide was at 1:07pm +5.5'.  The buoy was registering a SSW swell out of 192° at 3.3'.  By the time it turned into the bay it was down to 1' to 2' and the low tide was causing some excellent crashers...  Maybe tomorrow...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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