Off The Wall Friday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Our host for this year's Super Bowl party was Oscar Nephtalie "Pena" Barahona (with Master Pig Roaster JB.)  As usual there was tons of great eats including pupusas, carne asada, eloté, and this great yam/pineapple dessert that tasted like it should'a been a pie...  Wait... that's a GREAT idea. We'll get Betty Crocker on it right away!

This morning the surf class was getting some awesome waves, inspiring everyone up and down the beach.  So after class everyone who wasn't in the water swapped places with the students who didn't want to risk a truant!  It was cloudy with some bright sun breaking through and 10 miles visibility.  Winds were off by 2.1 kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air temp was 52.1˚ and the water was down a couple to 58.8˚, but still not bad.  Low tide was late at 11:05am +0.8' and high tide will follow at 5:38pm +3.0'.  We have a strong west swell out of 261˚ at 3.3' and it was 3' to 4' and mucho fun-o...  Danger Boy and the Professor decided to look at Sapphire and lo-and-behold for the most part they had the whole place to themselves.  DB kept getting the premier waves while the Professor kept trying to keep up.  Nasty on the inside with the dredging low tide, but some fine lines as long as you wanted to hold on...

Also in attendance was #1 Seahawks fan Ché B. along with Darwin and Randy.  Ché is still counting his winnings!
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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