Back In The USSA Thursday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...
 
Howdy citizens, we're back and somehow, despite grabbing as much warm water and humid air as we possibly could, temps have still managed to plummet on land, sea and air.  An example of our attempt(s) is demonstrated in photo #1 as we come in low and hot over the Cuban archipelago...  Lots of warm, clear water and temps in the low 80's...

But here, even though we have lots of visibility, 20+ miles, and clear skies, it's still 52.3º chilly degrees on land and 66.4º cool ones in the water.  To top things off, we have an offshore wind, with accompanying chill, at 5.6kts and smooth sea surface.  High tide was at 5:44am +4.8' and low tide will be at 11:47am +2.0'.  We have a west swell from 255º at 3.3' and it was 3' to 4', with some spectacular manes on the waves...

Greetings!  We made it into Cuba with only minor difficulties, mostly stemming from the fact that Cheli apparently looks like a person of interest to the revolutionary government.  He was, in turn, examined, x-rayed, searched and tickled.  He's very ticklish.  Some revolutionary artwork greeted us as we left the airport in a 1946 Ford.  You can tell by looking at photo #3 that the springs were also from 1946.  Yes, there are a lot of old cars.  It's not a wives tale.  Unfortunately, most of them have been modified with diesel engines from Russian cars, tanks and tractors.  Still fun to play "Hey, that's a 19__, (Chevy, Ford Plymouth etc.) like my dad had!" (or granddad!)
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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