Eleventh Hour, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Umm, nope this one didn't make the album cover either.  That's El Morro in the background, the fort that guards Havana Harbor.  In the old days they would drag a chain across the mouth of the harbor there so pirates couldn't sail into the bay and clog things up.  They still sound the canon at 9pm to let you know they haven't forgotten...   Tarzan, LoLa, Ché and Donnie.  The ukulele player took the pic...

Here in the South Bay the winds abated and we had some sweet, but cool offshores to contend with.  20miles visibility under clear skies.  Winds were offshore by 4.6kts and the sea surface was smooth to glassy at times.  The air temperature was 55.2º, driven down lower with the winds.  The sea temperature was 65.5º and felt relatively warm.  High tide was at 8:13am +6.0' and low tide followed at 3:07pm -0.1'.  The buoy was reporting a SSW swell out of 198º at 3.6' and it was a fat 3' to 4' with some looming outsides.  Some good ones if your were patient!

Somehow the word got out that the famous surfboard shaper was in Playa Larga.  These kids came in to talk to Ché and sound him out about some basic surfboard repair.  Turns out these guys had no idea about the difference between polyester resin and epoxy resin.  When they tried to repair this board they were devastated when the resin started to melt the foam!  Ché set them straight and then had a great conversation about the future of surfing in Cuba.  It looks bright if these guys are any indication...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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