Another Christmas Eve Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

A bit high tide and fat all along the beach.  Hard to paddle in as you can see in these two shots.  In photo #2 you can see that sweet fan of white water heading right into the pier.  If you were in the right spot and got an outside it was pretty exhilarating...  If not you got a lot of paddling exercise...  Actually, Jetski thought he was good on both counts...

So it was partly cloudy in the skies and 15 miles visibility.  Winds were offshore by 5.2kts and the sea surface still has a bit of residual bump from the winds.  It was 51.1º in the air and 62.4º in the water.  High tide was at 7:42am +6.8' and low tide followed at 2:49pm -1.3'.  We have a diminishing west swell out of 276º at 5.2'and it seemed more consistent and stronger in the surfline with 4' to 6' waves and even some bigger outsides...

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all and we hope you have a joyous Christmas day.  Tell those you love, that you DO in fact love them.  Don't be stingy with hugs and go ahead, have an extra dessert.  We'll be back next Monday and recap the year and some additional foolishness.  Just for the record, our files show that you were all good.  That info has been forwarded to Santa Claus...
 ✠
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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