Full Of Wonderment Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Yesterday, February 2, was El Dia del Candalaria.  You, of course, thought it was merely Groundhog Day... nay, nay.  You might recall that on January 2nd we partook of the ceremonial "Rosca de los Reyes," which is a Mexican sweet bread (not "sweetbread".)  Baked into the sweet bread are 3 plastic Baby Jesus figurines.  Part of the miracle must be that they don't melt while the bread is baking.  When served, whoever gets the Baby Jesus in their piece of bread has to throw a party on February 2.  So this year the three lucky winners were Clarkey, the Professor and Greener (photo #1).  Throwing the party is the easy part.  You also have to dress or display your Baby Jesus in appropriate raiment.

20+ miles visibility under cloudless skies.  Winds were offshore by 5.1kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air was a freeze butt 41.6º (Fahrenheit freezing is 32º, Celsius is 0º and Freeze Butt is anything below 50ºf) and the water was 58.5º.  High tide was at 5:08am +4.9' and low tide will present itself at 12:36pm +0.4', ramping down for some minuses in the pm for the rest of the week.  We have a WSW swell out of 241º at 3.0' and it was 2' to 3' with some longboard friendly waves...

So, right off the bat, Greener being from Michigan had no idea how the baby should be dressed.  His baby showed up at the party with no clothes.  But Lucky for him, Clarkey's baby had an entire trailer set up at the beach and though he didn't have a barrel he had a bucket the baby could wear instead.  His entire display was a tour-d-force.  (photo #2)

The Professor responded with his baby at the top of a construction that he called an "horalogue."  It is designed to make sure your observation of the "hours" is accurate anywhere in the universe... You can check it out...  (photo #3)
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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