Thumbprint Thursday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Here's Jetski on this chest high growler getting ready to fling hisself through this little tube.  He's on the "Sublime" model upping his performance by degrees...

Big windy last night!  Even though it's calm this morning with no wind, the ocean surface still has a bit of residual bump.  Hazy sun and 10 miles visibility with some chilly air at 55.9º.  Water is down again to 57.0, with the wind bumping it down.  Just when you thought it was getting warmer...  Low tide was at 8:51am +0.5' and high tide will follow at 4:19pm +3.2'.  We have a healthy west wind-swell out of 269º at 7.2' and it's 6' to 8', but dropping pretty quickly.  Should be half that tomorrow...

We were talking about the travertine deposits and the flowing falls they create.  These three shots are from a spot near Roberto Barrios (that's a village, not a person.)  #1 is the main falls and it's cascade of lace-like water that's over 50' tall (you can see the folks standing on the edge on the right hand side.)  We were blown away that people we walking on the edge until we hiked up to the lake and discovered that the edge was about 4' wide and the water flowing over was only a couple of inches deep!  On the right of the main falls is another cataract that makes the entire falls area a couple of hundred yards wide.  Pretty spectacular.  #3 is the lagoon behind the falls.  When you swim up it just looks like the edge of the world with the cascade below.  To top things off a couple of local teenagers came floating down the river and when the got to the edge they launched themselves over the precipice!  They ran about 10 feet, then skidded down the smooth formations!  To hell with "Raging Waters!"...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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