Mutinous Monday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

In the South Bay we are famous for taking summer one day at a time.  So if summer happens to be on November 16th or the 17th or even on the 18th, then so be it...  So just for the record photo #1 was on Saturday at Rat Beach as the sun shined through this little two-footer...

Hazy sun this morning and a rapidly warming day, starting out at 61 and going to over 80 in the middle of the day.  The water is holding at 64.8 and the sea surface was smooth.  Low tide was at 6:26am +3.3' and high tide was at 12:31pm +5.0'.  We had a WSW swell out of 205º at 3.3' and as the weather begins to change the swell direction is changing to a more westerly direction.  What we really need is a kick-ass storm to dredge a few holes in the ruler edge sand bar (note photo #3).  Hard to imagine we're going to get enough rain, but we're hearing that it came down pretty hard down south in Mexico...  You know this used to be Mexico...

While the water is down in the mid-sixties, there were still a lot of folks making the plunge.  #2 happens to be on Sunday afternoon at Torrance Beach.  The air was in the mid-eighties and it was hard to imagine that they're predicting rain for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday...

This morning we were watching the RUHS Surf class go through their paces.  In the middle of the class this block long wall (#3) came through.  Actually, quite a few of them came through.  Despite the lack of holes and sand bars, you could use your imagination and believe that some of these lines had corners...  But you had to have a really good imagination...

Laurel Tavern for Happy Hour this week for your R & R...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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