A Fungistatic Friday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Looked like everyone got the memo this morning (#1) and there were plenty of folks jockeying for some of the bigger ones.  If we can pry a couple of snaps from Roustan, we'll try and show Mr. Christian on the tube of the morning and Jah Morgan on one of the fattest outsides to roll through.  Tomorrow (#2) should be somewhat like this morning, but Sunday brings a reduction in the swell size, so if you're interested in bigger waves you've got one more day at least...

This morning we had clear skies and 15 miles visibility and winds from the southwest by 5kts.  The sea surface was smooth.  The air was chilly again at 48.8º and the water dropped a degree to 58º.  High tide was at 11:02am +5.6' and low tide will follow at 6:33pm -0.4'.  We have a west swell out of 266º at 3.3' and again it was bumping up to 4' to 5' with some fast but makeable sections.  Capitán Donaldo had a left that got him to about Mach 3 before he reached escape velocity...

Catch the light show at the Botanical Gardens if you get a chance over the next week.  We were showing the guys at checkout these pics of the lights and one wag said, "During the 60's all the palm trees (#3) looked like that!"  For that matter so did the fig trees (#4)...

Silent John (#5) heads out to the rip next to the pier.  Sometimes you have to just hang on and paddle to dodge the pilings...   John's good at it...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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