Never The Twain Shall Meet Tuesday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Surf drops a bit mañana, (#1) but still looks fun.  We see John (#2) casting a long shadow and heading out after a rather spectacular right from 57/58 to the end of the berm.  Mostly sunny this morning and 20 miles visibility.  Winds were offshore, variable to 7kts and the sea surface was smooth until it turned.  The air was especially chilly at 45.5º and the water was 59.0º.  High tide was at 8:47am +7.0' and low tide will be at 4:05pm -1.6'.  We had a west swell out of 260º at 4.3' and it was 4' to 6' and pretty challenging.  We watched for most of the morning, finally Capitán Donaldo and Doc ? decided to go in...  We will note their opinions tomorrow...

Last night we made our way to the Botanic Gardens (thanks to the Miloe's) on Crenshaw and caught their holiday light show.  The effect was especially brilliant in some of the larger trees (#3).  Also if you look closely to the left, you can see Jupiter and Saturn getting ready for their convergence scheduled for later this month.  Some say this gave rise to the origin of the Star of Bethlehem.  Wouldn't you know we're still looking for a few wise men...  #4 Gave us some ideas for landscape lighting.  A lot of these lights are solar powered don't use commercial electricity...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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