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Exercise Your Mandate Tuesday Surf & Culture Report

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Lost Boys & Co... C loudy this morning with 7 miles visibility.  Winds were onshore 5 to 7kts, freshening as the morning wears on.  The sea surface is bumptious.  The air temperature was 61.0 º  and the water was 61.9 º .  Low tide was at 5:40am -0.5' and high tide crests at 12:31pm +3.3'.  It's a 3.6' SSW swell out of 201 º  and it's a weak 2' to 3' in the surfline.  Looked like this (#1) at checkout.  But it looked like this (#2) in Palm Springs... F rom the World Meteorological Organization: “We need to prepare for a potentially strong El Niño event, which will ⁠exacerbate drought and heavy rainfall and increase the risk of heat waves both on land and in the ocean,”  Can we pick one or the other?  Leaning toward rainfall to build up some sandbars, but drought might bring sunnier days... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The P...
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Mayhem Monday Surf & Culture Report

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Lost Boys & Co... T his just came in on the wire:  "In what is being called a freak accident, Brendan Simmons got hit in the head with his rail and required nine stitches.  He gave effusive thanks to the lifeguards who assisted him after being bonked."  Two things:  1. When we first saw this photo (#1) we thought the board was still embedded in his skull.  2. The guards did an excellent job of patching him, but they needed to clean him up a bit.  Of course walking into the ER with that much crimson on your face will get some attention... C loudy this morning with 11 miles visibility.  Winds were light offshore at 1 to 3kts and the sea surface had a bit of texture going.  The air temperature was 61.0 º  and the water at the buoy is 61.7 º .  They keep posting 66 º  on the board on the tower, but we've decided that's a fiction.  Low tide was at 5:04am -0.6' and high t...
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