Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... T oday there is a meeting of the California Fish & Game Commission.  We often wonder how decisions that affect our oceans and beaches get made and why we seem to have little impact.  The fact is that we do have an opportunity to be heard or at least hear how these decisions are being made.  Surfers, Fishermen, Indigenous Peoples, Beach Goers, tourists and business people of all stripes have a stake in these proceedings.  We urge you to join the zoom meeting at https://mcsms.io/gwvN2p and watch the gears of government move slowly, but most deliberately.  Also you can gain some appreciation of our own Anupa Asokan and the amazing work she’s been doing on our behalf. Check it out! Because the meeting starts early we’re sending this out as part A of the two part report!    https://mcsms.io/gwvN2p    "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!! ...

Lost Boys & Co... G ood morning sports fans!  Hey what about those Dodgers?  You know how unlikely it is to come back from 0 - 3?  There’s got to be some stat that could tell us, but we’re betting it’s REALLY difficult.  This woman (#1) is really taking it hard.  Good luck to the Dodgers, we’re still rooting for them….  I t’s a cloudless morning in the South Bay with 18 miles visibility.  Winds are light offshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air was 61.5 º  at checkout and the water is 70.7 º .  High tide is at 11:34am +5.2’ and low tide follows at 7:44pm +0.8’.  The SSW swell out of 211 º  continues at 3.0’ and that’s about it at the Kickoff Classic underway at El Porto… "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... O ur inclusion of Capitan Don Congrejo's Polio Pond (#1) over the last week is mainly due to the fact that it's right in the middle of our view of the beach.  You can see that visibility is over 20 miles and the sky is brilliantly cloudless.  Winds are light offshore, 1 to 3kts and the sea surface is observably smooth bordering on glassy.  The air was a chilly 52.9 º  this morning and the water is 70.5 º .  High tide is at 11:05am +5.6' and low tide will be at 6:42pm +0.5'.  It's a SSW swell out of 199 º at 3.6' and it's breaking right on the beach.  Rumor has it that it's a bit better north of Bruce's Beach, but it's just a rumor. " T he Kickoff Classic" returns tomorrow at El Porto.  6:30am to 9:30am for some great prep surfing.  If you can't make it in person you can follow the action on "Live Heats."  We'll be following it from our per...

Lost Boys & Co... " I' m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers" L.M. Montgomery I t might be October, but here in the Southland it's still looking a bit like summer to the uninitiated.  A cloudless sky with over 20 miles visibility (You can see Catalina in Photo #1.)  Winds were light offshore and the sea surface was maybe too smooth.  The air temp at checkout was a full 10 º  lower than yesterday at 56.9 º , with the water holding at 71.8 º .  High tide was at 10:38am +5.9' and low tide will be at 5:53pm +0.2'.  It's that persistent SSW swell out of 197 º  at 3.9', breaking on the sand.  If you're searching for waves Marine St. is a good place to start.  Topaz actually had a few waves, but pretty close to shore... "A s we emerged from the dense bamboo forest we came upon this Tiki Bar (#2) and noticed how it still appeared to be shrouded...

Lost Boys & Co... "Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba. "    Juan Enriquez H ere (#1) we have Toph, not with Rosie the Robot OR a Roomba.  This is Shadia-Elise and she was Paul Roustan's body painting model for the opening of the "Layered Memories" installation at the VEFA Gallery.  She is an outstanding performer and really gets into her characters.  She was busy posing with the guests and put her arm around Toph for the pic which lead to a couple of conundrums for our boy.  One:  What does he do with his right hand?  Two:  Don't press any buttons! M eanwhile, after yesterday's blow the ocean calmed right down and was glassy and unruffled (#3).  Visibility was 10 miles under c...

Lost Boys & Co... H ere's hoping that you got a chance to see the high tide today and the attending surf!  If not we've got a few pics to share! #1)  Ave. C is a low spot on the Avenues and as we got there at 8:38am the water was breaching the bike path.  Didn't look like the tower was in any danger, but there was a lot of water moving not only in and out, but laterally as well... #2)  Needless to say Cap'n Donaldo's Polio Pond was brimming with chocolate foam bergs, but the real eye catcher was the amount of erosion that had happened along the high tide line.  It was scalloped all the way to the Breakwall and maybe between ten and twenty feet of sand was washed into the surf.  Hoping that it settles to create some workable sand bars...  The office had some ten to twelve foot faces!   #3)  On the way back we stopped at Sapphire to watch...