Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... T hanks to all the Vets current and through the past for their sacrifice and diligent service!  Someone will say, "Well I had an uncle who spent his entire tour in Alaska on the D.E.W. Line and never saw any action."  So it sounds to us like he did it to keep you from freezing your ass off and keeping the Ruskies at bay... H ere (#1) we have St. Anupa Asokan of Hermosa.  She is the patron saint of fishing, whales, environment, cooking and SCUBA diving.  She was diving off the Redondo Canyon this morning and could hear the humpback whales singing (#2). W hat a gorgeous day!  20+ miles visibility and nary a cloud in the sky.  Winds were light offshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface is smooth with a slight roll.  At checkout the air was 60.0 º  and the water is a dunkable 74.8 º .  High tide was at 9:06am +6....

Lost Boys & Co... C oach Avery and the photographer (#1) for L.A. County stood their high ground as the tide rolled in.  They were feeling pretty good about it all and then this (#2) surge pushed through!  Waves, tides and warm water are setting up new expectations... C lear and sunny with 20+ miles visibility.  Winds were light offshore and the sea surface is smooth.  The air temperature at checkout was 62.9 º  and the water remains at 74.7 º.  Rain on tap for next week, which might begin to lower the temps...  High tide at 8:38am +6.2' and it's low at 3:58pm -0.3'.  It''s a west swell out of 263 º  at 3.3' and it's 3' to 4' down from yesterday's blasters. K inda like this one (#3) that was tickling the underside of the pier... ✠   "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!! ...

Lost Boys & Co... G ot up early this morning for the S.A.L.T. presentation (#1) given by the County Lifeguards and the South Bay Boardriders.  SALT stands for "Surfer Awareness of Lifesaving Techniques."  Practically speaking if you're out there with your crew and something happens, it's good to know that someone might be able to help your broken, unconscious or mangled body and get it to shore.  It's a great program, but they had no idea that the surf would be macking at 6' to 8' (#2) and there's an important water exercise.  40 surfers in the class and no one flinched!  In fact they surfed the incredible pounders and went back for more!  Many opting to body surf and get there okoles rearranged... C lear skies and light offshores for what looked like a picture perfect morning.  The air was 64.0 º  and the water is 73.8 º .  If these temps continue you'll...

Lost Boys & Co... W hen we started surfing sometime in the stone age, Major Hoople (#1) was still in the LA Times.  We thought he was hilarious and we adopted his over blown language and his interjections, like Hak-Kaff! and Har-Rumph!  There was also a brief attraction to cigars and fezes.  James Campbell was a master of the rum soaked, wine dipped cigarillo and we all thought it was tres clasé to blow smoke rings and hang out above Topaz...  Hak-Kaff! M ostly clear skies and 10 miles visibility.  Winds were light offshore and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temp was 60.0 º  and the water is remarkably 73.0 º .  High tide was at 6:54am +6.0' and low tide follows at 1:33pm +0.2'.  The swell has moved to WSW out of 253 º  at 3.9'.  It's 4'+ in El Porto getting smaller to the Avenues... C ontest at El Porto fo...

Lost Boys & Co... H ow often has your day started out like this (#1).  In no time at all the crew had gathered on the pier and was offering advice to the stranded driver.  For a while he kept creeping deeper until he called for help... C lear skies and 15 miles visibility, maybe more.  Winds were light offshore and the sea surface was lightly brushed.  The air temp at checkout was 59.0 º  and the water is an astounding 72.9 º .  High tide didn't help the stranded driver at 6:28am +5.7' and he didn't have time to wait for low tide at 12:51pm +0.7'.  It was a SW swell out of 233 º  at 4.3' and it was a plunging 4' to 5' breaking close to shore.  We skidded down to Sapphire and got some 2 to 3 footers into the jetty for our amusement... W hen the driver got out the chain (#2) we thought, "Now he's got it!"  But he couldn...