Lost Boys & Co.

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...

Lost Boys & Co... I f you didn't think it was windy enough on Sunday, this little guy (#1) was hunkered down on the pier.  You'd have thought he was riding shotgun in the bus... A beautiful morning with 10 miles visibility under mostly sunny skies.  Winds were light offshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface was lightly brushed.  The air temperature was 55.5 º  and the water is 73.9 º .  High tide was at 5:28am +4.9' and low tide will be early at 11:10am +2.1' (Remember, some high tides on the weekend, possibly as full as last week!)  It's a SSW swell out of 206 º  at 3.3' and it was a crashy 3' on the beach.  We were about to take a dip when Gumby reminded us of our wonky neck and the take-off-to-snap ratio... T en years ago today the crew was scaling "Dead Woman's Pass" on the way to Machu Pichu (#2).  LoLa. the Professor and Surfsqueeze stopped for a photo op a...

Lost Boys & Co... H ow does she do that? (#1)  She just hovers and flies around at will.  She's going to be a great basketball or volleyball player.  She, Rylee, is trying to get Scarlett off the ground.  We wanna do that... Y eah it's fall and it was 52.9 º  this morning as we headed to the beach.  The water today was 74.3 º  at the buoy so the answer is "YES" we made it to November with the water temperature in the 70's!  Clear skies and offshore winds in the 3 to 5kt range.  The sea surface was lightly brushed.  Easy to get to the buoy for a paddle but some work against the wind.  Low tide was at 9:58am +2.8' and high tide will be at 3:30pm +4.9'.  It's a SSW swell out of 204 º  at 4.3' and it was 3' to 4' pretty close to the sand...  P aul Roustan threw a great Halloween party at the VEFA Gallery on Friday night.  We managed to...