Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... T his is us helping you out...   How Can We Tell It’s Fall In Southern California 1.  You wear log pants until 7:30 and then you put on your shorts. 2.  There’s a tree (one tree) in Veteran’s Park whose leaves have turned from green to yellow.  3.  The ocean temperature has dropped from 74º to 71º. 4.  You start looking for your 3/2 short armed, long legged wetsuit. 5.  Halloween candy and decorations have been on the shelves since August.  Now Michael’s has Christmas decor in store.  (Note:  There will still be Halloween stuff even through Christmas for “Scary Christmas.”) 6.  Time to look for your beanie and hoody combo. ...

Lost Boys & Co... Th ank you for your attention to Part A of today’s report.  We wanted to send it out early enough for you to have a chance to drop into the meeting that starts at 8:30am Pacific Time. A nother beautiful day in the South Bay with over 20 miles invisibility.  Winds are calm and the sea surface is smooth.  The air temp is 70.0 and the water is 71.4.  One tide today, high at 12:14pm +4.8’.  It’s a south swell out of 188 at 2.3’ and it’s 1’ to 2’… "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

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...