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Flyin' Down The Line Friday Surf & Culture Report

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Lost Boys & Co... H ere we have Marco on a little slider (#1) claiming some real estate for Portugal.  Hoping he comes back soon.  It was fun surfing with him and visiting with the fam and the new baby Luca! C loudy and 12 miles visibility.  61.0 º  in the air, but felt a bit cooler.  The water is 62.2 º  and you could feel it mixing with warmer water close to shore.  Winds are out of the WSW, 3 to 5kts and the sea surface had a bit of a ripple going.  High tide at 10:15am +3.8' and low tide follows at 3:15pm +1.6'.  We have a 2.3' SSW swell out of 208 º  and it's 3' in the surfline... S ome little slides close to shore (#2) for you surf riding pleasure and on the inside the beach was covered with Valella Valella  (#3) and looked oddly purple at first glance.  Waiting for the warm water they promised... ✠  "When the surf breaks, we...
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Thermal Moon Jelly Thursday Surf & Culture Report

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Lost Boys & Co... M oon Jellies are already graceful and elegant, but we thought we'd add a bit electricity to their appearance (#1)... 12  miles visibility this morning under partly cloudy skies.  Winds were light out of the SSW and kicked up to around 3 to 8kts at 9am.  The air temp was 55.0 º  and the water is 61.3 º .  High tide was at 9:36am +4.0' and low tide follows at 2:51pm +1.3'.  It's a SSW swell out of 192 º  at 2.6' and it was 3' to 4' breaking pretty close to the beach. " L ook!  It's an asteroidea echinodermata !  First one I've seen in captivity... (#2) T o do Doc's surgery it was necessary to pump air into his thoracic cavity so they could see their way to patch him up.  When he got out the first thing he did was try on his wetsuit (#3).  Really emphasizes the Flashbomb stretch, doesn't it...  Swelling is supp...
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