Fat Tuesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Okay, we're back from the Big Apple.  Damn, it was cold back there!  A couple of pics of a couple of relatively famous islands.  Pic the first is Liberty Island with the famous Statue of Liberty and the second is Manhattan Island with all of the requisite skyscrapers.  Both hold a rather fascinating charm.  We had to take the trip, mostly because in all of the times we've gone to NYC, we'd never visited the Statue of Liberty.  It was also blowing 40kts, 21º and clear as a bell.  Really kept the crowds down.  Note the lack of palm trees on both islands...

A little hazy this morning with predominantly clear skies.  We're calling it 17 miles visibility.  Winds are currently offshore by 3.9kts and the sea surface has a bit of a tack to it.  The air temperature is 52.2º and the water is at 56.8º.  High tide is at 8:27am +5.5' and low tide will be at 3:07pm -0.5'.  A fairly significant tidal swing, reflecting tonight's new moon.  The buoy is reading a 270º swell at 3.0'. That's probably a pretty accurate swell height, but right now the tide is floating everything right to the beach.  If you can wait until around mid-day, you stand a good chance of catching some waist high sliders! 

"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!


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