Back From 121Mazatlan Monday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

So, we're back from our surf trip to Cardon (near Mazatlan) and we'll share a few pics with you this week.  On our first morning there we watched the sun peek over the Sierra Gigantes, while we padded down to the beach.  Air: 80˚  Sand: 80˚  Water: (an unbelievable) 88˚ or 20˚ warmer than we had left.

Of course on the other end of the scale is So. Cal.  This morning we had 3 miles visibility and foggy hazy skies.  Winds were out of the SW by 4.5kts and the sea surface had a major tack running.  The air temperature was a brisk 62.3˚ and the water was 62.8˚.  You might think that was bad, but Captain Donny who ran a chase boat in the Catalina Classic Paddle, said the water was 61˚ at the island.  Low tide was at 7:03am +1.9' and high tide will be at 1:39pm +5.0'.   We have a SSW swell out of 200˚ at 2.0' and it's 1' to 2' at most local spots.

Photo #2 is the basic set up.  You start just a little left of the point you can see on the left of the photo and you ride for (depending on the size of the wave) 3':  about a hundred yards,  4'-5' about 200 yards, +6' about 400 yards.  You can paddle back or walk back to the point, (which seemed to make a lot of sense when it got bigger!)  The Professor figured he walked about 10 miles during the trip...  His arms are still twigs, but his legs are pumped!
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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