Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys Exhibit A would be the view from the Hermosa Pier checkout point.  This makes it look almost rideable. It was not.  Sapphire wasn't deluxe either... But there was 2 miles visibility under hazy sun.  The air temperature was 67.1° and the water is 70.3°.  High tide was at 9:57am +4.0' and low tide will be at 2:25pm +2.2'.  There's a SSW swell out of 198° at a respectable 3.0', but it's not enough to make Hermosa great again, so to speak... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... If you were serious about surfing today, you could either go to Sapphire with 47 of your closest surfing buddies (like we did) or you could grab a boat and get an emerald green wave like Steve Burke (#1) on Lake Payette, Idaho.     Here we had hazy sun and 10 miles visibility.  Winds were light onshore and the sea surface was lightly textured.  The air at checkout was 66.3° and the water is a nice 69.4°.   High tide was early at 8:01am +3.1' and low tide follows at 11:23am +2.7'.  It was a SSW swell out of 199° at 2.6' and it was 1' to 3' at inside Sapphire... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... " A pophenia" "describes the human tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random ideas and objects (why we perceive faces in cloud formations.)"  Thank you "Surfer's Journal!"  We didn't see anything this morning, but it was hazy and almost ten miles visibility.  Winds were annoyingly onshore by 3 to 5kts and the sea surface had a bit of texture.  The air temp was 65.9°and the water is nice at 68.9°.  High tide was at 6:38am +2.8' and low tide followed almost imperceptibly at 10:04am +2.5'.  We finally had something that looked like a swell from the SW (215°) at 2.6'.  Hermosa still insisted on floating everything that came through, but Sapphire,  sporting 42 rabid surfistas (Kaweka counted them!) was almost 3' and if you had the right attitude and the right equipment was passably fun.  Not adorable, but giggly... W onder what to catch for dinner tonight?  #1. Gives you som...

Lost Boys & Co... S o here (#1) we have a map of an area in south Florida.  You will note a number of extremely warm water temps in this area, but none quite as amazing as the buoy off of Manatee Bay which registered a whopping 101.1°!  Now we thought this was a misprint, BUT NO! It was legit and now they're telling us that this is the second time it's gone over a hundred in that area.   They're claiming that in 2017 it got up to 102°, but now they're saying that they thought their findings at the time were suspect.  Apparently the folks in Florida have lost their collective #%&#$+! minds and view climate change as a hoax.  What's it going to take to make all these people take notice?  They continue to dump silt producing effluent into the bay and that heats things up at an even greater rate!   Is this the tipping point?  Will there be no pedaling/paddling back from the brink?  We're in the water every day.  We know how little ...

Lost Boys & Co... H ere (#1) we have Burnsy waving frantically as we get ready to depart Idaho for So. Cal.  Been a nice vacation with warm weather, fine food and great company.  Of course the Idaho contingent will be visiting the South Bay next week and we're planning some beach activities for the group.  Surely some good Brother's time!  Now if we can get the surf to cooperate! B ut not TODAY! Hazy/foggy with about a mile visibility.  Winds are light onshore, 1 to 3kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air is 67.0° and the water is 68.2°.  Low tide was at 8:15am +1.8' and high tide will be at 3:39pm +4.7'.  It's a SSW (198°) swell at 2.6' and it's poor to flat.  Again, it's supposed to pick up later this week and we'll see how that goes... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... (#1) S he looked like a Goth-Angel-Mermaid-Siren, ready to lure teenage sailors onto the rocks. 10 miles visibility under hazy skies.  Wind is out of the west by 3 to 5kts and the sea surface is lightly textured.  The air is 69.9° and the water is 67.1°.  Low tide is at 7:47am +1.3' and high tide is at 2:54pm +4.4'.  No surprise, we have a SSW swell out of 207° at 1.6' and it's almost 1' and poor, but not quite... L ooking like Thursday and Friday of this week have the surf jumping a bit!  We have it on good authority that Jetski will be making an appearance and other South Bay notables and visitors will be on board, surfboard that is... And Clarkē, what about Clarkē?  😎 ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... O ur thoughts turn to that fateful day 8 years ago when Jah Morgan decided she was going to surf every day for a year.  Well, we all know how that turned out, don't we.  And we watched her on the cam this morning still surfing like the surf goddess she is, along with the other goddesses she's inspired, like Anna, Marion, Ginny, Millie etc. etc.  Carry on Jah!  We love you! (#1.  Bacallao, Jah, Christiano, Ginny) T hen our thoughts turned to the conditions!  Like partly cloudy skies with ten miles visibility.  Winds out of the south by 2 to 5kts and the sea surface has a bit of texture.  The air temp is 68.7° and the water is 67.8°.  Low tide was at 6:29am +0.1' and high tide is full at 1:11pm +4.0'.  It's a west swell out of 269° at 3.0' and it's 2' to3' with some better outsides. W ith thoughts still revolving, we read SeaWolf's account of the beginning of the Lost Boys (and consequently the Surf & Culture Repo...

Lost Boys & Co... W hile most of us are battling small ankle biting surf, Kai Lenny snapped this tube shot at Nazaré (#1).  He's riding this monster AND taking Go-Pro shots of the experience... S peaking of experiences, THANK YOU to Aaron and Christian for sharing some of the particulars of their adventures!  Always interesting to drill down a few levels! H azy sun this morning but it looks like it's going to be a fine day.  10miles visibility.  Light winds out of the SSW by 2 - 4kts and the sea surface is lightly textured.  The air temp is 68.0° and the water is 68.2°.  Low tide was at 6:01am -0.1' and it's high tide at 12:40pm +3.9'.  We have a WSW swell out of 258° at 2.6' and it's 2 to almost 3 on the occasional set.  But it's summer so enjoy the day! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... We tuned in to watch Felipe Toledo take the Corona J-Bay Contest beating Ethan Ewing with some powerful frontside surfing.  Very impressive!  Imagining, while mind-surfing some of those near perfect waves, that some of our local talent would be right in the mix, including our longboarders! Hazy sun this morning with 10 miles visibility.  Winds are light onshore by 1 to 3kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air and water are a summer-like 67.1° and 68.2° (springers seem the best choice for rubber).  Low tide kicks off the morning at 5:32am -0.5' and high tide roars back in at 12:10pm +3.5'.  It's a SSW swell out of 209° at 2.0', bringing us 1' knee-knockers... But those 6" to 8" ankle-slappers are just what Miss Scarlett needed to flip this bottom term (#1) before landing on the beach.  This was day #2 of the Professor's McCall Surf Camp.  Day #3 we work on aerials! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Profes...

Lost Boys & Co... P addling the "Channel", lakeside in Idaho, riding tidal bores in Alaska, the Familia is making the most out of this summer!  Good thing, because the surf at home seems to be in the sucking range.  Like this morning with 9miles visibility under hazy skies.  Winds out of the NW by 3kts, with a smooth sea surface.  The air temperature is 65.0° and the water is 66.9°.  High tide is at 11:40am. +3.8' and low tide will be at 4:00pm +2.5'.  There's a SSW swell out of 196° at 2.0' and that's generating just about enough energy to let Joey Lombardo push some groms into their first waves...  not so much for the rest of us! S o we have some questions for the more intrepid among us: A aron:  Can you give us some background on your trip?  Like the name of the river, where it is in Alaska, how you heard about it, how often does the bore happen?  And anything else that might satisfy our curiosity!  You can either send it out...

Lost Boys & Co... " H ey, where are you going?"   "Idaho." "Where are you going?" "Montana!" "Cool!" Usual airport conversation when you run into a friend in the terminal.   But how often is your  friend going to fly the plane when he takes off?  Not so often.  So here are LoLa and the Professor with Capt. Mark Cole, surfer, contest judge and now commercial pilot!  This is not a fly-by-night thing.  He also flies by day!  Always  fun running into a Cole on the road! C hecking the cams, we have 10 miles visibility under a hazy  sun.  Winds out of the south by 2kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air  temp is 64.3° and the water is 64.2°, although the lifeguards are insisting it's 68°.  High tide is cresting at 9:23am +3.6' and low tide follows at 1:25pm +2.6'.  We have a  weak SSW swell out of 206° at 2.6' and that translates to 1' and poor... W e'll be heading north to ride the wild surf on...

Lost Boys & Co... A report almost as small as the surf...  According to Burnsy's hair it is very humid.  Maybe the fog should have given it away?  1 mile visibility under overcast and foggy skies.  Winds were onshore by 5kts and the sea surface was lightly textured.  Air temperature is 62.3° and the water is 63.9°.  High tide is at  7:15am +3.2' and low tide will be at 11:38am +2.2'.  We have a SSW swell   out of 210° at 2.0' and it was flat to flatter...  Our photo is from yesterday when it was twice as big... O n the road mañana to the wilds of Idaho, but once again we'll be trundling our laptop along to see if we can't keep abreast of the haps...  Let's  see how that goes... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... E verything seems to change when you sit at the big kids table...  Nothing could  be fina' than to have 'Lina sitting with the crew.  Lina, Jetski, LoLa, Danese, Danger Girl, The Professor, Lana, & Marco (seated.) 7 miles visibility under cloudy skies.  Winds were light onshore, 1 to 3kts.  The sea surface was smooth.  High tide was at 5:37am +3.2' and low tide will be at  10:41am +1.7'.  We have a SSW swell out of 219° at 2.3'.  It was 0' to 1' and we  couldn't make it look better even after brekky... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... T he Brothers Competition Team checks out the playing field this morning from high atop the refurbished pier.  They won the burrito eating contest and finished off the challengers with a breakfast sandwich... I n the water we had 20+ miles visibility under sunny skies, an actual summer's day!  Winds were swirling but started out off by 2 to 3kts and the sea surface was smooth to lightly textured.  The air  was 57.9° and the water was 62.1° at the buoy but warmer in the surf line.  Low tide was at 9:47am +1.2' and high tide came rushing in at 4:41pm  +5.4'.  We have a WSW swell out of 241° at 3.3' and it was 3' to 4' with some waves breaking in close and then hitting the loading dock.  Boris got the dump this morning with some late takeoffs and classy rides  and  Ronnie escaped the diner this morning and put together some sweet lefts! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... A lways a pleasure to see our friend from Holland, Ben Brondsema!  He represents the Surfvivor Surf Therapy Group that works in conjunction with the International Surf Therapy Organization.  They do fabulous therapy work with PTSD victims and utilize the healing power of the ocean!  He received their ALOHA award and got a trip to Nomotu, Fiji!  Well deserved!  (L to R: Christian, Ben, Morgan & the Professor...) G ood waves this morning with 10 miles visibility under overcast skies.  Winds were offshore (for a change) at 3 to 5kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air and water were both 63.3°.  Low tide was at 7:23am -0.8' and high tide follows at 2:07pm. +4.5'.  We have a south swell out of 200° at 3.6' and it was 3' to 4' and pretty good! A VP tomorrow, so we'll try to hit it a bit earlier, like 7am to avoid the land of the giants! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

  Lost Boys & Co... O kay, Duncan is a volleyball player, but where did all these other. guys come from?  P hoto #1, For purposes of identification we had these guys turn around.  Mookie, Pookie, Bubby, cha-cha, Paka, Cheesy and Lopo. O vercast this morning with7 miles visibility.  Winds were onshore by 3kts and swirling, texturing the surface.  The air was 60.5° and the water is 63.5°.  Low tide was at 6:37am -1.2' and high tide follows at 1:17pm +4.2'.  We are enjoying a 3.6' swell out of 196° SSW and it was 3'with some bigger outsides.  Not quite summer yet though...   ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... C lassic lineup checking Outside Sappharua for the annual Micro Wave Challenge.  Some guy in a bucket-hat won... (from L to R:  Stutzcanhang, Jah, Doc, Toph, Burnsy, Santi, Larry Dairy.  Photo Credit:  Francisco Dolores for "No Summer Quarterly") O vercast this morning with 7 miles visibility.  Winds on-shore 2 to 3kts and the sea surface was textured.  Air: 61.0°, Water 62.8°.  Low tide 5:512am -1.6' and high tide is at 12:30pm +4.1'.   There's a 3.6' swell out of 211° SSW, but it's just grazing Hermosa for a 1' to 2' "almost" morning... F ingers and toes count!  Everyone good?  Good Fourth! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! W ell, you can have your Iron Man & Woman, but for this crew (photo #1) they get their iron from a steady diet of Brother's Burritos.  Science has shown that there is as much iron in one Brother's Burrito as there is in a hardware store full of nails!  That's a pretty solid endorsement, from the Legion of Concerned Ironmongers.  Remember, you should be eating about an I-beam of iron a year! 9 Miles visibility under cloudy skies, breaking around 9:30.  Winds hard out of the SW and backing off as the morning unwound.  Sea surface texture broke down around 8am. and it got passingly smooth.  Air was 58.2° and the water is trying at 64.2°.  High tide is at 11:43am +3.9' and low tide is at 4:07pm +2.2'.  Nothing like the -1.6' low tide at 5:10am though!  It gave us a nice start to the morning with a 3.9' swell out of the SSW (209°).  It. was a solid 3'to 4' and fun until the tide floated it out ...

Lost Boys & Co... P hoto (#1). Actually, we have no idea what was going on with this, but we took the photo and decided it was fit to print...  Somebody miss Christmas? F oggy this morning with less than two miles visibility.  No wind and a smooth sea surface.  High tide was too high at 10:58am +3.8' and low tide was low at 3:16pm +2.3'.  We have a south swell out of 202° at 2.6' and it was half of that and mostly not breaking... T he call?  Early mañana...  Hermosa... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... What's with forgetting the attachments?   Here it is... "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!