Cuneiform Tuesday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

So we were looking at this example (#1) of cuneiform writing and couldn't make heads or tails of it.  Turns out it was a "DO NOT ENTER / NO TRESPASSING" sign in ancient Sumerian.  That made it all clear...

And like that the ocean really started to look different this morning.  A couple of weeks ago we were boogieing and now there are some legitimate slabs out there.  Overcast with some considerable haze dropping the visibility to 5 miles.  Winds were flukey out of the SW by 1 to 5kts.  The sea was textured, but not whitecapping.  The air temperature was 63.3º and the water is holding at 65.5º.  High tide was at 8:20am +5.8' and low tide will be at 2:25pm +0.5' before we run into some minuses in the afternoons.  There's a SSW swell out of 212º at 3.6' and it was a solid 4' with some bigger outsides.  Not much in the way of corners, but Justin, Hans and Christian made a good attempt a grabbing some of the more promising waves.  Christian actually got a long wall and managed a five and an inside coverup,  making it look like it was ALMOST possible...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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