Coral Reef Wednesday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Last weekend we got a chance to listen to the founders of the "Coral Gardeners"  Started by Titouan Bernicot (#1) as a teenager who saw his local Tahitian Reef being decimated by climate change.  He started picking out healthy corals that he imagined were resistant to warmer water and propagating them.  His project quickly gained notoriety and was embraced by the scientific community.  They soon realized this was a worldwide problem.  He noted that "Coral reefs are the most biodiverse and valuable ecosystem on our planet, yet they are one of the most impacted by climate change and human pressures, in peril of going extinct by 2050."  They are revolutionizing ocean conservation and creating a global movement to save the reefs.  To learn more about this movement go to: coralgardeners.org and check out their great website.  It would also be a great excuse to go to Tahiti and check out their work...

Smoky this morning and we could see the flames across the bay.  Winds were offshore and switched about 10am.  The air was a chilled 46.9º and the water was 57.7º.  High tide was in at 5:29am +6.1' and low tide will e at 12:32pm +-0.0'.  Minus afternoon tides through the 19th.  A small SW swell out of 238º at 2.6' and it was 2' to almost 3' and a bit walled...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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