Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... T he accolades continue as Jah Morgan accepts a commendation from the city fathers (#1).  Here, councilman Saemanns, who started the presentation at 180lbs, continued to grow larger as he held forth, until he reached an almost pre-explosive size.  A shy and reluctant Jah accepted the recognition with signature humility... P artly cloudy this morning with the sun making a valiant effort to pop through the clouds.  11 miles visibility.  Winds were light onshore 2 to 3kts and the sea surface was lightly textured.  The air temperature was 65.5 º  and the water is 67.6 º .  High tide will be at 10:06am +4.0' and low tide will be at 2:33pm +2.3'.  It's a SW swell out of 216 º  at 2.6' and it is 1' to 2' with smaller lulls... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... R ead in "The Surfer's Journal", "...which retells the Homeric tale in a series of collages where it's heroes are constructed of black paper cutouts, irrevocably reimagining the aesthetic of the narrative, while asserting the universality of the human quest for self-realization through adventurous trial." ...And we merely thought we were going to go surfing (#1 The Professor, Jah, Jetski and Rasta Pete in the background.) O vercast today (why should it be any different than yesterday?) 7 miles visibility.  Winds were light onshore, 1 to 3kts and the sea was more textured that it should have been.  The air temperature was 64.3 º  and the water is 67.6 º .  High tide was at 9:27am +3.8' and low tide will be at 1:40pm +2.9'.  There's a south swell (which should tell you something right there) out of 199 º  at 2.3' and it was 1' to 2' and poor. W ith an abundance of caution the lifeguards closed the beach from the Re...

Lost Boys & Co... S he did it!  Jah Morgan surfed every day for ten (10, count 'em) years straight.  Through rain, heat, earthquakes, civil unrest, dark of night, too many injuries to name and just plain fatigue she paddled on.  She's our hero, a bona fide legend and a superstar.  Next time you wonder about whether or not you should paddle out, remember Morgan would be suiting up and not asking questions... O vercast with 7 miles visibility.  Winds were calm and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was 65.5 º and the water is posted sat 68.2 º , but it was more like 66 º .  High tide was at 8:42am +3.5' and low tide will be at 12:33pm +2.6'.  It a SSW swell out of 201 º  at 2.6' and it was an almost 1' and crowded... W hat ever will she do tomorrow? ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... T his (#1) is a photo from 1947 showing these divers in long wool underwear to stave off the cold.  There were no rubber suits readily available then so these abalone divers used the next best thing.  This is at Pebble Beach near Monterey and the water is typically in the low 50's and high 40's.  This probably kept the number of abs they caught to a minimum.  The divers were (L) J.G. Carlisle and (R) Neil Weston.  The photo was taken by Cole Weston and if the Weston name sounds familiar it's because their father Edward was a noted photographer.   S till in the small range this morning, but the sunny skies were a plus.  The onshore flow was light at 1 to 3kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air was 62.8 º  and the water is 67.3 º .  Low tide was at 9:09am +1.7' and high tide follows at 4:16pm +5.5'.  It's a south swell out of 199 º  at 3.6' and it was 2' to almost 3' with some double ups and maybe even ...

Lost Boys & Co... T here's a spot outside of about 14th St. that they call "Cable Cars."  It only breaks when it's huge and then it might almost qualify as a tow-in spot.  So to begin with it should be called "Red Cars" because that's what they sank there to create an artificial reef.  The Pacific Electric Railroad was going the way of the dinosaurs and they had all of these Red Cars gathering dust.  They sank a bunch of these, in what could be considered a relative underwater desert, then monitored the reef to see if it attracted fish.  Well it did and it inspired J.G. and his crew to consider larger more stable reefs.  It wasn't long before worms ate away most of the wood, but for years the steel wheels looked like pick-up-sticks on the bottom. W e could have used a reef this morning, or more accurately a swell. It was partly cloudy and visibility was 10 miles.  Winds were out of the south 1 to 3kts freshening to 15kts by noon.  Lots of bump...

Lost Boys & Co... Talking to 'Nupes the other day inspired LoLa to dig into some of her father, John G. (Jack) Carlisle's papers.  He was a prolific research marine biologist and authored and contributed to innumerable papers, articles and peer reviewed studies.  We thought we'd run a couple of photos to see what some of the early scientists and environmentalists (that term didn't even exist at the time) were up to (or down to).  We thought we'd start out with a photo (#1) from the late forties that show him (L) and his dive partner, Chuck Turner (R) resting after a dive at what looks like Paradise Cove.  A couple of things about this photo caught our eye.  The scuba gear is bare bones.  No wetsuits, buoyancy compensators, dive watches or depth gauges.  Not even sure if they had proper regulators!  Jack's scuba certification was #6 in the state!  He used to get upset when Jacques Cousteau would all but take credit for inventing scuba! Chi...

Lost Boys & Co... N o Burnsy does not really have a big mustache.  She's using one of those blonde ends to be one of the guys.  Looks good though... T he big news in the water this morning was the drop in temperature.  It was 63.0 º  in the air and a chilly 64.6 º  in the water.  Rogue current?  Up-welling?  We have no idea, but it felt like a 4/3 might be a sane option.  To top it off the wind was blowing a stiff 3 to 6kts adding a bit of wind chill to the proceedings.  High tide was late at 11:31am +3.8' and low tide follows at 3:48pm +2.3'.  It's a WSW swell out of 250 º  at 3.0' and it was a solid 3' to 4'.  Jah Morgan and Doc put on quite a show, grabbing some nice outside wedges.  H eading to the South Bay Dozen at Torrance Beach in the morning.  Some Olympic caliber athletes showing off their skills.  Goes all morning and into the afternoon! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... S o here (#1) we have a frame grab from a 1970 8mm film of Tim Larking shredding Topaz St.  We were testing our first garage shaped shortboards and Tim's tended to be more spear-like than most.  Later folks would be riding surprisingly similar shapes to surf Pipeline.  The Professor leaned toward shorter fatter vehicles, but face it, when you're 20 anything works! C lear skies and 15 miles visibility..  Winds were moderate out of the south ruffling things a bit.  The air temp was 59.0 º at checkout and the water is 63.7 º .  High tide was at 11:00am +3.7' and low tide follows at 3:08pm +2.5'.  Buoy #46221 showed a WSW swell out of 252 º  at 3.0' and it was 3' to 3.5' and a bit ragged.     R eminding you that Saturday is the South Bay Dozen (#2) dodecathon featuring dory racing, run, swim, paddle and surf ski competitions.  They still need volunteers to assist, so If you're free on Saturday come on down to...

Lost Boys & Co... W e got so close to actually checking the surf this morning when our clutch cable decided it had had enough and unwound like a cheap kite string.  We managed to limp it to King Harbor Auto Repair only to find that they're on vacation this week.  Yeah, well, looks like we're back in the VW Bus repair business.  Note: we ordered 2 cables.  One for next time... W indy this morning and Doc says we're not missing anything.  10miles visibility under hazy skies.  Winds are onshore 3 to 5kts and appear to be ramping up during the day.  The air was 61.9 º  and the water could be warmer at 63.0 º .  High tide is at 10:00am +3.5' and low tide will be at 1:50pm +2.7'.  It's a SSW swell out of 194 º at 3.3', but it's being beaten down by the wind and we'll call it 2' to 3' outside. W ho does this? (#1)  Doc said one word:  Humans. ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... Yes, here (#1) we have Lance with the Yellow Finned Croaker that he hauled in this weekend.  He might have had a little help from Mom and Anupa.  If you were his size this fish would look pretty darned big!  Also turns out that Lance has a likewise large crush on Anupa.  She got up to get a burrito and Lance was hoping she'd return and be okay.   Gray and 12 miles visibility under hazy overcast skies.  Winds were light onshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface was sporting a light ripple. The air temperature at checkout was 63 º  and the water at the buoy is 63.3 º .  High tide is at 9:28am +3.3' and low tide will be not so low at 1:07pm +2.8'.  It's a SSW swell out of 192 º  at 3.3' and it was 2' to 3' at your local pier... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... H ere (#1) we have a member of the local citizenry pointing out the point of the exercise this morning.  Yes it was the annual boogie & bodyboard extravaganza in which alternate crafts are encouraged and bodies found themselves being flung through the air challenging each and every vestibular sense.  Naturally a fabulous time was had by all in what was described as a fitting celebration of the fourth. T he sun was trying to break through and waited until we got out of the water to peek out.  Winds were variable mostly out of the south, ruffling the waters.  The air was 65.5 º  and the water took a significant dip in the surfline to right around 65 º.  High tide was at 6:19am +2.8' and low tide follows at 10:38am 2.2'.  It was a south swell out of 187 º  at 4.3' and it was a solid 3' with a few bigger outsides. H ave a safe insane fourth and remember that the local constabulary is now using drones to identify larger than a...

Lost Boys & Co... H ere we have Clarke looking all sassy, with his No.1 Brother's mug and the Professor having to settle for #2.  That's the way the coffee grinds here in LaLa Land... Y eah well, it was trying to get sunny when we hit the water.  Evie and Michelle were trying out their latest surf moves and the wind started out offshore and got squirrely at 1 to 3kts.  The sea surface remained smooth.  The air temp was 63.7º and the water was the same at the buoy, but in the surfline it was close to 70 º .  Low tide was 9:52am +1.8' and high tide follows at 5:05pm +4.8'.  It was a SSW swell out of 202 º  at 3.0' and we'll give you that with some crashers on the outside. M añana will be the second annual Galactic Boogie Shorebreak Challenge.  Many of last year's gladiators will be returning so hone your best Hollywood moves and we'll see you at 7:30!  Parking might be a challenge, but you're up for it...  And find your fins!  You...