The Attack Of The Giant Sand Crabs Tuesday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Okay, We're walking out of the surf this morning at Sapphire and we almost stepped on this
humongous sand crab.  But of course we immediately contacted our marine biologist professionals to see if this was somehow an irradiated sand crab that was getting big enough to take over the world (or at least wrestle with Godzilla), Jose Bacallao responded:  

Blepharipoda occidentalis, the spiny sand crab[1] or spiny mole crab,[2] is a species of sand crab or mole crab which lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean,[3] from Central California to Baja California. It is oval in shape, growing up to 3 inches (76 mm) long and 1.75 in (44 mm) wide.[4] It lives on sandy beaches up to 30 metres (98 ft) under water, and feeds on the remains of other sand crabs that live in the area.[4]

Good!  This means that we can rest assured that they won't be coming after us any time soon as for other sand crabs that live in the area, keep an eye out...

Clear this morning with 10 miles visibility until the fog bank collided with the shore and reduced it to a couple of hundred feet.  Winds started early out of the SW from 1 to 5kts and the sea surface was slightly textured.  The air was 49.0 at checkout and the water was 57.4 getting up to 60.1 at 2pm.  You'll remember Anupa predicted this event, so props to her!  High tide was at 7:19am +4.8' and low tide drains at 1:58pm -0.2' for the last minus tide of the week.  It's a west swell out of 261 at 3.6' and Sapphy was 3' with some fatter outsides still close to the beach.

Twice a year the sun rises through the palm at Ruby and the Esplanade.  We managed to barge through the crowd and get this pic (#2)...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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