Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... Communications weren't so hot in 1865 so it took a minute for the news to get to Texas-that the slaves were now free.  Being Texas, they immediately made it a holiday. We approve… A bit of overcast to greet the morning.  Wind is offshore by 3kts and the sea surface is smooth.  Low tide is at 10:21am +1.0' and high tide follows at 5:10pm +5.0'.  The air is 64.7 and the water is 66.4.  We have a SSW swell it of 204  deg. At 3.0' and it's 2' t 3' and a bit walled and wonky… Here we have the Ohio river (#1) which you can plainly see has no surf.  This is exactly why Horace Greeley said "Go west young man!"  It is not recorded but we believe he also said, "Don't stop until you get to Hermosa Beach!"  Fine gentleman that Horace…   "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... Note:  Read today's report in your best Foghorn Leghorn southern drawl. Here we are in Kentucky at the Woodford Reserve Whiskey Distillery sipping some of their small batch brown in front of the fire.  We had collectively been on the wagon for who knows how long and decided once we left the confines of the Golden State, I said GOLDEN State, that we would imbibe in the nectar of this special region.  Well, it was smooth, tasty, expensive and settled us right into the oeuvre of the countryside… Nuff, said, said NUFF said… Meanwhile at home it's offshore and sunny.  Blowing 5kts out of the east and it's 65.5 in the air and it's jumped all the way to 66.7 in the water.  Low tide is at 9:33am +0.6' and high tide will be at 4:28pm +4.9'.  It's a west swell out of 263 at 3.9' and it looks to be 2' to 3' and delightful.  Patience and a clever attitude will help you today in the surf and out! "When the surf breaks, we'll fix...

Lost Boys & Co... Here we are in Kentucky at the John G. Carlisle school named after LoLa's greatX3 grandfather.  He was a state senator, congressman, senator, speaker of the house and finally secretary of the treasury!  Quite a few things carry his name and it's fun visiting the old home grounds. South Bay is waking up to a late spring morning with light to no winds out of the east.  10 miles visibility and a bit humid.  62 in the air and 65.5 in the water.  Looking to hit around 76 mid-day.  It's a 4.3' swell out of the west (263).  Looking 2' to 3' and a little wally, but could be helped if the tide does something, anything…. You can noseride…. Water could be warmer… "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... T o say this week has been a tad hectic is an understatement of some proportion.  But we should behind with our sincere condolences at the passing of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson (#1).  We feel doubly bad because for years we carried on about surf music before the Beach Boys.  Yes, the Surfaris, Dick Dale, the Ventures, the Challengers and the Sentinels (and many others) will always be faves in our collection.  BUT, it's hard to argue that the Wilson's really added something to the soundtrack of our lives.  So maybe now Brian can really learn to surf and work on hot rods and have fun, fun, fun...    O vercast this morning, with less than 5 miles visibility.  But to our delight and surprise the sun came peeking out and ratcheted up the temps in short order.  The air was 65.0 º  and the water was 64.4 º .  Winds were out of the SSW 3 to 6kts and the sea surface was textured.  Low tide was early at 5:50am -0...

Lost Boys & Co... Well another Tlyuda Tuesday in the Mexico City Airport.  The good news is is we got a dip at Punta Zicatela this morning, the bad news is that our layover in Mexico City D.F. Is 3 1/2 hours, but the other good news is we got into the lounge and managed to get some nap time on the plush seats.  Meanwhile at home the low this morning was 61 and the high is 70.2.  High tide was at 10:46am 3.8' and low tide will be at 2:32pm +2.4'.  We're back tomorrow and it looks like we have SSW swell out of 205 at 3.3' and it's 2' to 3' with some little grinders.  The water temp is 63.9 in Hermosa and in Puerto Escondido it's 88.3.  Not looking warm and fuzzy.  Well, maybe fuzzy… Okay, the water was 88, but the waves on the outside of the point were 12 to 15'.  Alejandro was the only on of the five of us that got out.  He got a grinder from the second point all the way to the beach.  Meanwhile the Professor displayed remarkable whit...

Lost Boys & Co... A couple of things we don't do:  Ride Zicatela or take bucking boat rides.  Don't ever say there are things you don't do because life kinda throws them at you.  To be honest we only rode the inside of the Point, but we were compelled to take a boat/surf trip to Carrizalillo to do some surfing on the south corner of the bay.  A huge improvement over La Punta.  So yes we're in Mexico, but let's take ourselves away from 88 degree water and visit Hermosa a Beach. In Hermosa the water is 64, mere 24 degrees different.  It's a SSW swell that's 3.0' and it's 1' to 2' on the sand.  High tide was at 10:04am +3.8' and low tide was at 2:03pm 2.3'.  We're back tomorrow night and honestly  we're going to miss the warm. #1.  Apparently when toasting with a bottle of Corona your arm hairs are only supposed to be less than 3/4 of an inch.   Thanks to E.B. For the precision trim! Back home tomorrow evening! "When the...

Lost Boys & Co... S o here we have a shot of the surf lesson break just outside of the Kiahuna Plantation on Kaua'i.  This is the inside smaller section, but about fifty yards outside is a nice peak that the Professor kept trying to catch.  The only problem was that if you caught it, you had to negotiate the surf school once you got up and were steaming along.  Since most of the participants were youngsters, they were amazed that someone so wizened could still be out there.  So they cheered and he cheered and after all that' s what it's all about... C loudy this morning with less than 10 miles visibility.  Winds were onshore early 3 to 5kts and the sea surface was a bit tacky.  The air temp was 61.5 º and the water has dropped to 62.8 º  at the buoy.  (In Kaua'i the locals thought things were chilly and the water was 78!)  High tide was at 7:37am +3.1' and low tide follows at 12:35pmn +1.7'.  It's a SSW swell out of 194 º  at 2...