Monday / Tuesday Mash Up Surf & Culture Report



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!

Chilly today with the sun trying it's best to kick through the clouds.  Winds were fluky starting off offshore then switching around in short order ruffling up the water.  The air was 64.0º at checkout and the water is 66.2º (we are definitely wearing wetsuits!)  Low tide was at 7:08am +0.0' and high tide is at 1:50pm +4.5'.  It's a SSW swell out of 210º at 2.6' and it was 2' to 2.5' and breaking in some shallow water.  For the last few days Ronnie has really been ripping it up!  He and Chloe's friend Leasi, from Germany made it look fun.
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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