Third base Thursday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Grabbed this frame off of SurfLine (#1) of these two handsome chaps walking down to take a dip.  We cannot tell you how absolutely preposterous this is considering how much one of the participants dislikes any water cooler than 70º.  Of course the fellow carrying the fins, on the left, is the famous aquanaut Jose Bacallao and he would jump in and frolic in 50º water.  They had a bit of body surfing and then retired to Brothers Burritos for the best B/Avocado ever made...

Cloudy skies and 16 miles visibility.  Winds were light onshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface was smooth with a wee bit of texture.  The air temp was 57.0º and the water is lurking around 62.5º, although Bacallao's watch said it was 67º we thought that might be a product of his hot wrist.  Our watch said 9:25...  High tide at 9:17am +4.7' and low tide follows at 3:00pm +0.5'.  It's a 2.3' SSW swell out of 194º and there were some 2' to 3' sand blasters for your bodysurfing pleasure...

Five years ago today the Professor and Doc were mugging for the camera (#2) before jumping in. 

All Star competition for the South Bay Scholastic Surf League starts at 6:30am manana at 38th St. El Porto.  Come down for some great prep surfing!     
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!
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