100,000 Watts Wednesday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...
Here comes the weather!  The morning started out with light offshores and partly cloudy skies (#1).  About 10 miles visibility and increasingly cloudy skies set the tone for the rest of the morning.  Close to 9am the wind turned and went from almost calm to 5 to 9kts and the sea surface roughed up, finally blowing out.  The air temperature was 65.3º and the water's still 72.5º at the buoy and a couple of ticks warmer near shore.  High tide was at 7:25am +4.6' and low tide will be at 1:06pm +2.1'.  Look for an increasing SSW swell out of 205º.  Should be close to 4' and bouncing through the rain...

At 9:30 the front started to pass through (#2) and it's been spitting and actually raining since.  Since we're Southern California folk, this passes as a significant weather event.  So batten down the hatches, put up the storm windows and head to the basement.  Of course we don't HAVE any of those things, so just enjoy the pitter-patter of raindrops on your roof...

Thank you to the folks who requested notification of the Redondo Fund Raiser.  Those e-mails will go out Friday when the actual event begins!
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!
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