Lost Boys & Co.

Muchachos Perdidos y Co...   The surf has been small but every once in a while these barrels come through that are just mesmerizing.  Every other wave spits.  You take off and then tuck, because if you don´t you end up getting bounced around with your board trying to take chunks out of whatever is flailing.    As soon as we get back to town we´ll be sending out pics - we don´t have any compatible picture sharing stuff here, so we´re stocking up on the photos.   The people here are sweet.  As luck would have it, we got here in the middle of the blues fest and spent the weekend dancing.  Nothing like blues-salsa.  Actually never knew that was our style - but that was it exactly.  Lots of culture here and the food is absolutely fantastic.  You surf - eat lunch - siesta - check out the surf - watch the hockey game with 200 Canadiens and 4 other Americans - swim/bodysurf - eat dinner - dance and go to bed.  Schedule looks the ...

Lost Boys & Co...   All of the coast is abuzz with the earthquake in Chile...  We appear to be out of the path of the tidal wave, although that isn´t stopping everyone from conjecturing about the possibilities.   Waves were smaller today, but extremely powerful.  Yesterday the sets were about headhigh and would guillotine you if you were just a lttle late.  My board didn´t make it until yesterday afternoon, so I was using Don Souther´s 8´6¨spear.  I was going really fast, but the waves seem to be justy as fast!  Today I had my board so I got a couple of sweet ones.  You gotta have a fair amount of respect for this place!  I can see how it got it´s reputation.   Clear today with light offshore breezes turning on shore around 10am (early for here.)  Air temp is around 75 and the water is 75-80.  Pretty damned nice!   Okay, we´re off to the mercado!  It´s market day and we have shopping to do!   ¨When ...

Lost Boys & Co... J ust a couple more manhole covers for your consideration.  Carol, did a bit of research: "The Redondo Beach manhole cover is a good example of art in the ordinary and it 's made in the USA! I looked up East Jordan Iron Works ( from Michigan ) and saw in their Cutstom Logo Covers' photo gallery, one from Houston. Strange- it looks like a characature of a pelican and some sort of mutant. The motto on the cover says "Clean Water-Clear Choice."  Thanks for the diversion from my lunchtime homework efforts :)" (Take a look at the East Jordan Iron Works site.  The cool thing is that they not only have manhole covers, but all kinds of swag as well.  Everything from hats and jackets, to pens and small cast reproductions of manhole covers!  Sounds like a good place to go on a field trip...  Ed.) C loudy this morning with about 12 miles visibility.  We got a few drops on the windshield as we cruised along the shore, but nothing daunti...

Lost Boys & Co... W ater, water, everywhere... but how does it get there?  Well, it travels around quite a bit underground.  This just happens to be one of the places they monitor it. M eanwhile, rolling around on the street we have 20 miles visibility, under partly cloudy skies.  Winds are offshore by 5.7kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air temperature is a chilly 46.9° and the water is 59.4°.  Low tide is at the south end of the morning at 11:54am -0.2' and high tide will be at 6:55pm +3.2'.  The buoy is reading a west swell out of 266° at 3.9' and the surf is 3' to 4'.  Most of the folks thought it was going to be quite a bit bigger, if not better.  We'll have to wait and see if things get better arranged on Wednesday morning. O ur second shot is yesterday about 3:30pm at Manhattan Beach.  As you recall the winds had been on-shore all day and then suddenly as the front passed through, things changed around about 180°.  The...

Lost Boys & Co... U ntil recently, it never really struck us as to how far a municipality might go to emblazon it's name on public property.  Here we have two of our favorite cities showing their mastheads on your basic manhole covers.  That got us to noticing many of the covers that adorn the access to the netherworld of underground utilities.  There are tons of them!  So this week we're going to feature some of this utilitarian ornamentation.  When you start to notice them, you'll find there are really some artistic pieces out there.  And it's not like you have to collect anything and put it on your wall.  They're out there, waiting to be appreciated once you step outside! S till windier than shit out there today!  The hawk is out of the west by 19.4kts and gusting to over 25.  The skies are clear and we have maximum visibility (at least 25 miles.)  The sea surface is choppy with considerable whitecaps.  At checkout time the ...

Lost Boys & Co... W e were wondering about the visibility this morning and then we realized we could see Catalina from the Hermosa Pier.  Catalina is 26 miles away, so it's at least that clear.  But we were really wondering about the outfall there in the foreground of today's pic.  They have it marked with a nice bright yellow cone, so you can't accidentally run into it.  Then there are those handrails so you can stand there and watch the water gush out, while you hold on for dear life.  Considerate of them really... since it's supposed to rain all weekend long... S o, like we said, there's 26 miles visibility under cloudy, marginally threatening clouds.  Winds were offshore at checkout time at 1.9kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temp was 55.0° and the water is still 59.7°.  Low tide is at 6:18am +1.2' and high tide will follow at 11:59am +3.0'.  The buoy is reading a pretty consistent 2.6' to 3.0' swell out of the SW at 235°...

Lost Boys & Co... A touch of gray this morning and we wend our way about the So. Bay.  The weather is supposed to be closing in over the next couple of days, so if you need a little outdoor time, better grab it soon!  1.5 miles visibility under a distant sun.  Winds were offshore at checkout, by 3.1kts, but turned early (9am.)  The sea surface was smooth.  The air temp was 53.3° and the water is still 59.7°.  Low tide starts off the morning at 5:22am +1.1' and high tide is also an am at 11:09am +3.6'.  The buoy is reading a W swell out of 265° at 3.9'.  We're calling it a solid 3' with bigger outsides. W e hung with Don Swift and Leonard Treadwell this morning.  We were basically set to check out Hermosa when they walked down.  They were probably 11 or 12 when they started surfing Topaz and the Professor was a big high schooler.  Funny how that goes.  Anyway, they basically talked us into going out at Topaz and before the ...