Tetraselmis

Translation; a bright green algae bloom. If you've been to the beach in the late morning or afternoon you've seen it. Hard to miss actually since it's day glo green color is smeared everywhere you look; on the sand, in the waves and in some places 400-500 yards offshore. "They" assure us that, while a bit slimy, it's not toxic. Why now and where does it come from? Good question, but I have noticed numerous whale spouts off shore this week. Hmmmmm, I wonder.

But I digress, what's the surf like, you ask? Knee to waist high crumbly, weak windswell. A slight bump on the water due to the brisk northwest wind already on it. Low tide and the Friday crew (some 20+ strong) is, well, paddling like crazy but not actually surfing all that much. Not really a surf day unless you are simply desperate for water time.

Have a good one and in the mean time keep an eye out for the Tetraselmis.

Aloha


Gary


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San O

Karen and I motored up to San O yesterday to hang out at Trail #6 and check out the scene at San O.  If you want rural beach experience in San Diego, I think trails is the best place for it.  I would advise against using trail 4 tho; there is a summer long surf camp set up there and the beach at #4 looks worse than 15th street in Del Mar on the 4th of July!  

San O is the complete opposite of trails; easy beach access, lots and lots of cars, the San O Surf Club guys hanging out, a VW Van coven, "assigned parking" at the primo spots (you can just tell which spots are for the regulars and which ones are for everyone else) and tons of people; in and out of the water.  There's just something about the place that, to me, defines summer in SoCal (all that was missing was Gidget and surf music).  

It has a time warp quality to it, I dig it!  The waves can be good too, but not yesterday.  Still there were about 50 or 60 people out at Old Man's jockeying and jostling for some things that looked a little like waves.  Judging from the wind indicator, the wind was from the northwest and was blowing out what little (and tiny) surf there was. 


BTW, have you ever taken a really close look at the San Onofre Surfing Club logo?  Check it out on the photo of the San O sign above; I think I know where a certain sculptor might have gotten his inspiration for a certain statue in Cardiff.



And that's not all this great surf and surf culture spot has going for it.  Aquatic creatures abound as well.  There were reports of whitey making his presence known at trails a few years ago but this video shows that they like San O just as much as the rest of us.  This video is especially for Barb, cause we all know how much she loves sharks. Enjoy!



Me my Shark and I from Chuck Patterson on Vimeo.




Have a good one
Aloha
Gary

Wind is Back

A bit more swell (not much, but more than yesterday), a bit more wind and a lot less people. Knee to waist high on the sets; flat in-between. Clean conditions, poor shape and four guys out.

Not a surf day.

Have a good one
Aloha
Gary

Why do we even need a sign like this?


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Meager

Dead calm, hyper glassy, low tide and flat, flat, flat. Perfect for diving or kayaking to the offshore kelp beds.

Patches of blue sky showing here and there but no actual sun (yet). 8 guys out. Looks like a good day to catch up on "stuff" that you've been meaning to get to.

Have a good one
Aloha
Gary
Pete's dogs guarding his bike while he's out surfing.


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