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Thu.,
December 19, 2002 - early morning
Brian' s Place (somewhere
on the north coast)
Partly Sunny and clear,
air low 80s, water ~upper-70s (trunks & short sleeve lycra)
4-5' with light chop
to glassy and current east to west
Around high tide
Alex and myself |
Heave-Ho.
Dawn patrol with cafes con leche y pan de agua caliente. Rincón
was breaking small so we headed to the north coast. Brian's Place
seemed to be the best of the lot. We suspected that Surfer's Beach would
be very crowded (it was we were told later with similar wave conditions).
We paddled out and hit a couple of walls of pounding bricks. Damn the waves
break hard! It's not even that large but there is so much power on
the reef compared to a the last 9 months of weaker East Coast surf and
a punchless week in SoCal during the summer. Alex may have caught one wave
before telling me he wasn't feeling very well. Minutes later he's
leaning over his board and heaving. Final exams and transit day have left
him exhausted and sick. He paddled in leaving me to solo rest of the session.
Caught a couple of good ones with some punch in them that had not been
experience in quite a while. Rights and lefts with plenty of wave to work
in some cutbacks and mild cover-ups. Good start-up prep session. It's great
to be back in some warm, reefy waters! |
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Thu.,
December 19, 2002 - late morning
PdP (somewhere on the
west coast)
Partly Sunny and very
windy, water kinda murky (trunks & long sleeve lycra)
5-8' with mixed swell
and lot's of wind mixing it up, no current
High going low
Solo session with Beth
on-shore |
Bloody
Bay. What's with he murky, brown-red water in these parts???
Can't remember this entire section of coast being so colored, particularly
during non-rainy season. Normally, if there has been a rain one can
expect some "red water" to the north near the ELF station, but usually
not throughout the entire bay. Although PdP wasn't entirely reddish,
it was very murky and discolored and so unusual not to see the many colored
and shaped coral formations, fans, and fish. Anyways, I was too stoked
to be back in the tropical waters of PR not to catch a few more waves.
Rode one very good right and another very good left in very windy, disorganized
conditions. Beth joined me on this jaunt while Alex stayed home to
rest and recuperate. What she remembers most is getting bit by some bugs!
What's with the bugs? Also noticed a washed up boat on the shore.
Surf check in the afternoon didn't reveal much
of quality so we just kicked back, relaxed, and enjoyed our vacation time.
There's more swell on the way. Got a big kick out of the "Tsunami Warning"
signs that have cropped up along a certain stretch of coast:
View from our porch |
Another view |
Surf check at Maria's Beach |
Late
afternoon surf check shows shows the wind and that the swell had not wrapped
around south of the point.
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