THE Surf Report- Early Edition

Just like winter- but without the surf.

SURF:

Past few days were pleasant with great weather and little waves up and down the coast. Today was more of the same with chest high sets, light winds, and nice air temps at the beaches. Tomorrow things change as we have a low pressure system moving through and the surf stays in the chest high range while the S winds pick up.

By Saturday it's head high sets and bumpy from yet another low pressure system moving into the area. Sunday has sunnier skies but still brisk winds- this time from the NW as the storm moves out, and jumbled head high sets again. We'll have waves this weekend- but bumpy unfortunately.

Water temps are high 50's and tides the next few days are 3' at sunrise, almost 6' mid-morning, and down to -1' at sunset.

FORECAST:
Been an odd winter so far. November had solid surf and great weather while December has had mediocre surf and rain. January isn't starting off much better; Monday through Wednesday look small and breezy from the NW.

Models show a small NW arrivng Thursday for chest high sets and that's about it. Further out, there may be more NW around the 10th but that's a LOOOOONG ways away. Until then, keep the groveller handy. Make sure to keep up to date on the changing weather at Twitter/North County Surf. 

WEATHER:

Rain last weekend and amazing weather ever since. A few records were broken yesterday with temps around 80 in inland locations. High clouds started to drift overhead late in the day as a low pressure system S of us was drifting slowly our way. Look for that low to be above us tomorrow afternoon and as it does, drop some showers. It won't be overly windy or too strong in general, but it should give us 1/3" of rain. As that moves through Saturday morning, another colder/stronger system arrives Saturday afternoon. This will be a little windier (maybe gusts to 25 mph) and slightly more rain with 1/2". Sunday afternoon things start to clear out with cool, clear, breezy conditions. All in all we might get 3/4" of rain from both systems. Early next week, models show a couple weak fronts moving through and a small chance of showers Monday/Tuesday. High pressure sets up the 2nd half of next week for warmer weather and light offshore winds.

BEST BET:
Next Thursday with small and clean NW. Or bumpy stormy head high NW this weekend all to yourself.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

More useless trivia to keep you entertained on this upcoming rainy weekend:
-Since 1996, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has removed 904 tons of debris from the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monumnet in Hawaii including 57 tones from just 1 mission in 2014.
-While there is only 1 global ocean, the vast body of water that covers 71 percent of the earth is geographically divided into distinct named regions. The boundaries between these regions have evolved over time for a variety of historical, cultural, geographical, and scientific reasons.
-Life began on earth in the oceans over 3.5 billion years ago.
-Most of the ocean is unexplored- about 95 percent of this underwater realm is unseen by human eyes.
-The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living organism on Earth and can be seen from the moon.
-The ocean contains more than 96 percent of the Earth's water.
-The US shoreline is more than 95,000 miles long.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

How rad is this entire set up?! House on the point, tropical weather, no crowd, firing left point out your backyard, and a panga to take you to the line-up after every wave. If that was my pad, I'd have you all over and blow all my money by having Van Halen play at my birthday party.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Cutting Edge
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Cutbacks Are So 2016, I'm Doing Cutforwards Next Year

THE Surf Report- Early Edition

Welcome El Nino!

SURF:
Not to say I told you so, but, I told you so! No one believed in El Nino (just like Santa Claus) and he's finally here! Just 2 years after the fact and right in the middle of La Nina, but still! He's here! I think. I'm totally confused. Can't complain though; we need the rain to help with the drought (and keep my lawn green).

And we need surf which neither El Nino or La Nina seem to have produced this past week. That's short lived though as the winds pick up tomorrow from our next potent storm, the surf will rise with it. Look for chest high waves in the AM and offshore flow early. Then winds turn SE mid-morning from the approaching storm. By afternoon it's a real mess with head high+ surf and blown surf from strong SSW winds.

Saturday the surf peaks in the overhead range and storng W winds follow. Sunday things start to clean up but the surf will be on it's way down. At least the mountains will have a white Xmas.

Water temps are high 50's and tides this weekend are 4' at sunrise, down to almost 0' at lunch, and back up to 3' at sunset.

FORECAST:
Monday the surf is finally clean but small in the waist high range.

Models show a little bump from the NW arriving on Tuesday for chest high sets but they also show an outside chance of showers- but that's a 50/50 proposition at best. So we could have fun clean surf or junky surf. It's a guessing game at this point. That holds into Tuesday and we may get another reinforcemnent from the NW on Thursday for more chest high waves- and cleaner weather. All in all we have some storms in the north Pacific but they're not that organized nor aimed directly at us- hence the smallish surf. Which wouldn't be too bad if the S winds would just behave.

WEATHER:

Great start to our winter and we're only 1 day into it. We're sitting at roughly 3.5" or rain so far (about 125% of normal for this time of year) and we're about to get up to 1.5" more tomorrow through Saturday. Fill those resevoirs! Look for fairly clean weather in the AM tomorrow then the winds will pick up from the SSW all day.

By nightfall we should have solid rain and solid wind. Just like winter was meant to be. That tapers off late Christmas Eve and on Sunday we've got clear cold skies and snow in the local mountains. Wish I had a cabin in Julian this weekend. Monday should be nice and models hint at another small storm on Tuesday but it's a long shot. After that we return to sunny skies and beach temps in the low 70's- just like the other 364 days around here. Make sure to keep up to date on the changing weather at Twitter/North County Surf.  

BEST BET:
Early tomorrow with small building NW swell and clean conditions or next Tuesday with fun chest high NW and MAYBE clean conditions. Or... Thursday with chest high NW again and most likely clean conditions.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in talking about waves that I forget to get down to basics and talk about what exactly makes the waves tick. Our good friends at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration can break it down for us…

The ocean is never still. Whether observing from the beach or a boat, we expect to see waves on the horizon. Waves are created by energy passing through water, causing it to move in a circular motion. However, water does not actually travel in waves. Waves transmit energy, not water, across the ocean and if not obstructed by anything, they have the potential to travel across an entire ocean basin.

Waves are most commonly caused by wind. Wind-driven waves, or surface waves, are created by the friction between wind and surface water. As wind blows across the surface of the ocean or a lake, the continual disturbance creates a wave crest. These types of waves are found globally across the open ocean and along the coast.

More potentially hazardous waves can be caused by severe weather, like a hurricane. The strong winds and pressure from this type of severe storm causes storm surge, a series of long waves that are created far from shore in deeper water and intensify as they move closer to land. Other hazardous waves can be caused by underwater disturbances that displace large amounts of water quickly such as earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions. These very long waves are called tsunamis.

Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases. The speed of tsunami waves depends on ocean depth rather than the distance from the source of the wave. Tsunami waves may travel as fast as jet planes over deep waters, only slowing down when reaching shallow waters. Storm surge and tsunamis are not the types of waves you imagine crashing down on the shore. These waves roll upon the shore like a massive sea level rise and can reach far distances inland.

The gravitational pull of the sun and moon on the earth also causes waves. These waves are tides or, in other words, tidal waves. It is a common misconception that a tidal wave is also a tsunami. The cause of tsunamis are not related to tide information at all but can occur in any tidal state. While tsunamis are often referred to as tidal waves, this name is discouraged by oceanographers because tides have little to do with these giant waves.

There are many other types of waves in our universe like sound waves, string waves, radio waves, visible light waves, microwaves, sine waves, stadium waves, earthquake waves, cosine waves, and slinky waves to name a few. But as surfers, we only care about water waves.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

If you could only surf one wave the rest of your life, would you surf this left? Even it means you never saw another right the rest of your life?

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Never Been Better
Still Believe in Sandy Claws
Just Shaped a 10’0’ Yule Tide Log

THE Surf Report

Wet 'n' Wild.

SURF:
I need to get one of those virtual reality headsets because the surf in real life has been a bore lately.

Nothing to report on last week as it was small but fairly clean. Today is somewhat exciting as we have building storm surf but it's just that- dirty water and blown out. Saturday the storm will clear out but the water will still be toxic and the swell will be dying. By Sunday we have clean conditions and small waves again. Maybe get some Xmas shopping done?

Water temps are high 50's and tides the next few days are 4' at sunrise, up to 6' mid-morning, and down to -1' at sunset.

FORECAST:
Not sure how to tell you this- so I'm just going to lay it out here: It's gonna be flat next week. Lots of storm activity in the far northern reaches of the Aleutians but none of the swell is aimed towards us.

There was a small storm off Antarctica last week that was JUST outside our swell window- so maybe the OC will get some waist high waves around towards Wednesday.

Models also show a small pulse from the NW towards Thursday (an early present from Santa perhaps) but that may just give us chest high sets. That builds into Friday with chest high+ waves in SD. Wave pools are starting to look like a good idea now, huh?

WEATHER:

If you've read the THE Surf Report in the past, you know I have a scale in which I measure storms. If we get 1/4" of rain, it's not even noticeable. 1/2" is pretty average. 1" is a good storm. And 2"+ is on the El Nino scale. So far today, we've received 1.25" at the coast. That's a good storm! Local mountains have recieved 3"+ and Yucaipa Ridge in the San Bernardino mountains is approaching 5". The bulk of the rain is over but we'll still get off and on showers thorughout the day to add to our totals. Winds will be the real factor this afternoon and evening with gusts to 30mph. This weekend the skies clear out and we should have mild sunny skies with offshore winds Sunday morning. Things mellow out the rest of the week with sunny mild conditions and afternoon sea breezes. Models are hinting at showers again Christmas Eve (our own version of a White Christmas on the coast). Make sure to keep up to date on the changing weather at Twitter/North County Surf.

BEST BET:
If you're desperate, there may be some small leftover waist high NW on Sunday morning with offshore winds- but the water will be dirty of course. Am I going to be forced to watch the Chargers on Sunday? And HOPEFULLY some chest high waves from the NW late Thursday into Friday.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Whether you believe in humans contributing to global warming or you just think we’re on the other side of an ice age, fact is, we’re getting hotter. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) earlier this month showed that unprecedented warming air temperature in 2016 over the Arctic contributed to a record-breaking delay in the ice freezing this fall, leading to extensive melting of the Greenland ice sheet and land-based snow cover.

“Rarely have we seen the Arctic show a clearer, stronger or more pronounced signal of persistent warming and its cascading effects on the environment than this year,” said Jeremy Mathis, director of NOAA’s Arctic Research Program. “While the science is becoming clearer, we need to improve and extend sustained observations of the Arctic that can inform sound decisions on environmental health and food security as well as emerging opportunities for commerce.”

Major findings in this year’s report include:

Warmer air temperature: Average annual air temperature over land areas was the highest in the observational record, representing a 6.3 degree Fahrenheit (3.5 degree Celsius) increase since 1900. Arctic temperatures continue to increase at double the rate of the global temperature increase.

Record low snow cover: Spring snow cover set a record low in the North American Arctic, where the May snow cover extent fell below 1.5 million square miles (4 million square kilometers) for the first time since satellite observations began in 1967.

Smaller Greenland ice sheet: The Greenland ice sheet continued to lose mass in 2016, as it has since 2002 when satellite-based measurement began. The start of melting on the Greenland ice sheet was the second earliest in the 37-year record of observations, close to the record set in 2012.

Record low sea ice: The Arctic sea ice minimum extent from mid-October 2016 to late November 2016 was the lowest since the satellite record began in 1979 and 28 percent less than the average for 1981-2010 in October. Arctic ice is thinning, with multi-year ice now comprising 22 percent of the ice cover as compared to 78 percent for the more fragile first-year ice. By comparison, multi-year ice made up 45 percent of ice cover in 1985.

Above-average Arctic Ocean temperature: Sea surface temperature in August 2016 was 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) above the average for 1982-2010 in the Barents and Chukchi seas and off the east and west coasts of Greenland.

Arctic Ocean productivity: Springtime melting and retreating sea ice allowed for more sunlight to reach the upper layers of the ocean, stimulating widespread blooms of algae and other tiny marine plants which form the base of the marine food chain, another sign of the rapid changes occurring in a warming Arctic.

Ocean acidification: More than other oceanic areas, the Arctic Ocean is more vulnerable to ocean acidification, a process driven by the ocean’s uptake of increased human-caused carbon dioxide emissions. Ocean acidification is expected to intensify in the Arctic, adding new stress to marine fisheries, particularly those that need calcium carbonate to build shells. This change affects Arctic communities that depend on fish for food security, livelihoods and culture.

Carbon cycle changing: Overall, the warming tundra is now releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than it is taking up. Twice as much organic carbon is locked in the northern permafrost as is currently in the Earth’s atmosphere. If the permafrost melts and releases that carbon, it could have profound effects on weather and climate in the Arctic and the rest of the Earth.

Small mammals: Recent shifts in the population of small mammals, such as shrews, may be the signs of broader consequences of environmental change.

Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, warming temperatures and rising seas are impacting sea levels and climatology. So if you think the lack of rain around Southern California is not an issue lately, then you’ll love Baja’s weather when it moves up here in the next decade.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

The pride of San Diego County (besides me).

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Influential
Have A Chauffeur For My Autonomous Car
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THE Surf Report- Early Edition

Asking Santa for waves this Xmas.

SURF:

Had some disorderly but fun surf earlier in the week and since then it's been small and clean. Tomorrow morning starts off the same but by sundown we should see a little boost out of the NW for chest high sets. Not enough to leave work early on a Friday but if you're itching to play hooky, it's something.

The NW gets a little reinforcement on Saturday for more chest high waves (bigger in SD) and that will last into Sunday morning. All the while there will be some small background knee to waist high SW in the wather. In a nutshell- small weekend surf but some fun waves on the right tides.

Water temps are holding at 60 degrees and tides the next few days are 5' at sunrise, down to 0' at lunch, and back up to 4' at sunset.

FORECAST:
Nothing to really kick off the work week- or most of next week for that matter. Forecast charts are calling for rain late next week (more on that below) which should turn up our surf a notch but also turn up our winds.

So... look for head high+ surf towards Thursday afternoon into Saturday morning but junky conditions. Nobody said winter would be easy. And if we get rain, expect dirty water. Don't shoot the messenger!

WEATHER:

Nice weather this past week will hold on tomorrow before changing slightly Saturday/Sunday. A weak trough will move through Saturday night for slightly cooler temps and a chance of showers. We transition back to cool weather and sunny skies the 1st half of the work week then models show a stronger cold front moving through Thursday/Friday. Still too early to see what kind of a rain maker it will be but at least it will feel like a real winter around here. And maybe drop some snow in the local mountains. Make sure to keep up to date on the changing weather at Twitter/North County Surf. 

BEST BET:
Saturday morning with peaking NW swell and fairly clean conditions.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Since our weather has been pretty bland since, well, it seems like forever, let's have a look at the good stuff on this day in history...

2007: A snow storm on this day and into 12/9 was nothing unusual except in the San Jacinto Mountains. 17 inches fell in Pine Cove.

2001: Santa Ana winds blew on 12/7 and through today; gusts reached 87 mph at Fremont Canyon. Winds contributed to the Potrero Fire.

1997: The heaviest rains in 70 years struck Orange County with four to eight inches of rainfall starting on 12/6 and ending on this day. Ten inches was recorded at Mission Viejo and over four inches at Corona. Heavy downpours also hit Victor Valley. Widespread flooding resulted in Orange County, along with mud slides and coastal erosion at Laguna Beach. Mud flowed through Adelanto. Also on this day a funnel cloud was observed in Del Mar.

1989: It was 87° in Borrego Springs, the highest temperature on record for December. This also occurred the previous two days on 12/6 and 12/7, and on 12/28/1980.

1988: Strong Santa Ana winds blew across Southern California. A gust of 92 mph was measured at Laguna Peak (Ventura Co.). Winds fanned several major fires. Roofs were taken off of buildings and trees and power lines were brought down. Estimated damage was $20 million.

1982: Heavy rain in eastern San Diego County started on this day and ended on 12/9. Flooding resulted, and it was disastrous in Ocotillo.

1979: It was 69° in Big Bear Lake, the highest temperature on record for December. This also occurred four days earlier on 12/4/1979.

1938: It was 100° at La Mesa, the national maximum temperature record for December.

BEST OF THE BLOG:

Looking for a last minute holiday gift for the loved one in your life? Or maybe you just sort of like them and love is too strong of a word? Or maybe it's just a bro and 'like' and 'love' is way out of line. Regardless, if you need a gift for the surfer (or skater) in your life that has everything, I've got the answer. It's called the EPK Collection. Don't ask me how I'm involved (I'll tell you over a cold one sometime), but EPK’s goal is to inspire you to stop looking at your screen, get outside, and live life. EPK is a premium photography company that partners with the world’s best brands, athletes, and photographers to preserve the EPK moments in surfing and skateboarding. All EPK images are limited-edition prints that are designed right here in north county San Diego, and printed in the good 'ol US of A (and no, Trump didn't have anything to do with that). Looking to replace that Monet on your wall? How about an epic shot of Kelly, P-Rod, Nyjah, John John, Mick, Malto, Cole, or AI to name a few? Whether you're a grom looking to put a poster on your wall or an art gallery needing a high end acrylic masterpiece, EPK has it all.

And then some- like 2017 calendars and event prints like this weekend's Pipe Masters. So enough of me jabbering, check out EPK Collection and make someone happy this holiday season (including yourself).

PIC OF THE WEEK:

An all-time shot from the 'Thundercloud' swell during the 2012 Fiji Pro. Can you imagine standing tall in that pit?! No, neither can I. This pic also happens to be the month of June 2017 in the WSL calendar, on sale now at epkcollection.com! (Ok- I'm done with the advetorial. Now I'm really going to owe you a beer).

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Irresistible
Don't Ask Me How I Got On Santa's Naughty List
Mason Ho's Speech Writer

THE Surf Report- Early Edition

Santa Ana's from San Diego to Santa Ana.

SURF:

Nothing too exciting this past week except some dirty water towards Monday and leftover NW windswell/groundswell. Today we had a small late season SW join the mix for chest high sets and nice weather.

Tomorrow the SW hangs around as we get a small reinforcemnt from the NW. Nothing exciting- just enough to keep us in chest high waves. The real excitement is the forecasted offshore 'Santa Ana' winds tomorrow. Too bad the surf isn't big- kind of a waste for offshore winds and tiny chest high barrels. Regardless, it will make for amazing conditions the next couple days. Saturday and Sunday morning drop slightly to the waist high plus range and the offshore winds back off by Sunday. We might start to see an increase in NW groundswell late Sunday but I think the bulk of the swell will be here on Monday.

In the meantime, water temps are in the low 60's and tides the next few days are 4' at sunrise, up slightly to 5.5' mid-morning, and down to 0' at sunset.

FORECAST:

New NW fills in on Monday for shoulder high sets and that lasts into Tuesday morning. Not much is in the forecast the rest of the week as we're in-between storms.

Late next weekend charts show more NW for head high waves Sunday afternoon.

WEATHER:

Not a bad little rain event last weekend. Most spots ended up with 3/4" to 1" and the mountains from LA to SD received 1.5" to 2". That leaves Newport slightly above average early in this rainy season, Oceanside slightly below, and SD well below. But we're still 3 weeks away from the start of winter, so I'm not worried. Yet. On the opposite end of the spectrum is tomorrow's forecasted Santa Ana wind event. The OC will get the strongest winds- maybe gusts to 50mph and SD will get 25mph winds. Temps will be mild with this wind event- mainly high 40's at night and high 60's during the day. Plenty of sunshine though. Winds back off by Sunday and next week is mild, sunny, and temps near 70. Just like every other day of the year around here. Make sure to keep up to date on the latest wind advisories at Twitter/North County Surf. 

BEST BET:
Tomorrow morning with offshores and small combo swell or mild conditions Monday and better NW.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

The eastern Pacifc hurricane season just wrapped up on November 30th and it was pretty darn fun considering El Nino was touted as 'dead' this summer and we were in the beginning of a La Nina phase. Glad the forecasts were wrong. The official hurricane season runs from May 15th through November 30th. The peak activity typically occurs during July through September. During the period 1981-2010, the Eastern Pacific seasonal averages were 15.4 named storms (maximum 1-minute surface winds between 39-73 mph), with 8.4 of those becoming hurricanes (maximum 1-minute surface winds of at least 74 mph) and 3.9 becoming major hurricanes (maximum 1-minute surface winds exceeding 111 mph, categories 3-5 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale).

So what did we end up with this year? The eastern Pacific hurricane basin, (which covers the eastern Pacific Ocean east of 140 degrees west), produced 21 named storms during 2016 (6 more than average), including 11 hurricanes (3 more than average) of which 5 became major hurricanes (1 more than average). July through September was the most active three-month period on record for this basin. NOAA’s eastern Pacific hurricane season outlook called for 13 to 20 named storms, including 6 to 11 hurricanes, 3 to 6 of which were expected to become major hurricanes. Of note was:

-Tropical Storm Agatha on July 2nd, our 1st named storm of the season
-Hurricane Paine on September 8th which dissipated just 250 miles south of San Diego
-Major Hurricane Seymour on October 23rd with 150 mph winds
-Tropical Storm Tina on November 14th, our last named storm of the season
-And Hurricane Otto on November 25th which crossed the Carribean and died in the Pacific's relatively cooler waters off of Costa Rica

For our friends in the Hawaiian Islands, the central Pacific hurricane basin covers the Pacific Ocean west of 140 degrees to the International Date Line. This basin saw 7 tropical cyclones (includes tropical depressions and named storms) during 2016. All 7 became named storms, and included 3 hurricanes of which 2 were major hurricanes. Tropical Storm Darby made landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii, marking the first time in recorded history that 2 storms in 3 years struck the Big Island (Darby in 2016 and Iselle in 2014). NOAA’s central Pacific hurricane season outlook called for 4 to 7 tropical cyclones. That outlook does not predict specific ranges of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes. Of note was Hurricane Pali in early January of 2016 (yes, early January, as in winter). At the onset of 2016, the dissipating Tropical Depression Nine-C left behind a large area of moisture across the equatorial Pacific, south of the Hawaiian island chain. A powerful westerly wind burst—a feature commonly associated with strong El Niño events—spurred cyclogenesis within the disturbance, resulting in the formation of an area of low pressure. Fueled by unusually high sea surface temperatures, estimated at 85.1 °F, the system gradually coalesced into a tropical depression on January 7. This marked the earliest formation of a tropical cyclone on record in the Central Pacific, surpassing 1989's Tropical Storm Winona by six days. It soon strengthened into a tropical storm, receiving the name Pali, becoming the earliest such system in the northeastern Pacific on record. Then, on January 11, Pali strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, becoming the earliest hurricane on record in the northeast Pacific basin, beating the previous record set by Hurricane Ekeka in 1992. Pali reached a minimum latitude of 2.0°N, making it the lowest latitude tropical cyclone on record in the Western Hemisphere, surpassing Tropical Depression Nine-C which attained a minimum latitude of 2.2°N just two weeks prior. On January 12, Pali strengthened further into a Category 2 hurricane. During the next few days, Pali rapidly weakened while turning back towards the south-southeast, before weakening into a remnant low early on January 15, just SW of the Hawaiian island chain. Unrelated to Pali, Hurricane Alex developed over the Atlantic during the last few days of Pali's existence. This marked the first known occurrence of simultaneous January tropical cyclones between the two basins.

BEST OF THE BLOG:

Just wanted to give a shout out to everyone that's listened to me rant and rave about the weather and waves (that kind of rhymes) since the mid-90's. If you don't know my background, I've litterally been studying how the ocean works since the early 80's. I then went to San Diego State University in 1990 to get 'official' training in meteorology but decided my first job at the National Weather Service Des Moines, Iowa office wasn't the right fit so I ended up in the surf industry. My friends knew though I was constantly studying weather maps (real maps printed on paper- this was pre-internet you know) and they were constantly calling me for surf forecasts. So I deciced in the mid-90's to send a weekly surf forecast out to them via fax (this was pre-internet you know) and once they all got email, my job got a lot easier. 20 years later, I'm still here and it's grown to the North County Surf Blog back in 2010. Thanks to you, I just hit 100,000 pageviews. Of course a guy like Beiber does that daily, but for a local yahoo like me, I'm stoked. So thanks everyone. Here's to another 20 years and 100,000 more page views.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Found out last week that I'm a distant relative of the Rockefellers. Guess some 8th Uncle or something left me a little cash and this sweet house with a Lowers-like set up out back. God bless America!

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Discerning Taste
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Made a Rip Curl F-bomb & Superbrand Fling in My 3-D Printer