Surf, rinse, and repeat (or if you're a grom, just surf and repeat).
SURF:
Summer has been on track lately. Fun SW swell last weekend, some NW windswell mid-week, hazy afternoon sunshine, and water temps in the low 70's.
For this weekend, we've got more of the same as a new SW will fill in on Friday for chest high surf and shoulder high in the OC. There will also be a smaller amount of NW windswell this weekend to cross up the SW.
On a side note, Hurricanes Erick and Flossie are steamrolling straight to Hawaii so don't expect any surf from them here in ol' California.
And here's some numbers for you to digest:
Tides this weekend are:
- -1' at breakfast
- 4.5' before lunch
- 5' at sunset
- 6:03 AM sunrise
- 7:48 PM sunset
Monday has leftover SW swell before new SSW arrives late Tuesday for more chest high+ surf. That lasts into Thursday.
We've got a slow weekend before more SW heads our way around the 14th. Hoping to see some head high surf from that storm off New Zealand. And there's always the odd hurricane which may pop up and NOT head to Hawaii. If anything changes between now and then, make sure to check out Twitter/North County Surf.
WEATHER:
WEATHER:
Not much change in the near future- just night/morning low clouds and partial clearing at the beaches. Clouds may be quicker to dissipate this weekend along the coast and a better chance of sun by noon. Further out, monsoon moisture is looking to make a return by next Tuesday/Wednesday so expect more humidity, warmer temps, and tropical clouds overhead.
BEST BET:
BEST BET:
Friday/Saturday with fun SW swell and smaller amounts of NW windswell to cross it up.
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Been a lot of talk about sharks in Southern California the past few years. And rightly so; with increased numbers in our waters for a variety of reasons, being smart about when and where you surf is important. But are they really hunting surfers and swimmers? Of course not. if they were, people would be getting bitten every day, all day. In fact, if you were face-to-face with a shark, what would your reaction be? Do not worry about getting away as fast as possible. Probably the shark will flee from you first. That’s why most attacks on humans are a single bite as the shark realizes they made a mistake. I’ll let the people from Sharks World explain:
While it is true that some shark species are animals that present a sort of danger to people, it is also true that humans have endangered the preservation of many shark species, despite all the physical and physiological adaptations they have achieved through evolution to survive in their natural environment.
The picture of the status of sharks is not encouraging. There are about 12 species considered dangerous for humans, but about 20 are in danger of extinction. How do you explain this? Their indiscriminate and incidental hunting and the destruction of their habitat are the main factors that caused this situation which, joined with the wrong information that most people know about them, endanger their survival which has exceeded hundred of millions of years.
Estimations state that about 100 species out of 470 that exist in the world, are in a status of imminent danger to severe. The organization responsible for classifying animal status, including sharks, is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. From its perspective, all threatened species are under continuous evaluation, and a diagnostic is provided that is an indicator of dangers, causes, and consequences.
The organization has nine categories to classify the status of animals: Not Evaluated, Insufficient Data, Minor Concern, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild and Extinct. A shark species is considered threatened if the IUCN Red List includes it starting in the Vulnerable status as this category being “less risky” among all the critical levels.
The Near-Threatened category, although it is not an indication of an endangered species, sets a precedent and indicates a potentially endangered species in the future. Vulnerable species face a high risk of extinction in the wild, Endangered species face a very high danger of extinction in their natural habitat and species classified in the Critically Endangered status face an extremely high risk of extinction.
According to IUCN analysts, among the approximately 470 species of sharks, 2.4 percent are Critically Endangered, 3.2 percent are Endangered, 10.3 percent are Vulnerable, and 14.4 percent are Near Threatened. Famous species such as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) are Vulnerable, although the size of the latter and the ferocity of the first are striking.
These are the 25 most threatened species of sharks in the world (in no particular order), classified as Endangered (EN) and Critically Endangered (CR):
1. Pondicherry shark. (CR).
2. Dumb gulper Shark. (CR).
3. Ganges shark. (CR).
4. Northern river shark. (CR).
5. Irrawaddy river shark. (CR).
6. Natal shyshark. (CR).
7. Daggernose shark. (CR).
8. Striped smooth-hound. (CR).
9. Sawback angelshark. (CR).
10. Smoothback angelshark. (CR).
11. Angelshark. (CR).
12. Borneo shark. (EN).
13. Bizant river shark. (EN).
14. Whitefin topeshark. (EN).
15. Honeycomb Izak. (EN).
16. White-spotted Izak. (EN).
17. Broadfin shark. (EN).
18. Narrownose smooth-hound. (EN).
19. Scalloped hammerhead. (EN).
20. Great hammerhead. (EN).
21. Argentine angelshark. (EN).
22. Taiwan angelshark (EN).
23. Angular angel shark. (EN).
24. Squatina punctata. (EN).
25. Spotted houndshark. (EN).
In the last decades some species populations have decreased up to 90 percent, and some others, up to 70 percent due to anthropogenic causes that kill them directly and indirectly. Disinformation and slow reproduction do not help them to improve the recovery rate of these animals.
Today, sharks face an uncertain future full of risks in a world troubled by environmental problems. If the rate of extinctions increases considerably, in a few years, the seas may be without sharks bringing an enormous amount of environmental consequences with this.
PIC OF THE WEEK:
Still not sure why Kawhi left Canada for Los Angeles. I would take this empty line-up over crowded Malibu any day. Maybe he doesn't surf?
Keep Surfing,
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