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Surf Today 12/08/2020

Well, it was a cold one today. I decided to sleep in instead of waking up for the cold morning sesh. It was a weird swell direction yesterday (lots of north). I figured it would be more of the same today, except smaller and colder. That prediction turned out to be accurate I’m pretty sure. I didn’t make it down to the beach. It looks like the little swell held on for quite some time today, lasting well into the afternoon. We might get another good one before Xmas. We’ll have to wait and see. I haven’t checked the forecast. I image we could see our next good one right around Christmas time. I hope everyone is doing well today, and not freezing their doopies off. Go warm up if you were out there in the cold today, and have a great rest of your week.

Discrimination At Sand Key Today

As the summer gets into full swing beach visitation can become overwhelming. The number of people at Sand Key today was unlike most days. It’s very rare that there aren’t any spots to park, in fact, I can’t recall that happening in a long time. Not only was the parking lot overflowing with cars, the beach was full of people. As I walked out to the waters edge to surf I noticed all the people in the water right in the surf zone. Looking for a place to surf I realized, there is a surfing zone and a swimming zone here for a reason, for situations like this where swimmers could be at risk of injury by a surfboard. Lifeguards are constantly telling surfers to stay in the surfing zone, shouldn’t it be the same for swimmers? Continue reading Discrimination At Sand Key Today