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 2004

 

TONIGHT THURSDAY THURSDAY NIGHT FRIDAY FRIDAY NIGHT SATURDAY SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY SUNDAY NIGHT Partly Cloudy Clearing Partly Cloudy Clearing Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Foggy Areas Foggy Areas Patchy Fog Lo 56°F Hi 70°F Lo 55°F Hi 70°F Lo 57°F Hi 71°F Lo 57°F Hi 72°F Lo 57°F

Tonight. Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 52 to 60. Light winds. Thursday. Areas of low clouds in the morning. Then clearing. Highs 67 to 73. Light winds. Becoming southwest 15 mph in the afternoon. Thursday night. Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 50 to 60. Light winds. Friday. Areas of low clouds in the morning. Then clearing. Highs 67 to 72. Light winds. Becoming southwest 15 mph in the afternoon. Friday night. Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 52 to 61. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening. Becoming light. Saturday. Partly cloudy. Highs 68 to 73. Saturday night. Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows 54 to 60. Sunday. Mostly cloudy in the morning. Then clearing. Areas of fog in the morning. Highs 69 to 74. Sunday night. Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows 54 to 60. Monday. Mostly cloudy in the morning. Then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 69 to 76. Monday night. Partly cloudy. Lows 53 to 59. Tuesday. Areas of low clouds in the morning. Otherwise mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 76. Tuesday night. Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 53 to 59. Wednesday. Areas of low clouds in the morning. Then mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 76.

A Few Clouds 71°F (22°C) Humidity: 53 % Wind Speed: SW 10 MPH Barometer: 29.95" (1014.0 mb) Dewpoint: 53°F (12°C) Visibility: 9.00 mi. More Local Wx: 2 Day History:

 

 

SURF REPORT

 

CALIFORNIA

2004 Tide Predictions: El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay

SURF REPORT

(Reference station: Los Angeles, Corrections Applied: Times: High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 13 min., Heights: High *0.96, Low *0.96)

January

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
01/01/2004 Thu 05:17AM LST 4.9  H  12:31PM LST 0.9  L  06:34PM LST 3.0  H  11:11PM LST 2.0  L  
01/02/2004 Fri 05:52AM LST 5.2  H  01:15PM LST 0.4  L  07:37PM LST 3.2  H  11:53PM LST 2.2  L  
01/03/2004 Sat 06:25AM LST 5.4  H  01:51PM LST 0.0  L  08:24PM LST 3.3  H  
01/04/2004 Sun 12:32AM LST 2.4  L  06:57AM LST 5.6  H  02:25PM LST -0.3 L  09:02PM LST 3.4  H  
01/05/2004 Mon 01:08AM LST 2.4  L  07:29AM LST 5.7  H  02:57PM LST -0.6 L  09:35PM LST 3.4  H  
01/06/2004 Tue 01:42AM LST 2.4  L  08:01AM LST 5.9  H  03:28PM LST -0.7 L  10:07PM LST 3.5  H  
01/07/2004 Wed 02:15AM LST 2.4  L  08:34AM LST 5.9  H  04:00PM LST -0.8 L  10:38PM LST 3.5  H  
01/08/2004 Thu 02:49AM LST 2.4  L  09:06AM LST 5.9  H  04:32PM LST -0.7 L  11:11PM LST 3.5  H  
01/09/2004 Fri 03:25AM LST 2.4  L  09:40AM LST 5.8  H  05:04PM LST -0.6 L  11:45PM LST 3.6  H  
01/10/2004 Sat 04:05AM LST 2.4  L  10:15AM LST 5.5  H  05:37PM LST -0.4 L  
01/11/2004 Sun 12:21AM LST 3.6  H  04:53AM LST 2.4  L  10:53AM LST 5.1  H  06:10PM LST -0.1 L  
01/12/2004 Mon 12:59AM LST 3.7  H  05:52AM LST 2.4  L  11:39AM LST 4.6  H  06:46PM LST 0.3  L  
01/13/2004 Tue 01:41AM LST 4.0  H  07:10AM LST 2.3  L  12:37PM LST 3.9  H  07:25PM LST 0.8  L  
01/14/2004 Wed 02:26AM LST 4.3  H  08:47AM LST 2.0  L  02:03PM LST 3.3  H  08:11PM LST 1.2  L  
01/15/2004 Thu 03:16AM LST 4.7  H  10:24AM LST 1.3  L  04:02PM LST 2.9  H  09:07PM LST 1.7  L  
01/16/2004 Fri 04:10AM LST 5.1  H  11:40AM LST 0.6  L  05:54PM LST 2.9  H  10:14PM LST 2.0  L  
01/17/2004 Sat 05:04AM LST 5.6  H  12:39PM LST -0.3 L  07:13PM LST 3.2  H  11:22PM LST 2.2  L  
01/18/2004 Sun 05:57AM LST 6.0  H  01:30PM LST -1.0 L  08:09PM LST 3.5  H  
01/19/2004 Mon 12:24AM LST 2.2  L  06:49AM LST 6.4  H  02:16PM LST -1.4 L  08:54PM LST 3.7  H  
01/20/2004 Tue 01:19AM LST 2.1  L  07:38AM LST 6.7  H  03:00PM LST -1.7 L  09:35PM LST 3.8  H  
01/21/2004 Wed 02:10AM LST 1.9  L  08:25AM LST 6.7  H  03:42PM LST -1.7 L  10:15PM LST 4.0  H  
01/22/2004 Thu 02:59AM LST 1.8  L  09:11AM LST 6.6  H  04:23PM LST -1.5 L  10:53PM LST 4.1  H  
01/23/2004 Fri 03:47AM LST 1.7  L  09:55AM LST 6.2  H  05:01PM LST -1.2 L  11:32PM LST 4.2  H  
01/24/2004 Sat 04:37AM LST 1.7  L  10:39AM LST 5.7  H  05:38PM LST -0.7 L  
01/25/2004 Sun 12:12AM LST 4.2  H  05:30AM LST 1.8  L  11:23AM LST 5.0  H  06:14PM LST -0.1 L  
01/26/2004 Mon 12:53AM LST 4.2  H  06:30AM LST 1.8  L  12:11PM LST 4.2  H  06:49PM LST 0.6  L  
01/27/2004 Tue 01:36AM LST 4.3  H  07:45AM LST 1.9  L  01:10PM LST 3.5  H  07:23PM LST 1.2  L  
01/28/2004 Wed 02:23AM LST 4.3  H  09:20AM LST 1.7  L  02:42PM LST 2.8  H  08:01PM LST 1.8  L  
01/29/2004 Thu 03:17AM LST 4.4  H  11:00AM LST 1.3  L  05:10PM LST 2.6  H  08:54PM LST 2.3  L  
01/30/2004 Fri 04:14AM LST 4.5  H  12:12PM LST 0.9  L  07:08PM LST 2.8  H  10:14PM LST 2.6  L  
01/31/2004 Sat 05:09AM LST 4.7  H  01:00PM LST 0.4  L  08:00PM LST 3.1  H  11:29PM LST 2.7  L  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
02/01/2004 Sun 05:57AM LST 4.9  H  01:38PM LST 0.0  L  08:31PM LST 3.3  H  
02/02/2004 Mon 12:23AM LST 2.6  L  06:39AM LST 5.2  H  02:11PM LST -0.4 L  08:55PM LST 3.4  H  
02/03/2004 Tue 01:05AM LST 2.4  L  07:17AM LST 5.5  H  02:40PM LST -0.6 L  09:17PM LST 3.6  H  
02/04/2004 Wed 01:41AM LST 2.2  L  07:52AM LST 5.7  H  03:09PM LST -0.8 L  09:40PM LST 3.6  H  
02/05/2004 Thu 02:15AM LST 2.0  L  08:25AM LST 5.9  H  03:36PM LST -0.9 L  10:04PM LST 3.7  H  
02/06/2004 Fri 02:50AM LST 1.8  L  08:58AM LST 5.9  H  04:04PM LST -0.9 L  10:29PM LST 3.9  H  
02/07/2004 Sat 03:26AM LST 1.7  L  09:32AM LST 5.7  H  04:31PM LST -0.7 L  10:55PM LST 4.0  H  
02/08/2004 Sun 04:06AM LST 1.5  L  10:08AM LST 5.4  H  04:59PM LST -0.4 L  11:23PM LST 4.2  H  
02/09/2004 Mon 04:51AM LST 1.5  L  10:48AM LST 4.9  H  05:27PM LST 0.0  L  11:55PM LST 4.4  H  
02/10/2004 Tue 05:44AM LST 1.4  L  11:34AM LST 4.2  H  05:57PM LST 0.6  L  
02/11/2004 Wed 12:32AM LST 4.5  H  06:51AM LST 1.3  L  12:33PM LST 3.6  H  06:29PM LST 1.2  L  
02/12/2004 Thu 01:16AM LST 4.7  H  08:19AM LST 1.2  L  02:05PM LST 2.8  H  07:07PM LST 1.7  L  
02/13/2004 Fri 02:14AM LST 4.8  H  10:04AM LST 0.8  L  04:37PM LST 2.6  H  08:07PM LST 2.3  L  
02/14/2004 Sat 03:27AM LST 5.0  H  11:32AM LST 0.2  L  06:38PM LST 2.9  H  09:53PM LST 2.6  L  
02/15/2004 Sun 04:43AM LST 5.3  H  12:34PM LST -0.5 L  07:32PM LST 3.3  H  11:28PM LST 2.5  L  
02/16/2004 Mon 05:50AM LST 5.7  H  01:24PM LST -1.1 L  08:09PM LST 3.6  H  
02/17/2004 Tue 12:34AM LST 2.2  L  06:47AM LST 6.0  H  02:07PM LST -1.3 L  08:42PM LST 3.9  H  
02/18/2004 Wed 01:27AM LST 1.8  L  07:36AM LST 6.2  H  02:45PM LST -1.4 L  09:13PM LST 4.1  H  
02/19/2004 Thu 02:14AM LST 1.4  L  08:22AM LST 6.3  H  03:21PM LST -1.3 L  09:44PM LST 4.3  H  
02/20/2004 Fri 02:57AM LST 1.2  L  09:04AM LST 6.1  H  03:54PM LST -1.2 L  10:14PM LST 4.5  H  
02/21/2004 Sat 03:40AM LST 1.1  L  09:44AM LST 5.8  H  04:24PM LST -0.7 L  10:43PM LST 4.6  H  
02/22/2004 Sun 04:22AM LST 1.0  L  10:23AM LST 5.2  H  04:53PM LST -0.2 L  11:13PM LST 4.6  H  
02/23/2004 Mon 05:06AM LST 1.0  L  11:02AM LST 4.5  H  05:19PM LST 0.4  L  11:42PM LST 4.6  H  
02/24/2004 Tue 05:54AM LST 1.1  L  11:45AM LST 3.8  H  05:43PM LST 1.1  L  
02/25/2004 Wed 12:13AM LST 4.4  H  06:51AM LST 1.2  L  12:37PM LST 3.1  H  06:03PM LST 1.6  L  
02/26/2004 Thu 12:48AM LST 4.3  H  08:09AM LST 1.3  L  02:06PM LST 2.5  H  06:13PM LST 2.1  L  
02/27/2004 Fri 01:35AM LST 4.1  H  10:01AM LST 1.2  L  
02/28/2004 Sat 02:50AM LST 4.0  H  11:37AM LST 0.9  L  
02/29/2004 Sun 04:20AM LST 4.2  H  12:32PM LST 0.4  L  08:00PM LST 3.2  H  11:25PM LST 2.9  L  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
03/01/2004 Mon 05:29AM LST 4.4  H  01:10PM LST 0.0  L  08:10PM LST 3.4  H  
03/02/2004 Tue 12:20AM LST 2.6  L  06:19AM LST 4.8  H  01:41PM LST -0.3 L  08:23PM LST 3.6  H  
03/03/2004 Wed 12:59AM LST 2.2  L  06:59AM LST 5.2  H  02:09PM LST -0.6 L  08:40PM LST 3.7  H  
03/04/2004 Thu 01:33AM LST 1.8  L  07:35AM LST 5.4  H  02:35PM LST -0.7 L  08:58PM LST 3.9  H  
03/05/2004 Fri 02:06AM LST 1.4  L  08:10AM LST 5.6  H  03:00PM LST -0.7 L  09:18PM LST 4.2  H  
03/06/2004 Sat 02:41AM LST 1.2  L  08:45AM LST 5.6  H  03:25PM LST -0.6 L  09:41PM LST 4.5  H  
03/07/2004 Sun 03:18AM LST 0.8  L  09:22AM LST 5.4  H  03:51PM LST -0.4 L  10:06PM LST 4.7  H  
03/08/2004 Mon 03:59AM LST 0.6  L  10:02AM LST 5.0  H  04:18PM LST 0.0  L  10:33PM LST 4.9  H  
03/09/2004 Tue 04:44AM LST 0.4  L  10:46AM LST 4.4  H  04:46PM LST 0.6  L  11:04PM LST 5.0  H  
03/10/2004 Wed 05:36AM LST 0.3  L  11:38AM LST 3.7  H  05:14PM LST 1.2  L  11:41PM LST 5.1  H  
03/11/2004 Thu 06:40AM LST 0.4  L  12:48PM LST 3.1  H  05:44PM LST 1.7  L  
03/12/2004 Fri 12:27AM LST 5.0  H  08:05AM LST 0.4  L  02:47PM LST 2.6  H  06:20PM LST 2.3  L  
03/13/2004 Sat 01:31AM LST 4.8  H  09:49AM LST 0.2  L  05:45PM LST 2.8  H  07:47PM LST 2.7  L  
03/14/2004 Sun 03:02AM LST 4.8  H  11:17AM LST -0.2 L  06:45PM LST 3.3  H  10:22PM LST 2.8  L  
03/15/2004 Mon 04:35AM LST 4.9  H  12:18PM LST -0.6 L  07:18PM LST 3.6  H  11:48PM LST 2.4  L  
03/16/2004 Tue 05:47AM LST 5.2  H  01:05PM LST -0.9 L  07:46PM LST 3.9  H  
03/17/2004 Wed 12:45AM LST 1.8  L  06:44AM LST 5.5  H  01:44PM LST -1.1 L  08:13PM LST 4.2  H  
03/18/2004 Thu 01:31AM LST 1.3  L  07:31AM LST 5.6  H  02:18PM LST -1.0 L  08:39PM LST 4.5  H  
03/19/2004 Fri 02:12AM LST 0.9  L  08:14AM LST 5.6  H  02:48PM LST -0.8 L  09:05PM LST 4.7  H  
03/20/2004 Sat 02:51AM LST 0.6  L  08:53AM LST 5.3  H  03:16PM LST -0.4 L  09:29PM LST 4.9  H  
03/21/2004 Sun 03:28AM LST 0.3  L  09:31AM LST 4.9  H  03:41PM LST 0.1  L  09:54PM LST 5.0  H  
03/22/2004 Mon 04:06AM LST 0.2  L  10:08AM LST 4.4  H  04:05PM LST 0.6  L  10:17PM LST 5.0  H  
03/23/2004 Tue 04:43AM LST 0.3  L  10:47AM LST 3.9  H  04:26PM LST 1.1  L  10:41PM LST 4.9  H  
03/24/2004 Wed 05:24AM LST 0.4  L  11:30AM LST 3.4  H  04:44PM LST 1.5  L  11:06PM LST 4.7  H  
03/25/2004 Thu 06:12AM LST 0.6  L  12:25PM LST 2.9  H  04:56PM LST 2.0  L  11:34PM LST 4.5  H  
03/26/2004 Fri 07:16AM LST 0.8  L  02:09PM LST 2.5  H  04:41PM LST 2.4  L  
03/27/2004 Sat 12:10AM LST 4.2  H  08:53AM LST 1.0  L  
03/28/2004 Sun 01:15AM LST 3.9  H  10:38AM LST 0.8  L  
03/29/2004 Mon 03:14AM LST 3.8  H  11:42AM LST 0.4  L  07:23PM LST 3.3  H  11:14PM LST 2.9  L  
03/30/2004 Tue 04:46AM LST 4.0  H  12:23PM LST 0.1  L  07:25PM LST 3.6  H  
03/31/2004 Wed 12:05AM LST 2.5  L  05:45AM LST 4.4  H  12:55PM LST -0.1 L  07:35PM LST 3.7  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
04/01/2004 Thu 12:41AM LST 1.9  L  06:31AM LST 4.7  H  01:22PM LST -0.3 L  07:50PM LST 4.0  H  
04/02/2004 Fri 01:16AM LST 1.4  L  07:11AM LST 4.9  H  01:48PM LST -0.4 L  08:08PM LST 4.4  H  
04/03/2004 Sat 01:51AM LST 0.9  L  07:51AM LST 5.0  H  02:15PM LST -0.3 L  08:29PM LST 4.8  H  
04/04/2004 Sun 03:28AM LDT 0.3  L  09:31AM LDT 5.0  H  03:42PM LDT -0.1 L  09:53PM LDT 5.2  H  
04/05/2004 Mon 04:07AM LDT -0.2 L  10:14AM LDT 4.8  H  04:10PM LDT 0.3  L  10:20PM LDT 5.5  H  
04/06/2004 Tue 04:50AM LDT -0.5 L  11:00AM LDT 4.4  H  04:39PM LDT 0.7  L  10:51PM LDT 5.7  H  
04/07/2004 Wed 05:37AM LDT -0.7 L  11:52AM LDT 3.9  H  05:09PM LDT 1.2  L  11:26PM LDT 5.7  H  
04/08/2004 Thu 06:31AM LDT -0.6 L  12:55PM LDT 3.4  H  05:41PM LDT 1.7  L  
04/09/2004 Fri 12:07AM LDT 5.5  H  07:37AM LDT -0.5 L  02:22PM LDT 3.0  H  06:18PM LDT 2.2  L  
04/10/2004 Sat 12:58AM LDT 5.2  H  08:58AM LDT -0.3 L  04:35PM LDT 2.9  H  07:17PM LDT 2.7  L  
04/11/2004 Sun 02:10AM LDT 4.8  H  10:29AM LDT -0.3 L  06:22PM LDT 3.3  H  09:41PM LDT 3.0  L  
04/12/2004 Mon 03:49AM LDT 4.6  H  11:47AM LDT -0.4 L  07:08PM LDT 3.6  H  11:43PM LDT 2.6  L  
04/13/2004 Tue 05:24AM LDT 4.6  H  12:46PM LDT -0.5 L  07:40PM LDT 4.0  H  
04/14/2004 Wed 12:54AM LDT 2.0  L  06:37AM LDT 4.7  H  01:31PM LDT -0.5 L  08:09PM LDT 4.4  H  
04/15/2004 Thu 01:45AM LDT 1.3  L  07:34AM LDT 4.8  H  02:08PM LDT -0.4 L  08:35PM LDT 4.7  H  
04/16/2004 Fri 02:28AM LDT 0.9  L  08:22AM LDT 4.7  H  02:40PM LDT -0.2 L  09:00PM LDT 5.0  H  
04/17/2004 Sat 03:06AM LDT 0.4  L  09:05AM LDT 4.6  H  03:08PM LDT 0.2  L  09:23PM LDT 5.2  H  
04/18/2004 Sun 03:42AM LDT 0.0  L  09:44AM LDT 4.4  H  03:33PM LDT 0.5  L  09:45PM LDT 5.3  H  
04/19/2004 Mon 04:16AM LDT -0.2 L  10:23AM LDT 4.1  H  03:56PM LDT 1.0  L  10:07PM LDT 5.3  H  
04/20/2004 Tue 04:51AM LDT -0.3 L  11:02AM LDT 3.7  H  04:17PM LDT 1.3  L  10:30PM LDT 5.3  H  
04/21/2004 Wed 05:26AM LDT -0.3 L  11:43AM LDT 3.5  H  04:37PM LDT 1.7  L  10:53PM LDT 5.2  H  
04/22/2004 Thu 06:04AM LDT -0.1 L  12:31PM LDT 3.1  H  04:55PM LDT 2.0  L  11:18PM LDT 5.0  H  
04/23/2004 Fri 06:49AM LDT 0.1  L  01:34PM LDT 2.8  H  05:06PM LDT 2.4  L  11:47PM LDT 4.7  H  
04/24/2004 Sat 07:46AM LDT 0.3  L  
04/25/2004 Sun 12:23AM LDT 4.4  H  09:00AM LDT 0.5  L  
04/26/2004 Mon 01:19AM LDT 4.0  H  10:24AM LDT 0.5  L  
04/27/2004 Tue 02:59AM LDT 3.8  H  11:29AM LDT 0.4  L  07:17PM LDT 3.5  H  11:37PM LDT 2.9  L  
04/28/2004 Wed 04:44AM LDT 3.8  H  12:16PM LDT 0.3  L  07:23PM LDT 3.7  H  
04/29/2004 Thu 12:34AM LDT 2.4  L  05:58AM LDT 3.9  H  12:52PM LDT 0.2  L  07:37PM LDT 4.1  H  
04/30/2004 Fri 01:16AM LDT 1.7  L  06:55AM LDT 4.1  H  01:24PM LDT 0.2  L  07:54PM LDT 4.5  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
05/01/2004 Sat 01:55AM LDT 1.0  L  07:45AM LDT 4.3  H  01:55PM LDT 0.3  L  08:16PM LDT 5.0  H  
05/02/2004 Sun 02:34AM LDT 0.3  L  08:33AM LDT 4.3  H  02:25PM LDT 0.4  L  08:41PM LDT 5.5  H  
05/03/2004 Mon 03:14AM LDT -0.4 L  09:22AM LDT 4.3  H  02:57PM LDT 0.7  L  09:11PM LDT 5.9  H  
05/04/2004 Tue 03:57AM LDT -1.0 L  10:12AM LDT 4.1  H  03:30PM LDT 1.1  L  09:44PM LDT 6.1  H  
05/05/2004 Wed 04:43AM LDT -1.2 L  11:05AM LDT 3.9  H  04:04PM LDT 1.4  L  10:21PM LDT 6.2  H  
05/06/2004 Thu 05:33AM LDT -1.3 L  12:05PM LDT 3.6  H  04:42PM LDT 1.8  L  11:02PM LDT 6.1  H  
05/07/2004 Fri 06:29AM LDT -1.2 L  01:15PM LDT 3.4  H  05:25PM LDT 2.2  L  11:50PM LDT 5.9  H  
05/08/2004 Sat 07:33AM LDT -1.1 L  02:41PM LDT 3.2  H  06:22PM LDT 2.6  L  
05/09/2004 Sun 12:48AM LDT 5.4  H  08:44AM LDT -0.8 L  04:16PM LDT 3.4  H  07:53PM LDT 2.9  L  
05/10/2004 Mon 02:01AM LDT 4.9  H  09:58AM LDT -0.5 L  05:28PM LDT 3.6  H  09:57PM LDT 2.8  L  
05/11/2004 Tue 03:33AM LDT 4.4  H  11:05AM LDT -0.4 L  06:17PM LDT 4.0  H  11:36PM LDT 2.3  L  
05/12/2004 Wed 05:03AM LDT 4.2  H  12:01PM LDT -0.2 L  06:54PM LDT 4.4  H  
05/13/2004 Thu 12:44AM LDT 1.6  L  06:18AM LDT 4.1  H  12:46PM LDT 0.1  L  07:25PM LDT 4.8  H  
05/14/2004 Fri 01:36AM LDT 1.1  L  07:20AM LDT 4.0  H  01:23PM LDT 0.4  L  07:53PM LDT 5.1  H  
05/15/2004 Sat 02:20AM LDT 0.5  L  08:13AM LDT 3.9  H  01:55PM LDT 0.8  L  08:18PM LDT 5.3  H  
05/16/2004 Sun 02:58AM LDT 0.1  L  09:00AM LDT 3.7  H  02:23PM LDT 1.1  L  08:42PM LDT 5.5  H  
05/17/2004 Mon 03:33AM LDT -0.3 L  09:43AM LDT 3.6  H  02:49PM LDT 1.4  L  09:05PM LDT 5.6  H  
05/18/2004 Tue 04:07AM LDT -0.5 L  10:24AM LDT 3.5  H  03:13PM LDT 1.7  L  09:29PM LDT 5.6  H  
05/19/2004 Wed 04:40AM LDT -0.5 L  11:06AM LDT 3.4  H  03:36PM LDT 2.0  L  09:54PM LDT 5.5  H  
05/20/2004 Thu 05:15AM LDT -0.5 L  11:50AM LDT 3.2  H  04:00PM LDT 2.2  L  10:22PM LDT 5.4  H  
05/21/2004 Fri 05:54AM LDT -0.4 L  12:41PM LDT 3.1  H  04:24PM LDT 2.4  L  10:52PM LDT 5.2  H  
05/22/2004 Sat 06:36AM LDT -0.2 L  01:44PM LDT 2.9  H  04:48PM LDT 2.7  L  11:25PM LDT 5.0  H  
05/23/2004 Sun 07:25AM LDT 0.0  L  03:10PM LDT 3.0  H  05:15PM LDT 2.9  L  
05/24/2004 Mon 12:04AM LDT 4.7  H  08:19AM LDT 0.1  L  
05/25/2004 Tue 12:54AM LDT 4.3  H  09:16AM LDT 0.3  L  05:26PM LDT 3.4  H  08:39PM LDT 3.2  L  
05/26/2004 Wed 02:06AM LDT 3.9  H  10:10AM LDT 0.4  L  05:49PM LDT 3.6  H  10:41PM LDT 2.9  L  
05/27/2004 Thu 03:37AM LDT 3.7  H  10:58AM LDT 0.5  L  06:09PM LDT 4.0  H  11:55PM LDT 2.2  L  
05/28/2004 Fri 05:05AM LDT 3.6  H  11:41AM LDT 0.6  L  06:32PM LDT 4.4  H  
05/29/2004 Sat 12:48AM LDT 1.4  L  06:20AM LDT 3.6  H  12:20PM LDT 0.8  L  06:58PM LDT 5.0  H  
05/30/2004 Sun 01:34AM LDT 0.7  L  07:25AM LDT 3.6  H  12:59PM LDT 1.0  L  07:27PM LDT 5.5  H  
05/31/2004 Mon 02:18AM LDT -0.1 L  08:25AM LDT 3.7  H  01:37PM LDT 1.2  L  08:01PM LDT 6.0  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
06/01/2004 Tue 03:03AM LDT -0.9 L  09:21AM LDT 3.7  H  02:17PM LDT 1.4  L  08:38PM LDT 6.4  H  
06/02/2004 Wed 03:50AM LDT -1.3 L  10:17AM LDT 3.7  H  02:58PM LDT 1.7  L  09:19PM LDT 6.6  H  
06/03/2004 Thu 04:39AM LDT -1.6 L  11:13AM LDT 3.6  H  03:42PM LDT 1.9  L  10:03PM LDT 6.6  H  
06/04/2004 Fri 05:30AM LDT -1.7 L  12:13PM LDT 3.6  H  04:30PM LDT 2.2  L  10:51PM LDT 6.5  H  
06/05/2004 Sat 06:24AM LDT -1.5 L  01:15PM LDT 3.6  H  05:25PM LDT 2.4  L  11:43PM LDT 6.1  H  
06/06/2004 Sun 07:20AM LDT -1.2 L  02:22PM LDT 3.6  H  06:33PM LDT 2.6  L  
06/07/2004 Mon 12:41AM LDT 5.6  H  08:18AM LDT -0.9 L  03:28PM LDT 3.8  H  07:59PM LDT 2.7  L  
06/08/2004 Tue 01:48AM LDT 4.9  H  09:17AM LDT -0.4 L  04:28PM LDT 4.1  H  09:39PM LDT 2.5  L  
06/09/2004 Wed 03:06AM LDT 4.3  H  10:13AM LDT 0.0  L  05:18PM LDT 4.4  H  11:12PM LDT 2.0  L  
06/10/2004 Thu 04:32AM LDT 3.8  H  11:05AM LDT 0.5  L  06:01PM LDT 4.7  H  
06/11/2004 Fri 12:26AM LDT 1.4  L  05:55AM LDT 3.5  H  11:52AM LDT 0.9  L  06:37PM LDT 5.1  H  
06/12/2004 Sat 01:23AM LDT 0.9  L  07:09AM LDT 3.4  H  12:33PM LDT 1.3  L  07:10PM LDT 5.3  H  
06/13/2004 Sun 02:10AM LDT 0.4  L  08:12AM LDT 3.3  H  01:09PM LDT 1.6  L  07:39PM LDT 5.5  H  
06/14/2004 Mon 02:49AM LDT 0.0  L  09:05AM LDT 3.3  H  01:42PM LDT 1.9  L  08:07PM LDT 5.6  H  
06/15/2004 Tue 03:25AM LDT -0.3 L  09:52AM LDT 3.3  H  02:13PM LDT 2.1  L  08:36PM LDT 5.7  H  
06/16/2004 Wed 03:59AM LDT -0.5 L  10:33AM LDT 3.3  H  02:43PM LDT 2.3  L  09:05PM LDT 5.7  H  
06/17/2004 Thu 04:33AM LDT -0.6 L  11:13AM LDT 3.3  H  03:13PM LDT 2.4  L  09:35PM LDT 5.7  H  
06/18/2004 Fri 05:07AM LDT -0.6 L  11:53AM LDT 3.3  H  03:45PM LDT 2.5  L  10:07PM LDT 5.7  H  
06/19/2004 Sat 05:43AM LDT -0.5 L  12:34PM LDT 3.3  H  04:18PM LDT 2.6  L  10:40PM LDT 5.5  H  
06/20/2004 Sun 06:20AM LDT -0.4 L  01:19PM LDT 3.3  H  04:56PM LDT 2.7  L  11:15PM LDT 5.3  H  
06/21/2004 Mon 06:58AM LDT -0.2 L  02:05PM LDT 3.4  H  05:42PM LDT 2.9  L  11:53PM LDT 5.0  H  
06/22/2004 Tue 07:36AM LDT 0.0  L  02:52PM LDT 3.5  H  06:45PM LDT 2.9  L  
06/23/2004 Wed 12:37AM LDT 4.6  H  08:16AM LDT 0.2  L  03:35PM LDT 3.6  H  08:09PM LDT 2.9  L  
06/24/2004 Thu 01:33AM LDT 4.1  H  08:58AM LDT 0.5  L  04:14PM LDT 3.9  H  09:45PM LDT 2.6  L  
06/25/2004 Fri 02:48AM LDT 3.6  H  09:41AM LDT 0.9  L  04:50PM LDT 4.4  H  11:13PM LDT 2.0  L  
06/26/2004 Sat 04:24AM LDT 3.3  H  10:28AM LDT 1.2  L  05:27PM LDT 4.8  H  
06/27/2004 Sun 12:21AM LDT 1.2  L  06:00AM LDT 3.2  H  11:17AM LDT 1.5  L  06:06PM LDT 5.4  H  
06/28/2004 Mon 01:18AM LDT 0.4  L  07:22AM LDT 3.3  H  12:09PM LDT 1.8  L  06:48PM LDT 5.9  H  
06/29/2004 Tue 02:08AM LDT -0.4 L  08:31AM LDT 3.4  H  01:00PM LDT 2.0  L  07:32PM LDT 6.3  H  
06/30/2004 Wed 02:57AM LDT -1.1 L  09:29AM LDT 3.6  H  01:52PM LDT 2.1  L  08:19PM LDT 6.7  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
07/01/2004 Thu 03:45AM LDT -1.4 L  10:21AM LDT 3.7  H  02:43PM LDT 2.1  L  09:06PM LDT 6.9  H  
07/02/2004 Fri 04:33AM LDT -1.7 L  11:11AM LDT 3.8  H  03:35PM LDT 2.1  L  09:55PM LDT 6.9  H  
07/03/2004 Sat 05:20AM LDT -1.7 L  12:00PM LDT 3.9  H  04:29PM LDT 2.1  L  10:45PM LDT 6.7  H  
07/04/2004 Sun 06:07AM LDT -1.5 L  12:49PM LDT 4.0  H  05:26PM LDT 2.2  L  11:35PM LDT 6.2  H  
07/05/2004 Mon 06:54AM LDT -1.1 L  01:39PM LDT 4.1  H  06:29PM LDT 2.2  L  
07/06/2004 Tue 12:28AM LDT 5.7  H  07:41AM LDT -0.6 L  02:29PM LDT 4.2  H  07:41PM LDT 2.3  L  
07/07/2004 Wed 01:26AM LDT 4.9  H  08:27AM LDT 0.0  L  03:21PM LDT 4.4  H  09:04PM LDT 2.2  L  
07/08/2004 Thu 02:33AM LDT 4.1  H  09:13AM LDT 0.7  L  04:12PM LDT 4.6  H  10:35PM LDT 1.9  L  
07/09/2004 Fri 03:57AM LDT 3.5  H  10:01AM LDT 1.2  L  05:01PM LDT 4.8  H  
07/10/2004 Sat 12:00AM LDT 1.4  L  05:38AM LDT 3.1  H  10:50AM LDT 1.7  L  05:46PM LDT 5.0  H  
07/11/2004 Sun 01:06AM LDT 1.0  L  07:13AM LDT 3.1  H  11:41AM LDT 2.1  L  06:28PM LDT 5.2  H  
07/12/2004 Mon 01:57AM LDT 0.5  L  08:26AM LDT 3.2  H  12:31PM LDT 2.4  L  07:07PM LDT 5.4  H  
07/13/2004 Tue 02:39AM LDT 0.1  L  09:19AM LDT 3.3  H  01:17PM LDT 2.6  L  07:43PM LDT 5.6  H  
07/14/2004 Wed 03:15AM LDT -0.2 L  09:58AM LDT 3.4  H  01:57PM LDT 2.6  L  08:18PM LDT 5.7  H  
07/15/2004 Thu 03:49AM LDT -0.4 L  10:31AM LDT 3.5  H  02:34PM LDT 2.6  L  08:52PM LDT 5.8  H  
07/16/2004 Fri 04:20AM LDT -0.5 L  11:01AM LDT 3.6  H  03:09PM LDT 2.5  L  09:26PM LDT 5.9  H  
07/17/2004 Sat 04:51AM LDT -0.5 L  11:30AM LDT 3.6  H  03:44PM LDT 2.5  L  09:59PM LDT 5.9  H  
07/18/2004 Sun 05:21AM LDT -0.5 L  11:59AM LDT 3.6  H  04:20PM LDT 2.5  L  10:32PM LDT 5.8  H  
07/19/2004 Mon 05:51AM LDT -0.4 L  12:29PM LDT 3.7  H  04:59PM LDT 2.4  L  11:05PM LDT 5.6  H  
07/20/2004 Tue 06:21AM LDT -0.2 L  01:01PM LDT 3.8  H  05:43PM LDT 2.4  L  11:41PM LDT 5.2  H  
07/21/2004 Wed 06:51AM LDT 0.1  L  01:34PM LDT 4.0  H  06:36PM LDT 2.4  L  
07/22/2004 Thu 12:22AM LDT 4.7  H  07:22AM LDT 0.5  L  02:09PM LDT 4.2  H  07:41PM LDT 2.3  L  
07/23/2004 Fri 01:13AM LDT 4.1  H  07:55AM LDT 1.0  L  02:49PM LDT 4.4  H  09:03PM LDT 2.1  L  
07/24/2004 Sat 02:24AM LDT 3.5  H  08:32AM LDT 1.4  L  03:35PM LDT 4.7  H  10:37PM LDT 1.6  L  
07/25/2004 Sun 04:09AM LDT 3.1  H  09:20AM LDT 1.9  L  04:28PM LDT 5.1  H  
07/26/2004 Mon 12:02AM LDT 1.0  L  06:13AM LDT 3.0  H  10:24AM LDT 2.3  L  05:26PM LDT 5.5  H  
07/27/2004 Tue 01:08AM LDT 0.3  L  07:44AM LDT 3.2  H  11:39AM LDT 2.5  L  06:23PM LDT 6.0  H  
07/28/2004 Wed 02:03AM LDT -0.5 L  08:44AM LDT 3.5  H  12:49PM LDT 2.5  L  07:19PM LDT 6.4  H  
07/29/2004 Thu 02:51AM LDT -1.1 L  09:30AM LDT 3.7  H  01:50PM LDT 2.4  L  08:12PM LDT 6.7  H  
07/30/2004 Fri 03:36AM LDT -1.3 L  10:11AM LDT 4.0  H  02:44PM LDT 2.1  L  09:02PM LDT 6.9  H  
07/31/2004 Sat 04:19AM LDT -1.4 L  10:50AM LDT 4.2  H  03:36PM LDT 1.9  L  09:50PM LDT 6.9  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
08/01/2004 Sun 05:00AM LDT -1.3 L  11:28AM LDT 4.4  H  04:27PM LDT 1.7  L  10:37PM LDT 6.6  H  
08/02/2004 Mon 05:39AM LDT -1.1 L  12:06PM LDT 4.5  H  05:18PM LDT 1.6  L  11:23PM LDT 6.1  H  
08/03/2004 Tue 06:17AM LDT -0.6 L  12:45PM LDT 4.6  H  06:12PM LDT 1.7  L  
08/04/2004 Wed 12:10AM LDT 5.4  H  06:54AM LDT 0.1  L  01:25PM LDT 4.7  H  07:12PM LDT 1.7  L  
08/05/2004 Thu 01:01AM LDT 4.6  H  07:29AM LDT 0.8  L  02:08PM LDT 4.7  H  08:21PM LDT 1.8  L  
08/06/2004 Fri 02:01AM LDT 3.8  H  08:05AM LDT 1.4  L  02:54PM LDT 4.7  H  09:48PM LDT 1.7  L  
08/07/2004 Sat 03:27AM LDT 3.2  H  08:44AM LDT 2.0  L  03:47PM LDT 4.7  H  11:24PM LDT 1.4  L  
08/08/2004 Sun 05:43AM LDT 2.9  H  09:36AM LDT 2.5  L  04:47PM LDT 4.8  H  
08/09/2004 Mon 12:44AM LDT 1.1  L  07:46AM LDT 3.1  H  10:57AM LDT 2.9  L  05:48PM LDT 4.9  H  
08/10/2004 Tue 01:40AM LDT 0.6  L  08:44AM LDT 3.4  H  12:17PM LDT 3.0  L  06:41PM LDT 5.1  H  
08/11/2004 Wed 02:22AM LDT 0.3  L  09:17AM LDT 3.6  H  01:14PM LDT 2.9  L  07:27PM LDT 5.4  H  
08/12/2004 Thu 02:56AM LDT 0.0  L  09:41AM LDT 3.6  H  01:57PM LDT 2.7  L  08:06PM LDT 5.6  H  
08/13/2004 Fri 03:27AM LDT -0.2 L  10:03AM LDT 3.8  H  02:33PM LDT 2.5  L  08:41PM LDT 5.8  H  
08/14/2004 Sat 03:55AM LDT -0.3 L  10:25AM LDT 3.9  H  03:06PM LDT 2.3  L  09:14PM LDT 6.0  H  
08/15/2004 Sun 04:21AM LDT -0.4 L  10:47AM LDT 4.0  H  03:40PM LDT 2.1  L  09:47PM LDT 6.0  H  
08/16/2004 Mon 04:47AM LDT -0.3 L  11:10AM LDT 4.2  H  04:14PM LDT 1.9  L  10:19PM LDT 5.8  H  
08/17/2004 Tue 05:12AM LDT -0.2 L  11:34AM LDT 4.4  H  04:52PM LDT 1.8  L  10:53PM LDT 5.5  H  
08/18/2004 Wed 05:38AM LDT 0.1  L  12:00PM LDT 4.5  H  05:33PM LDT 1.7  L  11:30PM LDT 5.1  H  
08/19/2004 Thu 06:03AM LDT 0.5  L  12:28PM LDT 4.7  H  06:21PM LDT 1.6  L  
08/20/2004 Fri 12:13AM LDT 4.5  H  06:30AM LDT 1.0  L  01:00PM LDT 4.8  H  07:20PM LDT 1.5  L  
08/21/2004 Sat 01:07AM LDT 3.8  H  06:58AM LDT 1.5  L  01:40PM LDT 4.9  H  08:37PM LDT 1.4  L  
08/22/2004 Sun 02:26AM LDT 3.3  H  07:31AM LDT 2.0  L  02:32PM LDT 5.0  H  10:16PM LDT 1.2  L  
08/23/2004 Mon 04:44AM LDT 2.9  H  08:19AM LDT 2.6  L  03:41PM LDT 5.2  H  11:51PM LDT 0.7  L  
08/24/2004 Tue 07:05AM LDT 3.1  H  09:59AM LDT 2.9  L  05:01PM LDT 5.4  H  
08/25/2004 Wed 01:00AM LDT 0.0  L  08:04AM LDT 3.6  H  11:48AM LDT 2.9  L  06:15PM LDT 5.8  H  
08/26/2004 Thu 01:53AM LDT -0.5 L  08:41AM LDT 3.8  H  01:02PM LDT 2.6  L  07:16PM LDT 6.2  H  
08/27/2004 Fri 02:37AM LDT -0.9 L  09:14AM LDT 4.2  H  01:59PM LDT 2.2  L  08:09PM LDT 6.5  H  
08/28/2004 Sat 03:17AM LDT -1.1 L  09:45AM LDT 4.5  H  02:48PM LDT 1.7  L  08:57PM LDT 6.6  H  
08/29/2004 Sun 03:54AM LDT -1.0 L  10:16AM LDT 4.7  H  03:34PM LDT 1.3  L  09:42PM LDT 6.5  H  
08/30/2004 Mon 04:29AM LDT -0.8 L  10:47AM LDT 5.0  H  04:19PM LDT 1.2  L  10:25PM LDT 6.1  H  
08/31/2004 Tue 05:01AM LDT -0.3 L  11:18AM LDT 5.1  H  05:04PM LDT 1.0  L  11:08PM LDT 5.6  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
09/01/2004 Wed 05:32AM LDT 0.2  L  11:49AM LDT 5.2  H  05:50PM LDT 1.0  L  11:51PM LDT 4.9  H  
09/02/2004 Thu 06:01AM LDT 0.9  L  12:20PM LDT 5.1  H  06:40PM LDT 1.2  L  
09/03/2004 Fri 12:38AM LDT 4.2  H  06:27AM LDT 1.4  L  12:53PM LDT 5.0  H  07:38PM LDT 1.2  L  
09/04/2004 Sat 01:37AM LDT 3.6  H  06:52AM LDT 2.1  L  01:30PM LDT 4.8  H  08:54PM LDT 1.4  L  
09/05/2004 Sun 03:15AM LDT 3.0  H  07:10AM LDT 2.6  L  02:18PM LDT 4.6  H  10:36PM LDT 1.3  L  
09/06/2004 Mon 03:33PM LDT 4.4  H  
09/07/2004 Tue 12:10AM LDT 1.1  L  08:27AM LDT 3.4  H  10:37AM LDT 3.3  L  05:05PM LDT 4.5  H  
09/08/2004 Wed 01:10AM LDT 0.8  L  08:34AM LDT 3.6  H  12:24PM LDT 3.2  L  06:16PM LDT 4.8  H  
09/09/2004 Thu 01:51AM LDT 0.4  L  08:48AM LDT 3.8  H  01:15PM LDT 2.9  L  07:07PM LDT 5.1  H  
09/10/2004 Fri 02:23AM LDT 0.2  L  09:04AM LDT 4.0  H  01:51PM LDT 2.5  L  07:47PM LDT 5.4  H  
09/11/2004 Sat 02:51AM LDT 0.0  L  09:21AM LDT 4.2  H  02:23PM LDT 2.2  L  08:23PM LDT 5.6  H  
09/12/2004 Sun 03:16AM LDT -0.1 L  09:38AM LDT 4.4  H  02:55PM LDT 1.8  L  08:56PM LDT 5.7  H  
09/13/2004 Mon 03:40AM LDT -0.1 L  09:57AM LDT 4.6  H  03:28PM LDT 1.4  L  09:30PM LDT 5.7  H  
09/14/2004 Tue 04:04AM LDT 0.0  L  10:18AM LDT 4.9  H  04:02PM LDT 1.2  L  10:05PM LDT 5.5  H  
09/15/2004 Wed 04:28AM LDT 0.3  L  10:41AM LDT 5.1  H  04:40PM LDT 0.9  L  10:43PM LDT 5.2  H  
09/16/2004 Thu 04:52AM LDT 0.7  L  11:06AM LDT 5.3  H  05:22PM LDT 0.7  L  11:25PM LDT 4.7  H  
09/17/2004 Fri 05:17AM LDT 1.1  L  11:34AM LDT 5.4  H  06:09PM LDT 0.7  L  
09/18/2004 Sat 12:14AM LDT 4.1  H  05:43AM LDT 1.6  L  12:07PM LDT 5.5  H  07:08PM LDT 0.7  L  
09/19/2004 Sun 01:19AM LDT 3.5  H  06:11AM LDT 2.1  L  12:49PM LDT 5.4  H  08:25PM LDT 0.8  L  
09/20/2004 Mon 03:06AM LDT 3.1  H  06:40AM LDT 2.7  L  01:47PM LDT 5.2  H  10:04PM LDT 0.6  L  
09/21/2004 Tue 03:13PM LDT 5.1  H  11:36PM LDT 0.3  L  
09/22/2004 Wed 07:18AM LDT 3.6  H  10:36AM LDT 3.3  L  04:52PM LDT 5.2  H  
09/23/2004 Thu 12:42AM LDT -0.1 L  07:48AM LDT 3.9  H  12:15PM LDT 2.9  L  06:11PM LDT 5.5  H  
09/24/2004 Fri 01:32AM LDT -0.4 L  08:16AM LDT 4.3  H  01:16PM LDT 2.3  L  07:13PM LDT 5.8  H  
09/25/2004 Sat 02:13AM LDT -0.6 L  08:43AM LDT 4.7  H  02:05PM LDT 1.7  L  08:04PM LDT 6.0  H  
09/26/2004 Sun 02:48AM LDT -0.5 L  09:10AM LDT 5.0  H  02:49PM LDT 1.2  L  08:50PM LDT 5.9  H  
09/27/2004 Mon 03:21AM LDT -0.3 L  09:37AM LDT 5.3  H  03:30PM LDT 0.8  L  09:33PM LDT 5.7  H  
09/28/2004 Tue 03:50AM LDT 0.1  L  10:03AM LDT 5.5  H  04:10PM LDT 0.5  L  10:14PM LDT 5.3  H  
09/29/2004 Wed 04:18AM LDT 0.5  L  10:29AM LDT 5.6  H  04:49PM LDT 0.3  L  10:55PM LDT 4.8  H  
09/30/2004 Thu 04:43AM LDT 1.1  L  10:55AM LDT 5.6  H  05:29PM LDT 0.4  L  11:38PM LDT 4.3  H  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
10/01/2004 Fri 05:07AM LDT 1.5  L  11:21AM LDT 5.5  H  06:12PM LDT 0.5  L  
10/02/2004 Sat 12:25AM LDT 3.7  H  05:27AM LDT 2.1  L  11:48AM LDT 5.3  H  07:02PM LDT 0.8  L  
10/03/2004 Sun 01:28AM LDT 3.3  H  05:41AM LDT 2.6  L  12:17PM LDT 5.0  H  08:06PM LDT 1.0  L  
10/04/2004 Mon 12:55PM LDT 4.6  H  09:39PM LDT 1.2  L  
10/05/2004 Tue 02:02PM LDT 4.3  H  11:16PM LDT 1.1  L  
10/06/2004 Wed 08:16AM LDT 3.6  H  10:33AM LDT 3.6  L  04:03PM LDT 4.1  H  
10/07/2004 Thu 12:21AM LDT 0.8  L  07:57AM LDT 3.8  H  12:17PM LDT 3.3  L  05:35PM LDT 4.3  H  
10/08/2004 Fri 01:03AM LDT 0.6  L  08:04AM LDT 4.0  H  01:01PM LDT 2.8  L  06:33PM LDT 4.6  H  
10/09/2004 Sat 01:35AM LDT 0.4  L  08:17AM LDT 4.3  H  01:35PM LDT 2.3  L  07:18PM LDT 4.9  H  
10/10/2004 Sun 02:02AM LDT 0.3  L  08:31AM LDT 4.6  H  02:06PM LDT 1.7  L  07:58PM LDT 5.1  H  
10/11/2004 Mon 02:27AM LDT 0.3  L  08:48AM LDT 4.9  H  02:39PM LDT 1.2  L  08:35PM LDT 5.1  H  
10/12/2004 Tue 02:52AM LDT 0.4  L  09:07AM LDT 5.3  H  03:13PM LDT 0.7  L  09:14PM LDT 5.1  H  
10/13/2004 Wed 03:17AM LDT 0.6  L  09:29AM LDT 5.6  H  03:49PM LDT 0.3  L  09:55PM LDT 4.9  H  
10/14/2004 Thu 03:43AM LDT 0.9  L  09:54AM LDT 5.9  H  04:29PM LDT -0.1 L  10:38PM LDT 4.6  H  
10/15/2004 Fri 04:10AM LDT 1.2  L  10:23AM LDT 6.0  H  05:13PM LDT -0.3 L  11:28PM LDT 4.2  H  
10/16/2004 Sat 04:38AM LDT 1.7  L  10:55AM LDT 6.0  H  06:03PM LDT -0.3 L  
10/17/2004 Sun 12:27AM LDT 3.7  H  05:08AM LDT 2.1  L  11:34AM LDT 6.0  H  07:04PM LDT -0.2 L  
10/18/2004 Mon 01:48AM LDT 3.3  H  05:41AM LDT 2.6  L  12:21PM LDT 5.7  H  08:19PM LDT 0.0  L  
10/19/2004 Tue 03:55AM LDT 3.2  H  06:27AM LDT 3.1  L  01:26PM LDT 5.3  H  09:48PM LDT 0.1  L  
10/20/2004 Wed 05:54AM LDT 3.6  H  08:41AM LDT 3.4  L  03:00PM LDT 5.0  H  11:09PM LDT 0.0  L  
10/21/2004 Thu 06:39AM LDT 3.9  H  11:04AM LDT 3.1  L  04:42PM LDT 4.9  H  
10/22/2004 Fri 12:11AM LDT -0.1 L  07:11AM LDT 4.4  H  12:24PM LDT 2.5  L  06:02PM LDT 5.0  H  
10/23/2004 Sat 12:59AM LDT -0.2 L  07:40AM LDT 4.8  H  01:19PM LDT 1.8  L  07:05PM LDT 5.1  H  
10/24/2004 Sun 01:38AM LDT 0.0  L  08:07AM LDT 5.2  H  02:04PM LDT 1.2  L  07:57PM LDT 5.1  H  
10/25/2004 Mon 02:12AM LDT 0.2  L  08:33AM LDT 5.5  H  02:45PM LDT 0.6  L  08:44PM LDT 4.9  H  
10/26/2004 Tue 02:42AM LDT 0.5  L  08:58AM LDT 5.8  H  03:24PM LDT 0.2  L  09:27PM LDT 4.7  H  
10/27/2004 Wed 03:09AM LDT 0.9  L  09:23AM LDT 5.9  H  04:00PM LDT -0.1 L  10:08PM LDT 4.4  H  
10/28/2004 Thu 03:34AM LDT 1.3  L  09:47AM LDT 6.0  H  04:36PM LDT -0.2 L  10:50PM LDT 4.1  H  
10/29/2004 Fri 03:57AM LDT 1.7  L  10:11AM LDT 5.9  H  05:13PM LDT -0.2 L  11:34PM LDT 3.7  H  
10/30/2004 Sat 04:19AM LDT 2.1  L  10:36AM LDT 5.7  H  05:53PM LDT 0.0  L  
10/31/2004 Sun 12:24AM LDT 3.5  H  03:38AM LST 2.5  L  10:02AM LST 5.5  H  05:38PM LST 0.3  L  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
11/01/2004 Mon 12:32AM LST 3.2  H  03:51AM LST 2.8  L  10:32AM LST 5.1  H  06:33PM LST 0.5  L  
11/02/2004 Tue 11:07AM LST 4.8  H  07:45PM LST 0.8  L  
11/03/2004 Wed 12:00PM LST 4.4  H  09:04PM LST 0.8  L  
11/04/2004 Thu 06:18AM LST 3.6  H  08:26AM LST 3.6  L  01:39PM LST 4.0  H  10:10PM LST 0.8  L  
11/05/2004 Fri 06:00AM LST 3.8  H  10:39AM LST 3.3  L  03:28PM LST 3.9  H  10:57PM LST 0.7  L  
11/06/2004 Sat 06:08AM LST 4.1  H  11:32AM LST 2.7  L  04:44PM LST 4.0  H  11:33PM LST 0.7  L  
11/07/2004 Sun 06:21AM LST 4.5  H  12:10PM LST 2.0  L  05:42PM LST 4.2  H  
11/08/2004 Mon 12:04AM LST 0.7  L  06:38AM LST 4.9  H  12:46PM LST 1.3  L  06:31PM LST 4.3  H  
11/09/2004 Tue 12:33AM LST 0.8  L  06:57AM LST 5.3  H  01:21PM LST 0.7  L  07:18PM LST 4.3  H  
11/10/2004 Wed 01:02AM LST 1.0  L  07:21AM LST 5.8  H  01:58PM LST 0.0  L  08:04PM LST 4.3  H  
11/11/2004 Thu 01:31AM LST 1.2  L  07:48AM LST 6.1  H  02:38PM LST -0.6 L  08:52PM LST 4.2  H  
11/12/2004 Fri 02:03AM LST 1.4  L  08:19AM LST 6.4  H  03:21PM LST -0.9 L  09:42PM LST 4.0  H  
11/13/2004 Sat 02:36AM LST 1.7  L  08:54AM LST 6.5  H  04:08PM LST -1.1 L  10:38PM LST 3.8  H  
11/14/2004 Sun 03:11AM LST 2.1  L  09:33AM LST 6.5  H  05:01PM LST -1.1 L  11:43PM LST 3.6  H  
11/15/2004 Mon 03:52AM LST 2.5  L  10:18AM LST 6.3  H  06:00PM LST -0.9 L  
11/16/2004 Tue 01:02AM LST 3.5  H  04:42AM LST 2.8  L  11:12AM LST 5.9  H  07:07PM LST -0.6 L  
11/17/2004 Wed 02:35AM LST 3.6  H  06:01AM LST 3.1  L  12:19PM LST 5.4  H  08:19PM LST -0.3 L  
11/18/2004 Thu 03:53AM LST 3.8  H  08:03AM LST 3.2  L  01:46PM LST 4.8  H  09:27PM LST -0.1 L  
11/19/2004 Fri 04:45AM LST 4.2  H  09:57AM LST 2.7  L  03:21PM LST 4.4  H  10:26PM LST 0.1  L  
11/20/2004 Sat 05:25AM LST 4.7  H  11:16AM LST 2.0  L  04:46PM LST 4.2  H  11:15PM LST 0.4  L  
11/21/2004 Sun 05:59AM LST 5.1  H  12:13PM LST 1.3  L  05:55PM LST 4.1  H  11:56PM LST 0.7  L  
11/22/2004 Mon 06:29AM LST 5.5  H  01:00PM LST 0.7  L  06:53PM LST 4.1  H  
11/23/2004 Tue 12:32AM LST 1.1  L  06:57AM LST 5.8  H  01:42PM LST 0.2  L  07:44PM LST 3.9  H  
11/24/2004 Wed 01:03AM LST 1.3  L  07:24AM LST 5.9  H  02:19PM LST -0.2 L  08:31PM LST 3.8  H  
11/25/2004 Thu 01:31AM LST 1.7  L  07:49AM LST 6.0  H  02:54PM LST -0.4 L  09:14PM LST 3.7  H  
11/26/2004 Fri 01:58AM LST 2.0  L  08:15AM LST 6.0  H  03:29PM LST -0.5 L  09:56PM LST 3.6  H  
11/27/2004 Sat 02:23AM LST 2.2  L  08:42AM LST 6.0  H  04:04PM LST -0.5 L  10:40PM LST 3.5  H  
11/28/2004 Sun 02:49AM LST 2.4  L  09:10AM LST 5.8  H  04:41PM LST -0.4 L  11:28PM LST 3.3  H  
11/29/2004 Mon 03:14AM LST 2.6  L  09:40AM LST 5.6  H  05:22PM LST -0.2 L  
11/30/2004 Tue 12:25AM LST 3.2  H  03:40AM LST 2.9  L  10:12AM LST 5.3  H  06:07PM LST 0.1  L  

Date       Day Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  Time        Height  
12/01/2004 Wed 01:38AM LST 3.2  H  04:10AM LST 3.1  L  10:49AM LST 5.0  H  06:57PM LST 0.3  L  
12/02/2004 Thu 11:33AM LST 4.5  H  07:51PM LST 0.5  L  
12/03/2004 Fri 04:02AM LST 3.6  H  07:10AM LST 3.4  L  12:35PM LST 4.1  H  08:44PM LST 0.7  L  
12/04/2004 Sat 04:31AM LST 3.8  H  09:25AM LST 3.1  L  02:05PM LST 3.7  H  09:33PM LST 0.9  L  
12/05/2004 Sun 04:54AM LST 4.1  H  10:47AM LST 2.5  L  03:42PM LST 3.6  H  10:17PM LST 1.0  L  
12/06/2004 Mon 05:16AM LST 4.5  H  11:40AM LST 1.8  L  05:04PM LST 3.5  H  10:57PM LST 1.2  L  
12/07/2004 Tue 05:41AM LST 5.0  H  12:24PM LST 1.1  L  06:11PM LST 3.6  H  11:36PM LST 1.3  L  
12/08/2004 Wed 06:09AM LST 5.6  H  01:06PM LST 0.2  L  07:10PM LST 3.6  H  
12/09/2004 Thu 12:14AM LST 1.5  L  06:41AM LST 6.0  H  01:48PM LST -0.5 L  08:04PM LST 3.7  H  
12/10/2004 Fri 12:53AM LST 1.7  L  07:17AM LST 6.4  H  02:31PM LST -1.1 L  08:57PM LST 3.7  H  
12/11/2004 Sat 01:34AM LST 1.9  L  07:56AM LST 6.7  H  03:17PM LST -1.4 L  09:49PM LST 3.7  H  
12/12/2004 Sun 02:17AM LST 2.0  L  08:39AM LST 6.9  H  04:05PM LST -1.6 L  10:43PM LST 3.7  H  
12/13/2004 Mon 03:03AM LST 2.2  L  09:25AM LST 6.8  H  04:55PM LST -1.5 L  11:40PM LST 3.7  H  
12/14/2004 Tue 03:55AM LST 2.4  L  10:15AM LST 6.5  H  05:48PM LST -1.3 L  
12/15/2004 Wed 12:40AM LST 3.7  H  04:55AM LST 2.5  L  11:09AM LST 6.0  H  06:42PM LST -0.9 L  
12/16/2004 Thu 01:43AM LST 3.8  H  06:12AM LST 2.7  L  12:10PM LST 5.3  H  07:39PM LST -0.4 L  
12/17/2004 Fri 02:45AM LST 4.1  H  07:48AM LST 2.6  L  01:23PM LST 4.6  H  08:35PM LST 0.1  L  
12/18/2004 Sat 03:41AM LST 4.4  H  09:30AM LST 2.2  L  02:51PM LST 3.9  H  09:31PM LST 0.6  L  
12/19/2004 Sun 04:30AM LST 4.8  H  10:57AM LST 1.6  L  04:25PM LST 3.6  H  10:23PM LST 1.1  L  
12/20/2004 Mon 05:12AM LST 5.1  H  12:03PM LST 1.0  L  05:51PM LST 3.4  H  11:10PM LST 1.4  L  
12/21/2004 Tue 05:50AM LST 5.4  H  12:55PM LST 0.4  L  07:01PM LST 3.4  H  11:53PM LST 1.8  L  
12/22/2004 Wed 06:24AM LST 5.6  H  01:38PM LST -0.1 L  07:58PM LST 3.4  H  
12/23/2004 Thu 12:32AM LST 2.0  L  06:56AM LST 5.8  H  02:16PM LST -0.4 L  08:45PM LST 3.5  H  
12/24/2004 Fri 01:06AM LST 2.2  L  07:27AM LST 5.9  H  02:50PM LST -0.6 L  09:26PM LST 3.5  H  
12/25/2004 Sat 01:39AM LST 2.3  L  07:57AM LST 5.9  H  03:23PM LST -0.7 L  10:02PM LST 3.5  H  
12/26/2004 Sun 02:10AM LST 2.4  L  08:28AM LST 5.9  H  03:56PM LST -0.7 L  10:37PM LST 3.5  H  
12/27/2004 Mon 02:42AM LST 2.5  L  08:59AM LST 5.8  H  04:29PM LST -0.6 L  11:13PM LST 3.4  H  
12/28/2004 Tue 03:14AM LST 2.5  L  09:31AM LST 5.7  H  05:03PM LST -0.5 L  11:51PM LST 3.4  H  
12/29/2004 Wed 03:49AM LST 2.6  L  10:04AM LST 5.4  H  05:37PM LST -0.3 L  
12/30/2004 Thu 12:31AM LST 3.5  H  04:30AM LST 2.7  L  10:38AM LST 5.1  H  06:11PM LST 0.0  L  
12/31/2004 Fri 01:13AM LST 3.5  H  05:21AM LST 2.8  L  11:16AM LST 4.7  H  06:47PM LST 0.3  L  

Surf Reports from:

SOUTHERN California	Florida
Hawaii	Other

	Pacific
	Atlantic
	Africa
	Indian Ocean
	North Pole
	South Pole
	Scatterometry
	Training and Tutorial
	SSMI Tutorial

	Located just off beautiful Jaco Beach halfway down Costa Rica’s Pacific coast,  the camps private villas offer rustic luxury with spectacular views and thrilling adventures for surfers and non-surfers alike.
	Hosted by the four-time national surfing champion of Costa Rica, Alvaro Solano, experienced surfers are guided to some of the best breaks in Central America. Beginners can sign up for afternoon surf lessons with Alvaro, who has taught surfing for almost 10 years.
	Non-surfers can relax in the sun by the pool, take an outdoor yoga class overlooking the Pacific, or venture out for shopping, spas, and treetop tours of tropical-forest canopies.

PROPERTY AMENITIES

Extra amenities at this surf-oriented lodging include surfboard storage, surfboard rentals, and transportation to and from the surf breaks twice daily. Transportation to and from the airport is offered on Saturdays only.

No smoking available   Air conditioning   Outdoor pool   Radio   VCR   Television   Internet access   Picnic area   Safe-deposit box - front desk   Garden   Barbecue   Reception   Breakfast service   Maid service daily   Bilingual staff   Activity desk   Microwave   Dishwasher   Refrigerator   Freezer   Yard   Porch   Airport transportation available   Patio   Living room   Separate dining room   Blender   Free parking   Front desk (limited hours)   Security guard

ROOMS

The  Surf Camp and Villas features three well-crafted guest bungalows, each of which has two individual rooms with their own private bathrooms. The bungalows offer unobstructed views of the Pacific Ocean and high-quality, locally crafted hammocks swinging on the decks. Custom-crafted closets are built for in-room surfboard storage, and private baths have hot water for a welcome warm shower after a day at la playa. All rooms are available with the Meal Plan.

Standard Room - The Standard guestroom features one queen or two twin beds for double occupancy; rooms can accommodate a maximum of two guests. In addition to standard amenities offered in all guestrooms, this room type includes the option to add one child of six years or younger at no additional charge. Standard Single Occupancy Room - The Single guestroom features one queen or two twin beds; rooms can accommodate a maximum of one guest. This room type includes guaranteed single occupancy. Standard Shared Room - The Standard Shared guestroom can only be booked for a single occupant. Guests who book this room category will share the room with another traveler selected by the hotel. Meal Plan The Meal Plan includes group breakfasts and dinners in the main house, featuring fresh Costa Rican and South American flavors and cuisine. Also included are all non-alcoholic beverages.

ROOM AMENITIES

Air conditioning   Non-smoking rooms   In-room safe   Balcony   Climate control   Window open-operating   Meal plan   Bottled water   Smoke alarm   Clock radio   Maid service   Private bathroom   Hair dryer   Iron/ironing board   Linens and towels

DINING

Surf Camp Dining - Guests enjoy group breakfasts and dinners in the main house featuring fresh Costa Rican and South American flavors and cuisines. These home-cooked meals are included in the price of the stay and include non-alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages can be purchased separately. Nearby restaurants include any of the numerous cafes and restaurants along the main thoroughfare or on the beach on the way into the town of Jaco, which is less than a mile from the camp. The camp is happy to make recommendations for in-town dining and to help with reservations (which are typically unnecessary).

RECREATION

The focus at this resort-camp is surfing, and surf lessons are discounted for our guests. Also discounted for guests are yoga classes (on-site) and horseback rides (for which guests are picked up at the camp).

Hiking/biking trails   Snorkeling/scuba   Surfing/boogie boarding   Horseback riding/rental

We were friends who rode the waves.
The time we spent in our younger days,
    was all in fun.
Oh the good times that we had!

	Equipment.
	Finding a partner.
	Finding a place to surf
	Before paddling out
	Getting in the water
	Paddling out
	Duck Diving
	The line-up
	Catching a wave
	The Rules
	A Final Suggestion
	Acknowledgements

 

Equipment.

Luckily, we're not as equipment-heavy as, say, skiing or windsurfing. You're going to need:

 

A board.

A used board is generally your best bet when starting out. Chances are good that you're going to ding it up just carrying it around. There are different types of surfboards.

 

Something to wear.

Hopefully this is nothing more than a bathing suit. But if its necessary, and you can afford it, a new wetsuit can be a pretty good investment. See the upcoming FAQ on wetsuits for recommendations.

 

[Mary Ann Davidson / madavids@us.oracle.com / adds this tip]

As a hard core surfette, I would add to your FAQ for the gals interested in surfing - stick to one piece suits when starting to surf, unless wearing a wetsuit (in which case it doesn't matter.) You can quite easily find yourself wearing a one piece suit after a wipeout if you insist on wearing a two piece suit as a novice.

 

A leash.

Once upon a time, boards had no leashes. If you lost your board, you swam to shore. Only the best surfers could venture out to some breaks because losing your board could mean the destruction of you or your board. Surfers were stronger swimmers and more all-around watermen. It also meant that there were loose boards flying all over the place at some breaks.

For good or ill, those days are gone. Just a word of advice for the beginner: Treat your leash as if it were not there. Do not rely on it to always bring your board back to you. If the section you're riding starts getting gnarly, pretend you're going to have to swim to shore if you bail.

 

Some wax.

You can usually wheedle wax out of a surfshop owner if you buy anything there. Some surfers pride themselves on never having bought a bar of wax. If the deck of your board has some form of traction pad, you might not need the wax.

 

Sunblock.

For those surfers living in areas other than Seattle or England, sunblock is often necessary - the net.wisdom on this is Bullfrog, with Aloe Gator also getting favorable reviews.

Most of these can be found at your friendly neighborhood surfshop.

 

Finding a Partner.

IMHO, one of the most important things to have in learning to surf is someone to surf with. Aside from the obvious safety reasons (it cuts your chances of being eaten by a shark in half :-) ) a partner will give you moral support, keep you stoked when you get frustrated, keep you from sleeping in when its good, talk you into paddling out when its big, and mostly be a friend.

There are two schools of thought here:

1. Find someone good to teach you to surf. and
2. Find someone else who wants to learn and teach each other.

I subscribe to the second approach, because that's how I learned and because when one person is better than the other, someone is usually not having a very fun session. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy teaching people. But if its cranking on the outside, either I'm gonna be bored on the inside with the beginner, or he's gonna be in over his head on the outside.

 

[Ken Strayhorn Jr. / kes@acpub.duke.edu / accurately adds:]

Your friend you must choose carefully. He will become your brah, and over time will mean more than anyone else on this planet. Besides surfing, you will drink copious amounts of beer, smoke pounds of pot, and chase boxcar loads of women together. You will lend each other money when times are tight. You will never ask each other for gas cash. You will inform him when his ass crack is showing over his pants. If he doesn't like the woman you are seeing you will drop her like a hot rock. Conversely, if your new woman thinks your brah is a jerk, that's a sign that she's a bozo and should be avoided.

Boards and wetsuits will be shared. You will hoot for each other on fine days. You will badmouth anyone who drops in on him. People will come to view you as a team. Surf nazis will avoid you because they know that to fight one of you is to fight both of you.

And, years later when you are 40 years old and you and your brah are sitting on a break somewhere listening to the younger guys yacking it up, you will smile and know deep in your soul that there is nothing finer than surfing and the people you do it with.

 

Finding a Place to Surf

Go to your nearest surf shop and ask people where a good break to learn is. Be honest about your abilities, surfers are a pretty friendly lot. Also, watch for the upcoming FAQ - "Where can I learn to surf without being killed, beaten, or eaten?"

 

Before Paddling Out

Sit and watch the surf for a while. Watch what people are doing. Where is everybody sitting, where do they paddle out. Where do the waves break? As waves get bigger they break further out, so if everyone is sitting farther out than where the waves are currently breaking, it means that there are bigger sets coming. Watch for them.

Stretch. While you're watching the break, stretch your arms and back. Limber up.

 

Getting in the Water

You've noted where other people head out. Wax your stick and head down to that spot. Put your leash on. (Digression: Decide whether you're going to be a regular-foot (left foot forward) or a goofy-foot. Try both while standing on shore and see what feels better.) Put your leash on your back leg. Walk your board out until the water is about waist deep and hop on. Position yourself on the board so that the nose is just barely (2-3") out of the water. Too little and you'll be going under, too much and you'll wear yourself out pushing water.

 

Paddling Out

Go for nice, even, alternating strokes. When you have to get through the whitewater get up some speed and then either:

	Plow right through it.
	Raise your chest up with your arms so that the water passes between you and the board.
	Turtle. Just as the wave is about to hit you, roll over on your back (roll the board too), and pull the nose of the board down. Then roll back up.
	Duck-dive. Raise up on one knee, push the nose of the board under the wave and follow with your body. (This takes lots of practice). (See following notes on duck-diving)
	Bail. Make sure no one is within 20-30' of you, get off your board, and dive for the bottom. This is for emergencies only. You lose a great deal of distance this way, and you endanger people around you.

 

Duck Diving

[By Morgan Perry / mpperry@u.washington.edu ]

I have found a few things most helpful in my duck-diving:

1. Try to have some forward momentum before you give up paddling to begin pressing your board down. This provides some counter to the force of the wave in the direction of shore. Even if it is just a couple of strokes before the angry whiteness consumes you, you will come out further than a couple of strokes ahead of where you would have it you had not gotten going forward.
2. Push your board as deeply under as possible. The more of your body that you get above water quickly will result in getting the board deeper under. Sometimes I even tilt my board to the side in the water so that there is less resistance to it going down. Some people use only their arms and their knee(s) to push the board down. I like using the ball of one of my foot instead and to raise the other one high to provide more weight on the board.
3. Immediately before the surf subsumes you, pull yourself down to the board and angle the board slightly up to the perceived other side of the break. Too much angle and the nose of the board will catch the break and push you backwards. Not enough and the back of the board will be caught in the suction of the wave as it rushes by you and it won't help pull you through. If you have the right upward angle, and your hands are toward the front of the board, probably about where you press up from, you can thrust the board to the other side of the wave and it will help pull you through.

A key is *not* to stay under for as long as possible, just to start deep and shoot up as far on the other side of the turbulence as possible. The sooner you get back up the surface and balanced on your board, the sooner you are able to start paddling again... and that's the only way you really get outside anyway.

 

The Line-up

Once you get to where people are sitting around (in the water, if they're on the beach, you've been paddling the wrong way :-) ) sit back and take it easy for awhile. Watch what others are doing. A nice gesture is to say hello to the others in the water. This lets them know that you acknowledge their existance and will not run them over or drop in on them. Don't be chatty though. A simple "Hello", "Howzit", "G'Day" or li'dat is fine.

 

Catching a Wave

This is the first of many hurdles in learning to surf. The wave knowledge - knowing which wave to paddle for and which to let pass, and the timing - when to start paddling, how fast, how much to arch your back, and when to get to your feet, are things that no one can teach you. They will come with time spent surfing.

One tip I will offer: when trying to stand up, stand up. Don't get to your knees first, that leads to kneeboarding (A curable illness).

 

[That said, Clark Quinn / cnquinn@cs.unsw.oz.au / graciously offers these tips:]

1. Don't go to the most crowded/famous. Start at a mellow beach. Gentle waves. Sand bottom. Broad sand beach. You can't run before you walk.
2. Paddle out, and try to catch the whitewater in while riding on your belly. (If you've body-boarded or body-surfed before, skip to step 5) You may have to adjust how far forward/back you lay on the board. You want about an inch of room between the nose of the board and the surface of the water. You'll need to be paddling in and have the wave catch you and push you even faster in the same direction. Stay on the board as you zoom towards shore. Steps 2-4 may best be accomplished on a mat or a boogie board or something else easy to get "wave knowledge".
3. Once you can reliably pick a wave and catch it, start trying to angle this way and that under control. Try going both ways, left and right.
4. When you can zoom back and forth at will, you're ready for a bigger step. Take a wave right before/where it's breaking, and ride it while turning to keep right at where the wave is breaking. Figuring out just where to paddle to so as to catch the wave at the right spot is a major part of the game.
5. When you can catch waves reliably, you're going to want to try riding them standing up. Paddle and let the white water catch you. As soon as you're moving, jump to your feet. This is difficult. It's really worth it to practice the jumping from prone to your feet on land first and get it well-rehearsed before doing it on a moving board on the water. Foot placement is crucial. You'll want your back foot near the tail of the board and your front foot somewhere in front of that, near the middle of the board, say. Look at other surfers. Practice on a rough template of the board on the ground. Ride the wave in. Depending on the size of the board either balance on it (bigger) or move it to stay underneath you (smaller).
6. Once you can reliably get up, you want to start angling while riding the white water. Both ways, zooming back and forth under control.
7. Once you can do that, move to catching the wave right where it is breaking. This will get trickier, because you'll have a more vertical take off point and the board will have a tendency to sink the nose as you go down the face of the wave. You want to catch the wave by angling in the direction the wave is breaking.

I'm not sure 2-4 are necessary (certainly not for someone who's been in the ocean on other things, but probably are a good safety precaution.

 

The Rules

Surfing tends to be pretty free form but there are certain accepted rules, mostly based on safety and common sense.

 

Wave Ownership (The My Wave Rule)

The person closest to the breaking part of the wave has the right of way.

Caveat: If someone is up and riding, paddling into the wave behind them does not give you the wave.

Also note: In many low-key breaks, the first person paddling for the wave owns it. Do not expect this to apply in crowded conditions.

 

Dropping In (The Thou Shalt Not Rule)

Dropping in is taking off on a wave in front of someone who is already up and riding. Don't do this. Ever. No exceptions.

 

Paddling Out (The Eat It Rule)

When paddling out, if you must get over a wave that someone is riding, paddle behind them (On the white water side). This generally means getting stuffed for the sake of someone else's ride. Take comfort in the hope that they would do the same for you. Do not paddle in front of someone unless you are so sure that you will be 20 feet in front of them that you are willing to bet the well-being of your board/car/nose on it.

 

A Final Suggestion

About 8 or 10 months after I started surfing I happened to write a little note on my blotter-style desk calendar:

	June 9, 1984:	Surfed 3s, good day

As the months went by I continued making little notations. I kept the calendars, year after year. Now, I have a decade's worth of blotter calendars stacked on my desk. Just looking at the notes can sometimes bring back the session in vivid detail. I usually would note the surf heights and who I surfed with.

If you've got a calendar, give it a shot. Years from now, if you somehow find yourself far from surf, you'll look back on some classic times spent with great people and say "Eh, mahalo Chrispy, shaka brah".

	Ken Strayhorn Jr. kes@acpub.duke.edu
	Clark N. Quinn cnquinn@cs.unsw.oz.au
	Morgan Perry mpperry@u.washington.edu
	Mary Ann Davidson madavids@us.oracle.com