It Was A Sober First Thursday

Water Temp: 63

Tides:
04:51 AM -0.11 feet Low Tide
06:08 AM Sunrise
11:08 AM 4.45 feet High Tide
04:27 PM 1.75 feet Low Tide
07:45 PM Sunset
10:31 PM 5.54 feet High Tide

Is The City In Violation Of State Marine Reserve Regulations?

Could the city be fined for dumping on a state marine reserve? Which brain-dead civil servant at the land-locked Laguna Beach city hall authorized this? Thousands of visitors visit the exact spot where they dumped all this kelp.

The smell is the least of it or ALL of it depending on the wind.

And you concerned grass-root at Save Main Beach doesn't this bother you?

Sea Temperature Still Very Nice

Water Temp: 69 64

Tides:
04:28 AM -0.27 feet Low Tide
06:07 AM Sunrise
10:45 AM 4.29 feet High Tide
03:53 PM 1.85 feet Low Tide
07:46 PM Sunset
10:01 PM 5.84 feet High Tide

Hula Hoop On Steroids?

I have no idea what it's called but it's not for me that's for sure.

It Just Couldn't Get Any Better

Water Temp: 70+

Tides:
04:04 AM -0.36 feet Low Tide
06:06 AM Sunrise
10:23 AM 4.13 feet High Tide
03:20 PM 2.00 feet Low Tide
05:56 PM Full Moon
07:47 PM Sunset
09:30 PM 6.00 feet High Tide

23 MPG Is Progress? Trade In Old Clunker For A New Clunker!

A local couple traded in their 1992 Chevrolet Blazer for a 2009 Honda CR-V. The Honda gets 23 mpg. Sorry folks but you got ripped off. My 1995 Ford Taurus gets 30 mpg. A 14 year-old midsize car gets better milage than a brand new tiny something-or-other compact.

Why is it that we reward stupid behavior? Own a SUV that gets really crappy gas milage and we will reward you no matter it's age or milage. Own an older car that gets good milage and the governments response is: Screw you.

No wonder this country is totally washed up.

Note: Photo has no relation to the story other than the fact the the SUV pictured is a piece of junk and always has been.

In The News Today . . .

Water Temp: 70+

Tides:
03:39 AM -0.36 feet Low Tide
06:06 AM Sunrise
10:01 AM 3.98 feet High Tide
02:49 PM 2.19 feet Low Tide
07:48 PM Sunset
08:59 PM 6.03 feet High Tide

Laguna Beach IS Different

August Is THE Tourist Time

Water Temp: 70+

Tides:
03:12 AM -0.31 feet Low Tide
06:05 AM Sunrise
09:41 AM 3.85 feet High Tide
02:17 PM 2.41 feet Low Tide
07:49 PM Sunset
08:28 PM 5.95 feet High Tide

Now You See It, Now It's Just An Eco-Friendly Hole In The Ground

I guess eco-friendly means you tear down the old, put it in the land-fill, and dig a hole in the ground. So where's the eco-friendly in this?

Water Temp: 70+

Tides:
02:41 AM -0.18 feet Low Tide
06:04 AM Sunrise
09:20 AM 3.72 feet High Tide
01:42 PM 2.63 feet Low Tide
07:50 PM Sunset
07:52 PM 5.80 feet High Tide

Speaking Of Seaweed Or Is It Kelp?

Reported in this weeks City Manager's Report:

Kelp at Main Beach – The high swells deposited maybe 50 to 100 tons of kelp at Main Beach. We have been forced to haul away huge amounts of the kelp and there is quite a bit still piled up. There is still a fair amount of kelp just off shore which may exacerbate the problem.

Kelp: Any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.

In the above photo the surf break is full of Laminariaceae.

PS: Exacerbate = Worsen. Just thought you should know.

Water Temp: 70+

Tides:
02:05 AM 0.04 feet Low Tide
06:03 AM Sunrise
08:54 AM 3.56 feet High Tide
12:58 PM 2.81 feet Low Tide
07:13 PM 5.61 feet High Tide
07:51 PM Sunset