Strands Beach

March 26th, 2012

6:15 p.m.

Air Temp: 74 degrees

Water Temp: 50

Atmospheric conditions: Warm with no clouds in the sky I just can not wait for summer !

Ocean Surface: The water was calm with very small waves ranging from 1 to 2 feet. (Not very great for surfing) 

Swell: Minimal, 1-3 feet 

Tide: high 

         low

Interaction: More people are starting to come out to the beach, many were out walking or running trying to get in shape for the summer ahead. I can just feel summer getting closer! 

February 22nd, 2012

February 22nd, 2012

4:45 p.m.

Air Temp: 74 degrees

Water Temp: 50

Atmospheric conditions: Warm with very few clouds, the clouds barely float over the horizon until the marine layer came in 

Ocean Surface: The water was calm and glassy 

Swell: barely any at all 

Tide: Extremely low

Interaction: More people are starting to come out to the beach, many were out walking or running trying to get in shape for the summer ahead. The day was a glimpse at summer, how refreshing. :)

January

January 30th, 2012

5:oo p.m.

Air/Water Temperature: The Air temp was around 60 degrees when I was down there and was quickly lowering.

Atmospheric Conditions:The sky was dappled with clouds and relatively windy. The clouds were moving in with the marine layer and there was no trace of the sunny and warm sky of this past weekend.

Ocean Conditions:The water was rippled and looked a little choppy farther out.

Tide:High tide hit around 1:25a.m. at 4.1 feet and at 2:22 pm at around 2.4 feet. The lows hit at around 8:51 am at around 1.7 and 7:01 pm at around 2.4 feet. The surf wasn't to big when I was down taking pictures but, the sunset looked like a postcard :)

Animal Interaction: There were plenty of birds and the sky, and as for people there were many walking and exercising on the beach and just a handful of them in the water. Those in the water were wearing thick wet suits.

I Wish I could upload all the pictures I took but, there's too many. The sunset was breath taking. I feel like the pix I took don't even look real. Gotta love that California sunset.

Trip to the Aquarium

November 2011- 4:00pm

Today at Strands beach at around 4 o'clock the water looked pretty mellow but the wind was kicking up. It was a nice walk down the stairs where I passed several surfers in wetsuits on their way up. As I got closer to the water I saw several of dolphins swimming not to far from the surfers in the water.

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November 30th, 2011 at around 4 o'clock

The average water temp. for strands today was about 60 degrees

The air temperature was about 65 degrees

The sky was full of clouds and it looked like rain was coming.

The waves were very small and the water looked choppy and got choppier as the wind picked up.

The beach was pretty uninhabited except for some dedicated surfers and people walking and running on the beach.

It was very beautiful and quite at the beach it seemed very full of animal life with the dolphins, many gulls and a few pelicans flying over head.