Tides LOW TIDE
THU, DEC 15 3:09 FRI, DEC 16 3:59 SAT, DEC 17 4:54 SUN, DEC 18 5:58
AM HT. PM HT. 1.6’ 1.9’ 2.1’ 2.4’
4:26 5:14 6:03 6:55
-1.5’ -1.1’ -0.6’ -0.1’
HIGH TIDE
AM HT. PM HT. 9:21
7.2’
10:07 6.8’ 10:56 6.1’ 12:48 4.4’
10:56 4.6’ 11:50 4.5’
11:349 5.3’
Height 1’-2’ 4’-6’ 3’-5’ 2’-3’
Direction W W W W
Interval
8 seconds 10 seconds 9 seconds 7 seconds
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SDReader.com/waterfront EVENTS
Bottom Bunch Dive Meetup The group promotes fun and safe diving at local beaches, kelp forests, and wrecks. Bring your certification card with you. Join and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/2gVpjEb. Park in the main lot by the main lifeguard tower. Group is usu- ally in the second row to gear up. Saturdays, 7:30am; through Saturday, March 25, free. La Jolla Shores, 8200 Camino del Oro. (LA JOLLA)
Coronado Beach Bonfire and Music Meetup Bonfire and jammin’ on the beach in Coronado. Sing or play an instrument? Take it along. If you don’t play an instru- ment or sing you can always bring firewood, drinks, or snacks. Join group and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/2g7rXlX. Saturday, December 17, 7pm; free. Coronado City Beach, Ocean Boulevard and Marina Avenue. (CORONADO)
Deck’em Out 4 the Holidays Program collects new surf attire outfits that are pro- vided to foster youth in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico. The US4K gift wrap- ping party is held annually at the Wave House in San Diego. Companies that have supported event include Quicksilver, Reef, O Neil, Rain- bow Sandals, Distinct Junction, Sector 9, Free Gun, Wild Rides, and Eight Eighty. Saturday, December 17, 1pm; free. Wave House, 3125 Ocean Front Walk. (MISSION BEACH)
Kapolioka’ehukai Outrigger Canoe Meetup Have you ever wanted to try pad- dling outrigger canoe? Have you paddled before and want to start up again? Paddle with Kapolioka’ehukai Outrigger Canoe Club and meet new folks, get a workout, and con- nect with the water and Hawaiian culture. Hosts supply paddles. Don’t forget to wear water friendly clothing and sunscreen. We go barefoot in the canoes or you can wear water shoes. Join group and RSVP at: http://bit. ly/2gxjZ6B. Sundays, 8am; through Sunday, December 18, free. BSA Youth Aquatic Cen- ter, 1750 Fiesta Island Road. (PACIFIC BEACH)
Lower Otay Lake Paddle Meetup Rent a kayak or row boat for $6. If you have your own equipment, you will only need a city use permit. This is a paddling meetup, not a pro- fessionally guided tour. Join Meetup group and RSVP:
http://bit.ly/2g26Gyt. Wednesday, December 21, 8:30am; $2-$8. Lower Otay Reservoir, Wueste Road. (OTAY MESA)
Moonlight State Beach Meetup Cleanup Meet up and help keep the beach litter free. This group concentrates on the smaller bits of trash and cigarette butts
that animals and fish ingest. Please bring bucket or reusable bag (no plastic grocery bags) and gloves. Must join and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/2g56I4j. Saturday, December 17, 9am; free. Moonlight Beach, 200 B Street. (ENCINITAS)
National Scholastic Surfing Associa- tion Competition The National Scholastic Surfing Association promotes the qualities of discipline and competitive excellence while supporting the merits of academic achieve- ment to young surfers and is one of the few national youth sports organizations that require its participants to maintain academic standards in order to compete. Saturday, December 17, 7am; Sunday, December 18, 7am; free. Cardiff by the Sea, Seaside Reef
San Diego Bay Parade of Lights Par- ticipants in the 45th annual event will adorn their boats to fit this year’s theme, “It Began with a Roar — San Diego Zoo Celebrates 100 Years.” The parade begins at Shelter Island and passes Harbor Island at 6pm, the Embarcadero at 6:30pm, Seaport Vil- lage at 7pm, and this year for the first time proceeds to the pier at Cesar Chavez Park before making the turn to Coronado. The parade takes about an hour to pass any point. Sunday, December 18, 5pm; free. Along the San Diego Bay
Scholastic Surf Series: San Diego High School Divisions 1 & 2 The Scholastic Surf Series is a competition series for middle and high school surf teams. The Western Surfing Association provides professional judging and a family-oriented program. At Church surf break. Sunday, December 18, 8am; free. San Onofre Surf Beach, Basilone Road. (SAN ONOFRE)
Stand-Up Paddle Meetup Paddle training group in Carlsbad. Trainings take place at the Carlsbad Lagoon on Tuesday evenings from 4-5pm. Paddlers need to be on the beach with equipment at 4pm. This will be water-based workouts, sprints, buoy turns, and etc. All participants must bring their own race board — SUP, Prone, OC-1. Must have paddle race experience. Join group and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/2fFJd51. Tuesdays, 4pm; through Tuesday, December 27, free. Carlsbad Lagoon, 4700 Bayshore Dr., Carlsbad
Wednesday Morning Workout Paddle A weekly workout paddle at Aqua Adven- tures in Mission Bay. Wednesdays, 7am; through Wednesday, December 28, free.
Aqua Adventures, 1548 Quivira Way. (MISSION BEACH)
Waves
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Baleen — whale jawbone once used for ladies’ corsets and umbrella ribs The grays return
Early whale hunters saw spouts over the dunes before they found the bay entrance, but in early winter of 1857, Charles Melville Scammons led the first two whaling ships into Laguna Ojo de Liebre on Baja’s Pacific coast. There, the two ships killed some 20 gray whale cows for oil and baleen, the comb-like upper jaw they use to filter out small creatures they eat. Baleen, processed, was called whalebone and used to make ladies’ corsets and umbrella ribs. Whalers hunted the lagoon the following winter with a larger fleet and harvested nearly 200 cows — 7000 barrels of oil. Each year, whalers came and found fewer whales calving until, within a decade and a half of the first gray whale killed in Laguna Ojo de Liebre, it was fished out. Whalers did not return. Almost 160 years since that first harpoon struck whale flesh in the lagoon, they are hunted by tourists. Ojo de Liebre (Scammon’s) Lagoon is now a destina- tion for whale-watchers. Court battles against industrial
waste and too much tourism worked: the gray whale was taken off the endangered-species list in 1994. The lagoon is regulated during calving season. The operators position the boats and sit to allow whales to approach. Some whales push their calves close to the skiffs and allow petting by whale watchers. The gray whales’ migration takes them from Alaska and the Bering Sea to Baja Sur, a round-trip of up to 13,000 miles. As they feed mostly by disrupting the bottom with their snouts and filtering out small creatures with their baleen, gray whales tend to stay in coastal waters and can be spotted from shore. The local gray whale watching season starts mid-December and runs through mid-April. Later, in the summer, the big blue whales come through, but for San Diego’s whale-
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BEST OF LIFEGUARD/HARBOR POLICE REPORTS 2016 From San Diego city lifeguards
3/9 - Female climbed up the side of the cliff at La Jolla Cove stairs because she was scared of the seals. While Lifeguards are responding citizens scare off seals with trash can lids and the female climbs down safely with no injuries.
3/8 - Lifeguard on watch reports significant coastal flooding due to high tide and large surf. Homes at North end of boardwalk (new house) have waves going over the seawall and flooding yards and homes. SDPD requested for crowd control and safety. Situation resolves only after
tidal decrease.
3/7 - SDFD reports 3 transients possibly trapped in SD River at Camino Del Rio. 3 River Rescue units respond to find 3 people bathing in river. - 911 call vehicle stuck in water at 7064 Levant St. Persons inside don’t want to get their feet wet. 2 River Rescue Units and Emergency unit respond, all people cleared from vehicle.
2/15 - SDPD relays a report of a female who states she saw a male with curly hair leave his pants on the sea wall, enter the water north of the OB Pier and has not returned. Several Lifeguard units, rescue boat, copter and SDPD respond. A search is conducted by land, sea and air w/nothing found.
2/13 - 3 Jet skis in the surf south of OB Pier.
2 operators ejected and rescued and brought to shore. 1 operator makes it to the outside. Private salvage operations will take place later for the 2 pwcs on the beach. All 3 operators cited by lifeguards. - Surfers lost boards off Froude St. 2 surfers lost their boards and are trying to come in when an RP called 911. Jet unit able to pick up and rescue both victims in question. Jet rescues a third surfer; all were deposited safely at No Surf Beach.
42 San Diego Reader December 15, 2016
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