August 29 stable

The weather ,it hasn’t changed . It’s why everyone flocks here . Still hasn’t rained during the day since we got here on April 15 , only drizzled twice at night . Every day has been over 20 degrees . A heatwave has most of LA pushing 40 but here on the Southbay we are protected by the breeze that wafts off the Pacific . It will push into the 30s on occasion here in Hermosa Beach but usually the ocean breeze builds from a small on shore zephyr around 10sh . By 3 in the arvo it will bring temperatures down by 10 degrees , thus it doesn’t get too hot . It hasn’t been windy , rarely does it get beyond 10 to 15 knots and it is always coming off the ocean . The mighty Pacific controls most of our weather . An expanse of ocean so massive is surprising in its capacity to keep the weather so stable. Weather systems move slowly unlike the the fronts that sweep across the great Australian bite and constantly change up the days . The ocean has become dormant and the surf has exited the region for the last 8 weeks , bar the occasional pop up day.I thought I knew better when the locals warned me that the swell would drain from the region ,as of early July I’d surfed most days . Then the gaps in swell started until the surf has totally disappeared for the last 4 weeks , a series of ear infections would of stopped me anyway. It’s surprising that an expanse of ocean that spreads all the way to Hawaii has very little storms or wind that would push swell into LA. There are cyclones that hover off lower Mexico and push up southern swell , but most of this is blocked by Catalina Island and only angles up past Santa Monica . Ground swell doesn’t go that well here anyway as they tend to close out no matter the size. Weather tended to roll down from Canada and Alaska and pushed out into the Pacific , forcing swell into the region .That pattern has stopped and apparently reignites in October..Tex actually complained that he doesn’t get to wear his cool fashion accessories as he’s always in shorts and a shirt.No problem for Leroy  , he’s no fashionista and it’s just sporting attire for him . Yep we are spoilt for weather but even that can get boring .