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  • surferseyes's blog Chasing Summer, or Swells?

    Chasing Summer, or Swells?

    I’ve come to realize that Japan’s seasons are difficult to adjust to. The hottest and longest Japanese summer to date was recorded this year and even the east coast with her usually friendly sea breezes was no escape from the heat. And then it was all over in a day. Sometime in early October, the summer switch was set to off, autumn on. I experienced this first hand, surfing quite comfortably in bikinis on a stinking hot morning only to be rugged up in a thick jacket and putting a beanie on my kid the next.

    Japan’s weather is weird like that.

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  • mrjomac's blog Winter has come

    First winter swell hits the South coast of Spain.

    2-4 m waves - no wind

    Tarifa - where the Mediterranean (left) meets the Atlantic (right)
    The beach
    First winter swell
    Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd it's surf time.........................
    Take-off
    ..........freight train