“And after all the warmth of the summer and the fall…,” November brings a chill to us even here on Kauaʻi. November was the ninth month when the winter still went unnamed. Before that, it was blood month, when people in England butchered their animals and prepared for a lean and nameless winter. Now itContinue reading “November 1-November 7, 2020”
Author Archives: Jonathon Medeiros
October 26-October 31, 2020
October 26, 2020 I took the girls to school today and checked Unreals, down in Anahola, planning to be late to work. The wind was still light, the tide lower this morning than yesterday or the day before, the moon larger. I had a hope to find the large NW swell sneaking in here, butContinue reading “October 26-October 31, 2020”
October 19-October 25, 2020
October 23, 2020 The moon is half full, just a quarter of its monthly journey as seen from earth. The tide was rising all morning, topping out at 1.9 feet around 10:30. The winds were still light and the east side was super glassy but generally devoid of swell. The next NW swell isnʻt arrivingContinue reading “October 19-October 25, 2020”
October 12-October 18, 2020
October 15, 2020 Today is Erinʻs birthday. We are staying in Hanalei, trying to celebrate and enjoy this island and our lives and each other before the visitors come storming back. The moon is new late tonight, early tomorrow morning. We went out for a walk on the bay around 8:00 a.m. The plan wasContinue reading “October 12-October 18, 2020”
October 5-October 11, 2020
October 9, 2020 The northwest swell has faded, but the buoys are still showing some decent south and east swell with light winds. The only problem today was that the tide was wrong; well not wrong. How can tide be wrong? My selfish timeline wanted low tide to match my schedule, not the moon’s schedule.Continue reading “October 5-October 11, 2020”
September 28-October 4, 2020
September 30, 2020 The day before the full moon. The winds are still super light, the skies are bright and blue all day. Makaʻiwa and Anchors were amazing the past few days and I finally had time to paddle out after work today, getting out to the break around 2:30. The swell was down aContinue reading “September 28-October 4, 2020”
September 21-September 27, 2020
September 27, 2020 The moon is almost full, rising in late afternoon, around 4:30. M– and I checked all the south shore spots, looking for that overhead swell that was on the forecast, but found nothing. We ended up at Mahaʻulepu by 6:30 this morning, and there are certainly worse places to end up. M–Continue reading “September 21-September 27, 2020”
September 14-September 20, 2020
September 14, 2020 The girls came to school with me today. We planned to leave at lunch time so we could have a beach day down at Waiohai, but meetings popped up and Evora decided she couldn’t skip her hula class. So, we left at 1:20 instead of 12:00, but no problem. We got outContinue reading “September 14-September 20, 2020”
September 7-September 13, 2020
September 9, 2020 I decided to leave work early today so I could paddle around. There is only one low tide today, around 1:30 this afternoon, bottoming out close to .3 feet. The moon is halfway to new and I wonder if the long flat tides, showing up as only one low and one high,Continue reading “September 7-September 13, 2020”
August 31-September 6, 2020
The seventh month is number nine right now, called hærfestmonað or haligmonað in Old English, the “harvest month” or the “holy month.” Hawaiians counted time by nights, not days or months, by the moons, each with its own name, to know when to plant or fish or rest. And what else about September…? The fuckingContinue reading “August 31-September 6, 2020”
Jonathon Medeiros, Writer Teacher Learner 