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”
Tag Archives: Kauai
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 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”
July 5-July 11, 2020
July 7, 2020 The low tide is negative this morning, again. Yesterday at low tide, Erin and I walked Pilaʻa and saw turtle tracks in the sand. Today, the girls are sleeping over at their friendsʻ house in Kalāheo tonight, so we all headed down to Waiohai before sending them off. I decided to tryContinue reading “July 5-July 11, 2020”
June 28-July 4, 2020
June 28, 2020 The moon is half full today and I am surprised at how quickly that happened. The high tide was at 11:30ish, topping out over 1 foot, but the south swell was predicted to be filling in. I met M– back at Mahaʻulepu, both of us hoping to pick up some of theContinue reading “June 28-July 4, 2020”
June 21-June 27, 2020
June 21, 2020 Father’s Day. Today was wonderful. Slow. Quiet, mostly. We got up, had coffee, eggs, and cinnamon rolls, courtesy of Erin. The girls gave me cards and presents, poems, surf shorts, an enameled dutch oven in the shape of a loaf of bread, and sunglasses. We left for Hanalei Bay around 8:30, ErinContinue reading “June 21-June 27, 2020”
June 14-June 20, 2020
June 15, 2020 I spent my morning split between teaching the online literacy class and working on the chambered wooden surfboard I started a while ago. I am getting used to how learning might best happen in a virtual setting, figuring out what works, trying out some new ideas, seeing how I can achieve myContinue reading “June 14-June 20, 2020”
June 7-June 13, 2020
June 7, 2020 Yesterday, the moon was Kulua, or Kulu, to drop or pass, as time does. Today the moon is one day closer to new and the tides are still swinging from below zero in the morning to almost 2.5 feet in the afternoon. I met M– on the road in front of AcidsContinue reading “June 7-June 13, 2020”
Jonathon Medeiros, Writer Teacher Learner 