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Rescued surfer update

Posted in camel rock, coast guard on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The “30-year-old” surfer rescued from Camel Rock yesterday is actually 34-year-old Andy O’Brien, member of Likwefi, proprietor of Botaniwipe, brother of Surfrider Humboldt logo designer Matt O’Brien, family man and general all around great guy.

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Buoys adrift

Posted in buoy, tagged , , on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Station 46022, 17 NM west-southwest of Eureka, went adrift on 03/28/2009 and the last report from its moored position was at 0200Z.  It is still transmitting valid observaion data, which continue to be reported here, but not from the location above.  Click here to see the latest positions.
Further: Station 46005, 315 NM west of Aberdeen, Wash., [...]

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Surfer rescued from Camel Rock

Posted in camel rock, coast guard on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – A crew from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay assisted CALFIRE in the medical evacuation of a 30-year-old man who was injured while surfing near McKinleyville,Calif., today. At 10:57 a.m., the Coast Guard received the initial report of the injured surfer from a CALFIRE team that had arrived on scene and [...]

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Dead whale at Houda Point

Posted in camel rock, whale, tagged , , on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Witnesses report a dead, juvenile gray whale washed up on the north side of Houda Point, next to the “cave rock.” Could’ve contributed to last night’s shark encounter at Camel.

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White shark sighted at Camel

Posted in camel rock, shark on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the Camel Cam webpage via Bill Lydgate:
“Several people witnessed a 10-12 foot White shark swimming casually just south of the line up at Camel Rock at around 6 p.m. on Monday the 23rd. It was only seen once and while most of the 15-20 surfers [...]

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Surf movie night, April 16: BlueGreen Connection

Posted in benefit, movie, tagged , , on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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Surf movie night, April 1: The Present

Posted in benefit, greenhouse, movie, music on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Californian artist/photographer/filmmaker Thomas Campbell wants to help preserve one of surfing’s longest running social happenings off the beach: surf movie tours. Campbell’s new Super 16mm film, The Present, a colorful and artistic exploration of the beautiful environment surfers play in everyday, is set to do just that by hitting U.S. coastal [...]

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Posted in military testing, ocean wildlife, tagged , , on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the Ukiah Daily Journal:
The public comment period for a U.S. Navy testing program in the Pacific Ocean has been extended to April 13 to allow for additional input. Because of the continued public interest, the Navy extended the period for comments on the Northwest Training Complex Draft Environmental Impact Statement one month beyond March [...]

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Trinidad Trash Stomp: Saturday, March 28

Posted in Patricks Point, Trinidad, highway clean-up, litter, tagged , on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Join the Humboldt Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation for The Trinidad Trash Stomp on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Did you know 80 percent of the garbage found in the ocean is from a land based source? Let’s prevent the trash along Surfrider Humboldt’s Adopt-A-Highway section from adding to the statistic! We [...]

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Massive Expansion of Naval Training Complex

Posted in military testing, navy on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the Humboldt County Green Party:
March 16, 2009
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The Humboldt County Green Party is urging residents of the western coast of the United States to oppose the expansion of a massive Naval training complex to cover more than 126,000 square nautical miles along the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. The complex will be used to [...]

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