{"id":3700,"date":"2014-04-09T06:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2014-04-17T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T19:36:59","slug":"clear-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2014\/04\/clear-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3701\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2014\/04\/clear-water\/2014-schk-04-09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?fit=2176%2C2176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2176,2176\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397025959&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2014-SCHK-04-09\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"2014-SCHK-04-09\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?w=2176&amp;ssl=1 2176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-SCHK-04-09.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Surf: 5.9 ft at 13.8 s from the WNW at 297\u00c2\u00b0. High tide. No wind.<\/p>\n<p>Headed south for a pre-client meeting surf. <\/p>\n<p>Wow. The water was SO clear and dark. I saw lots of little fish. There were crabs, sea anemones, kelp, all kinds of things to look at. <\/p>\n<p>Up at the surface, the grey skies and grey water were about as smooth as can be which made wave hunting a little exciting. (I think that&#8217;s a wave? Oh yep, it&#8217;s a wave.)<\/p>\n<p>The spot I picked was perfect for grabbing scrappy little waves no one else wanted. I worked on some swishing, a little stepping, but mostly tried to squeeze every little bit out of these small waves. Got into a pretty good loggy groove.<\/p>\n<p>Had a leisurely morning with breakfast, a cafe stop, and ice cream. <\/p>\n<p>Sketch a Day 99, Clear Water:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2014\/04\/clear-water\/screen-shot-2014-04-17-at-12-36-02-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?fit=1228%2C1226&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1228,1226\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-17 at 12.36.02 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?fit=525%2C524&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?resize=525%2C524\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-17 at 12.36.02 PM\" width=\"525\" height=\"524\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?w=1228&amp;ssl=1 1228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-17-at-12.36.02-PM.png?resize=1024%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf: 5.9 ft at 13.8 s from the WNW at 297\u00c2\u00b0. High tide. No wind. Headed south for a pre-client meeting surf. Wow. The water was SO clear and dark. I saw lots of little fish. There were crabs, sea anemones, kelp, all kinds of things to look at. Up at the surface, the grey &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2014\/04\/clear-water\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Clear Water&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,36,24,44],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YKrJ-XG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3717,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700\/revisions\/3717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}