Perigee Moon Session

My kids were pretty excited to see the "supermoon" rising above the ridge behind our house the other night. The moon was closer to us then than it has been for about 19 years. I'm not surprised, I remember a similar feeling back in 1995. At least I think it was then. We have perigee moons every year, they just aren't as close as last week's was. So probably during the Dec 22, 1995 perigee moon I went out to surf Boilers with Christian, Jesse and a couple others (sorry others, I could guess that Jake was there, not sure if Iz was there or on BI). It was a gorgeous night. Not many clouds, just those floating along the horizon right where the moon was to come up. Christian had calculated the moon would rise soon after sunset, so we paddled out early to catch some waves at dusk. It was about shoulder high and pretty fun on longboards and once it was dark we tried to catch a few waves. It was doable but not very fun in the darkness. So we ended up sitting and talking in the pitch black for about 40 minutes until we began wondering where the waves went. Turns out we had drifted halfway out to Peanut Rock and had to paddle back to the peak. The moon finally came up and we had another hour or so of surf. I remember the reef being totally exposed when we came in. It was sticking up about 6 inches out of the water. It never does that. But I guess a close moon makes a shallower tide. Anyway, that's my memory.