I curse the day that I told my co-workers I surf. A guy can't even get sick and miss work without 1/2 the office making offhand remarks the next day about the weather and that "the surf must have been good, dude," all the while giving me this knowing wink, as if they are in on my scam. I had explosive diarrhea and and was puking my guts out all day for the love of god!
No one in my office has a clue. They think good weather = good surf. This is the PacNW, so by their measure the surf is good about 8 days a year.