Tuesday, October 29, 2002
The Combined Current Bouy Wave Heights Summary has been a good tool to watch this swell fill in. The SE Papa Bouy saw a burst of energy around 8pm last night, and now just a few hours ago the California Bouy doubled in size. I don't believe any of this 17s swell has hit the California coast yet though, but it's already been hiped up enough so we'll just wait and surf.
It seems rare that the tide cooperates with a swell as much as now, but seeing how we are in the neap tides most any hour of the day should be a good time to surf. This hopefully will keep breaks less crowded since they will be more surfable all day.
After beta testing it 5 times, I bought a used 7'2" Dave Johnson Progressive Tri-Fin officially off of a friend yesterday and can't wait to try it out in some size. I'll have to get a "quiver" section going soon much like Tim once had (for my 2 board quiver). In order to buy the Progressive I sadly sold my 1979 Haut 6'6" Single Fin Pintail that i bought off a neighbor for $5 when i was 16. The 14X profit was the best investment I've made yet.
Sadly it looks like Blue Pacific is no longer in business, making Surf Country the only surf shop left in Goleta.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
