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Thursday, October 31, 2002

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The Monster swell that Wetsand was calling for was fun but by no means monster. Surfed in overhead waves down south at Lil' Rincon last night, but that was after discovering that the swell just wasn't connecting with us up here in the north. It woulda been easy for me to have missed somewhere epic but i checked from the Gaviota Coast to Goleta to Montecito to Rincon and it only seemed big Rincon and south. Even Rincon didn't seem that as big as further south, but I didn't go out there so it could been bigger for all I know. Shape has been good and the morning session had slight offshores. There are a lot of folks in the water and the lulls were really long so it allowed a big buildup of people. Clean-up sets were coming thru and catching some off-guard but they weren't frequent enough to form a wave conveyor belt for the masses. I'd say yesterday afternoon around 4:00 was the biggest I saw it, and it was well overhead. I took some 35mm photos which i'll try to post on monday when i get the photoCD back. This foto i "took" with the C-street cam at 10:55a.m. on Wed.

Water quality is good, only warnings at Hammonds and East Beach.
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