Tuesday, December 09, 2003
The most hyped swell of the winter thus far came and went over the weekend. A jog around a flat Coil Oil Point on Friday showed the swell hadn't came yet but surfers were doing spot checks at the rate of one every few minutes. The swell didn't really start to come around Point Conception until 1:00 or so in the morning on Saturday, and held on the Harvest buoy around 10-11 feet for 24 hours before degrading. This meant that with crazy 6.0 high tides in the am, minus tides in the pm, and a 5:00 sunset, SB had a very small window to grab the peak of the swell on Saturday. Pope went out along the PCH on Saturday. Sunday the swell had dropped quite a bit, and by Monday the swell was probably gone but their was something in the water still.
This Sunday evening at 5:30 is Santa Barabara's "Parade of Lights" down at the Harbor. Don't forget you can also book the "Trolley of Lights" running every evening at 6:30 on tours of Lit up Homes by calling 965-0353 for $15 per adult.
Wetsand Magazine is under new ownership and with a new name, now called "Blue Edge", it's newest issue is now out for free at surf shops and the like. The December issue of Outside Magazine has a story about Keith and Dan Malloy along with Brenden Aroyan crusing the coastline above Gaviota on Hybrids (Update, Surfer Magazine has a better article on the adventure). Also, Wetsand.com has a 4Mb Quicktime video of a local spot on a good day.
In other news Wetsand.com owner Henry Schulte is trying to work out a deal to build some houses on Rancho Dos Pueblos land to pay off the inheirentence taxes he will soon be forced to pay.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
