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Swell Week

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Summary of Last Weeks Surf
Santa Barbara has had head high and up surf for the last week straight, and here's the wrapup through one person's eyes. Monday morning started out with a dawn patrol at Campus Point in slightly overhead conditions. Tuesday's dawn patrol was near the harbor in waist high peeling pipes. Tuesday afternoon was a session along the Gaviota Coast that was about head high. Wednesday morning the Winter Solstice Swell came in, with the Harvest Buoy ringing in 17 feet at 17 seconds at 270 degrees. Everywhere was afire, and people flocked the points and sheltered coves. The Wednesday morning session is along the Montecito Coast in overhead yet not very clean conditions. Thursday the size dropped and the chop stayed, for another session along the Montecito Coast. Friday the size dropped even more and the chop grew worse for a 3rd Montecito Coast session. Saturday's Christmas Eve session was shoulder to head head high Rincon with conditions cleaning up. Sunday was Christmas Day, a new pulse came in to the coast but there is no report. Monday was the first day of Hanukkah and another session at Rincon in head high plus conditions.

Thanks for all of the submittals of photos and videos from the big swell. Here are the photos and videos that are hosted elsewhere, we're working on getting the emailed pics up here too. Dubock photo above and more here, here, here, here and on Dec 25. Some photos from the greater Santa Monica area. Noah Schultz has some local shots up on his website also. Here is a video of a break near the harbor. Here is a video from Orange County called Going Off Now.
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