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Wind Destroys Swell, Creates Swell

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The size of the waves on Tuesday, December 26th took many people by surprise as many were expecting Wednesday the 27th to be the monster day. We were Ventura based and observed just a couple souls attempting to surf C-Street (which sadly took the life of one good Venturan) and waves breaking beyond the pier before attempting our own session in the most sheltered spot we could find nearby. On Wednesday, wind created Havoc for surf sessions and utilities alike but created it's own localized windswell that lit up the Harvest Buoy with 26ft wave heights in a matter of hours on Wednesday afternoon. It's rare to see the SoCal Swell Model use the 4 foot increment on it's scale. Not sure what this means to actual surf conditions on Thursday.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.