Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The swell that came in on Sunday the 24th had the rare honor of being more powerful than most expected. Although surf reports were tracking the relatively closely generated swell with plenty of West in it, it certainly came in stronger and faster than expected. Just as quickly as this swell arrived it was gone. Although Monday was still holding in the overhead ranges at most spots, the Tuesday dawn patrols were disappointing by comparison.
Feel free to send any photos, videos, or stories (or links to them) about this swell.
Update Mar 6:
Even the local Realtors are getting into the action, William Etling has a listing for these Gaviota Coast photos from the last big swell.
Also Callie Bowdish has a lot of nice photos up from Campus on Feb 25.
Update Mar 5:
Tom's wife took a few photos while he was out at Campus Point on Sunday afternoon. The photos are on his picasa page here.
Tom Poss also took some photos on Monday at Campus point which are at the bottom of his surf photos page (here and here are some examples.)
Update Feb 27:
Tom at Goleta Surfing once again is on top of the surf in Goleta on this day, which he called "Hairy Sunday."
A different Tom has some photos of Stearns Wharf and Campus Point on his site. You've got to go down the Surf Page until you see the photo titled: "Surfers at El Ca...." to get to the start of the photos for this swell. Some of the highlights, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Original posts Feb 26:
Ethan Stewart over at the Independent does a nice job of summarizing the swell's effect on the local beaches. You read all about the closure at Stearn's Wharf, the rogue wave at the Harbor, and the rescues that kept Harbor Patrol busy.
Jon Shafer has a great synopsis of the swell from his 
vantage at Rincon, including some great photos of how large it was there. (Photo: Jon Shafer)
Several contributors at Edhat have captured the some of the swell in photos and words. Betsy R. Cramer, David Powdrell, and William Etling were among the contributors.
Somehow Adam Gray's Goleta Surf escaped our notice, but he has some content up about Sunday in Goleta and this will be a good site to keep in the quiver. Word is Tom over at Goleta Surfing is working on getting something up on his site also.
link to this
Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
vantage at Rincon, including some great photos of how large it was there. (Photo: Jon Shafer)