There has been a steady stream of waves over the last few weeks, but finding them wasn't always easy. The buoys were lighting up, the CDIP swell model was showing energy, and if you went down to your usual beach, it could be only waist high. Meanwhile, surfers at other beaches were scoring great waves just a short distance away. Seems Goleta and Santa Barbara were shafted a lot while Rincon and south was going off. We had many a disapointing session in terms of expecting great waves, but it was surfable. Jon Shafer reports of great sessions at the 'Con towards the end of last week.
We've neglected to mention the 27 barrel oil spill from Platform A that happened a few days ago. This is of course the platform of infamy from 1969. The slick had grown 1.5 miles long and 200 feet wide but most of it has been skimmed up by now and none has reported to have made landfall and no wildlife has shown up affected yet. Sounds like a session at Sands.
In other big news is the security force out at Naples recently. Naples has been taking a hammering lately first with the vote to build on a portion of it and now the security force. Ethan Stewart has the lowdown in the Independent. Tom Modugno has details on The Clamp Down, and a Youtube remembrance here.
Jamie Budge dusted off one if his old surf movies and Scott Star helped convert it to DVD. The 1965 surf movie entitled "The Living Curl" is now available for purchase online, and a trailer on Youtube is below, or click through for a high quality version. It has some local footage including the long defunct Stanleys, and Miki Dora makes the cut too.
