Santa Barbara Area Surf Report

August Overview | 1996 Overview


Date/Time:
Wednesday, August 7th, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location:
Sequit / Secos / Leo Carrillo
Weather:
Hazy arvo sunshine and howling west winds, 15 kt.+
Conditions:
Bordering on victory-at-sea. Windsurfers abound.
Swell:
Spotty out of the SW, knee high with sets up to head high.
Comments:
The wind was already on it by the time I got there, but I had to paddle out. Superhigh tide was only 2-3 feet short of burying the smaller peak on the lineup rock and it was possible to paddle between the two portions if timed correctly.

Lots of longboarders out on the mushy walls which weren't doing too well on the high tide. Sat around a lot and began to move inside when -- eh? A head high set wave rolls through. Moved back outside and began to wait patiently for another one, sit-paddling constantly to counter the wind push, and passing the time chatting w/ a guy on an old beat-up singlefin from Colorado. He grew up in the area and comes back to surf once every 2-3 years.

Got one of every set, which totalled to about five or six while I was out there. Lots of scratching hard back into the wave as it peaked after nearly missing it then jumping quick and driving around the looming section followed by a fast cutback as it mushed. Every wave nearly the same, with the best and largest going all the way to the windsurfer lineup by the stairs.


Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 8/10/96.