Santa Barbara Area Surf Report

January Overview | 1996 Overview


Date/Time:
Friday, Jan. 12th, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location:
Santa Barbara County, CA
Weather:
Bright sun, not a speck of wind, occasional high feathery clouds.
Conditions:
Totally pristine glass.
Swell:
Small WNW swell, W Channel Buoy 5 ft. 13 s. Waist to shoulder high.
Comments:
Sooo nice. Paddled out with a dry head, water droplets dancing on the nose of my board, sparkling in the afternoon sun like glass beads. Sunscreen practically melting off of my face. 3 of us out and the only hassles were from the kelp sucking greedily at fins.

Waves had great shape on both the rights and the lefts which made up for the small size. Rippable and fun. Even got a bit of a tail slide on a backhand wave by accident by weighting too much on the forward foot while coming off the top. Felt weird but nice.


Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 8/6/96.