Santa Barbara Area Surf Report

May Overview | 1996 Overview


Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 7th, 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm
Location:
Bates Beach
Weather:
Warm and sunny, nice! No wind... summer is coming...
Conditions:
Fair, lumpy and windswelly.
Swell:
W windswell from up channel. Waist high or so.
Comments:
The Goleta beachbreaks had too much wind on them, so headed southward hoping to get something a little cleaner. Light crowd scattered here and there along the break, most people not staying out long.

Outside sets were mushing in and then backing off before reforming in a shallow dump on the inside. Got one or two all the way in to the sand, lots of practice on reentrys after floating over sections. Didn't really land anything.


Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 6/17/96.