| December Overview | 1997 Overview |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, December 4th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
| Location: | Goleta / Gaviota Coast |
| Weather: | Mild with howling southeasterly frontal winds. |
| Conditions: | Victory-at-sea everywhere. SE wind bump dominating everything. |
| Swell: | Around 6 ft at 12 s on the outer buoys. Not much to speak of. |
| Surf: | Around waist high, maybe bigger, unsurfable. |
| Comments: |
Prowled around looking for a spot with some shelter from
these winds or perhaps some kelp and didn't find a thing.
Conditions are likely to get worse as this cutoff low
rolls right over us.
Friday update: Rain! It's gotten worse, with sideways rain rolling through early this AM and the SE winds holding. Winds at the coast are reading offshore this afternoon (2pm) down along the west-facing beaches of Ventura, but I'm not going down there to take a look. On the plus side, our low has fetched up a 9ft 17s west swell that we're not likely to see underneath all this wind unless a miracle happens for the weekend. Keep your powder dry and stay away from flowing storm drains and creek mouths. Saturday update: Rain finally giving way to sunny skies and continued southeasterlies. There's a sizable WSW in the water off this storm, but totally unsurfable everywhere from Refugio to Mesa... spent about two hours looking at every spot I could think of. |