Santa Barbara Area Surf Report

June Overview | 1997 Overview


Date/Time: Friday, June 20th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am
Location: Rincon Point
Weather: Continued gloom with mist/drizzle. Light onshore air.
Conditions: Glassy and perfect, weird shape from multiple swells.
Swell: Fading WNW groundswell, 6 ft. 12 s, and building SSW groundswell.
Surf: Fun waist to chest high surf with shoulder to head high sets.
Comments: More atypical summer surf than the day before with the south showing a strong enough influence to throw some fun, bowly lefts at Backsides as well as in the rivermouth. Peaky drops followed by strong walls that eventually declined in quality as the morning wore on.

A pod of dolphins cruised the lineup mid-session, surfing the shoulders of a set of waves and jumping within scant feet of a few surfers trying to scramble for cover. Close enough to see the fine details of their coloration (more marbled than they appear from a distance) and hear their breathing.

Looking back at this month so far, I've surfed Rincon more than everywhere else combined. How bizarre for June!


Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 6/19/97.