Santa Barbara Area Surf Report

October Overview 1997 Overview

Date/Time: Monday, October 6th, 1:30 pm
Location: Devereux
Weather: Sunny and warm with strong westerly winds.
Conditions: Windblown and choppy.
Swell: WNW wind/ground swell, about 11 ft at 11 s.
Surf: Looks about waist to shoulder high.
Comments: Not bad for the first opening swells of the season; we've had rideable surf since Thursday... five days in a row. This is the earliest our winter season has opened -- overhead sets -- since I've started the archive. 1995 opened in mid-November and 1996 opened on the 14th of October. Neither of those swells were as good as this one (which is still going)!

Checked it this morning and saw very few people out; there's three guys out right now dealing with the windblown peaks, all longboarders. The windswell is keeping the waves alive and is really starting to dominate the fading groundswell from Ginger.


Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 10/6/97.