Santa Barbara Area Surf Report

April Overview 1998 Overview

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 14th, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: C Street
Weather: Sunny skies, warm air, ice-cold freshly upwelled water, right on the hand-pain-while paddling index of the cold scale.
Conditions: Clean and glassy, blowing out by noon.
Swell: NW windswell from 305+ degrees, 8-10 ft at 11 s on outer buoys.
Surf: Knee to waist high and peaky with poor crumbly shape.
Comments: Longboarded it; overall weak surf but it felt good to get into some salt water again after a two week hiatus. Had a little trouble at the onset getting my sea legs back, but soon started getting some fun sets, trims across the peaks and cutbacks through the flat spots.

Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 4/14/98.