| Santa Barbara Area Surf Report | |||
| December Overview | 1999 Overview | ||
| Date/Time: | Sunday, December 26th, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Location: | Rincon |
| Weather: | Sunny and warm, no wind. |
| Conditions: | Perfectly glassy. |
| Swell: | Small combination of W (6 ft at 14 s from 270) and SW (2 ft at 17 s from 200) swells. |
| Surf: | Waist high with very sporadic sets to shoulder high. |
| Comments: |
Headed for Ventura, was lured out here by a perfect set of
three head high waves reeling through the cove right as I
drove by. If I'd stopped to check it like I usually do, or
if I'd been a few minutes earlier or later, I probably
wouldn't have seen the set and would have kept on going.
But I saw it, so I did the U-turn halfway to La Conchita and got into the water as fast as I could. Not a lot of people out, but not a lot of surf. That set was the set of the day, and nothing came through the Indicator that was even close to that good while I was out. Instead, waist high waves with excellent low tide shape were what I found. The few shoulder high sets that came in were thick with 6 or more people on each wave, so I kept after the smaller ones and occasionally got lucky with a section or a little wave that built up into a decent one in the rivermouth. One or two of those at the most by the time it got dark. Tomorrow I won't look out the window when I pass the point. Ah... who am I kidding? I have to look! |