| Santa Barbara Area Surf Report | |||
| January Overview | 1999 Overview | ||
| Date/Time: | Friday, January 22nd, 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
| Location: | Rincon |
| Weather: | Sunny and warm, no wind. |
| Conditions: | Excellent water surface. Waves a bit warbly and off. |
| Swell: | Inconsistent NW groundswell and windswell, 9-10 ft at 14 s on the outer buoys. |
| Surf: | Waist to chest high with shoulder high sets. |
| Comments: |
This swell seemed to come and go pretty rapidly, but by
the late afternoon things looked to be on the rise again.
A few good waves coming in with a lot of us pushing our
luck, gambling that we could actually see that one last
wave we got. Surfing until dark has a certain kind of
urgency that dawn patrols lack; while it is nice to be
out with a thinning crowd I'm not sure I like having to
desperately rush for my last wave.
Waves were strangely warbling down the line with a very flattened-out, weak shoulder and lots of sections. Couple that with me surfing like a tired old man and the performance level was pretty low. Made lots of long waves but didn't do much with them. But then, maybe nobody saw, in the dark. |