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Date/Time: Saturday, January 23rd, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Rincon
Weather: Overcast with sudden onset of westerly winds.
Conditions: Excellent going to abysmal in about 5 minutes.
Swell: Small NW groundswell, 8 ft at 17 s.
Surf: Knee to waist high.
Comments: Pathetic, gutless waves. Drove by it once at about 10am and hoped to find better in Ventura, but it was blown. By the time I got back and in the water it blew out here as well. Had hoped to get one of those "at least I got wet" sessions, but there was little joy in it. Suppose if I was really jonesing to surf I'd have hit it earlier and elsewhere.

Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated 1/24/1999.