| Santa Barbara Area Surf Report | |||
| March Overview | 1999 Overview | ||
| Date/Time: | Monday, March 1st, 6:30 am - 10:00 am |
| Location: | Rincon |
| Weather: | Faint high clouds, otherwise gorgeous. Gale warnings on the outer waters, no wind locally. |
| Conditions: | Fair. No chop but a strong NW windswell off the channel piling up atop the groundswell and messing it up. |
| Swell: | Moderate WNW groundswell, 11 ft at 17 s from 280-285 on the outside. |
| Surf: | Chest high to overhead, very setty. |
| Comments: |
Not breaking like it should this morning, with the
indicator totally non-functional and the rivermouth
a shifty morass of big walling peaks with no shoulder.
Things were a little better in the cove.
I generally kooked the entire session: missing waves, getting pitched on late takeoffs, botching the bottom turns on drops that I did make. Those in the cove that I did scratch into were solid-sized but poorly-formed rides to the freeway. Went in after one lumpy-bumpy wave that would have gone well past the riprap if I didn't straighten out early to avoid the high-tide battle with the rocks. If the wind stays off it, things should improve with the dropping tide. |