Santa Barbara Area Surf Report |
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| August Overview | 2000 Overview | ||
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, August 15th, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| Location: | Secos / Arroyo Sequit / Leo Carrillo |
| Weather: | Gorgeous. Sunny and mild with just a touch of wind midafternoon before an early glass-off, crystal clear water (at least 30' visibility) with a temperature of 68F or so. Totally trunkable for a normal session. |
| Conditions: | Outstanding. |
| Swell: | Building 2.6 ft at 17 s southern hemi swell midday, over 3 ft at 17 s by the evening. |
| Surf: | Inconsistent sets pushing overhead, some much larger. |
| Comments: |
Had to smile as I paddled out through the warm water. Felt
like I was stroking out through sets in a swimming pool, could
see the bait fish swimming around and even a few starfish and
garibaldi among the rocks out by the boneyard. Announced my
presence to the lineup by surfing a wave right over the big
rock, something I'd never done before.
Today the surf was even better than Saturday, which at the time was the best-shaped surf I'd seen all summer. Not too big and peeling through very nicely, rides to the stairs were very common, and the crowd was mellow enough that I got a lot of them. So many that they've all just smudged together in my mind, a blurred, stoked memory now. I'm pretty sure the best waves of the session came late in the day, after a bunch of people went in and the tide just started to turn around. It seemed like the swell was starting to fill in, and we had a few sets with 10'+ faces rumble across the far outside. Made some pretty late drops on a couple of those, and the increase in size gave good hopes for Wednesday and the swell's forecasted peak. |