| Santa Barbara Area Surf Report | |||
| January Overview | 2000 Overview | ||
| Date/Time: | Thursday, January 13th, 6:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Location: | C Street |
| Weather: | Fog. |
| Conditions: | Glass. |
| Swell: | NW swell, 8+ ft at 14 s from 300+ deg on outer buoys, 4-5 ft at 14 s on the inside. |
| Surf: | Waist to chest high, some shoulder high set waves. |
| Comments: |
First surf of the new year. When is this winter going
to begin in earnest? Until it does, maintenance surfs
like this on a longboard will have to suffice.
Moved to the inside lineup early after one good one out in front of the free lot. Sat for a half hour or so, suffering a crisis of confidence that there'd be no sets, but then the shoulder high walls began to roll in in sets of 1 or 2. SurferBob complained that every time he paddled inside to get a little one he had to watch me cruise by on a shoulder high wave, so I split a peak with him, he went right, and I went left. Other than that I didn't see many of his waves. Around midmorning the crowd on my little peak jumped from 3 or 4 up to 10-15. Went in soon after. From the car, Stables and the rivermouth looked like they might be shortboardable, but we both had work to do. |