Santa Barbara Surf Report Archive
November 2002 Overview

November was a pretty fun month since we had some days of decent swell coupled with some nice fall weather and some offshore conditions. Did not surf until the 11th but managed to surf everday of that week, of which the 14th was perhaps the best day of that week. A swell came in on the 18th (which I missed) and on the 20th I took the new longboard out. Thanksgiving was the 28th and it was a classic turkey day session with some howling offshores and head high sets. However, I'm going to call the best day of the month in my experience the 29th, which was the day after thanksgiving. Although the day before was bigger and had offshores, the offshores for me were a little too intense and the crowds were in full effect. The wind on the 29th was calm and the crowds were small making my session a lot more rewarding.

7 days on the shortboard, 4 on the Pig, and 1 on Bill's Stewart LB.

You can also read Surfline's November Wrap-up.


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Santa Barbara Surfing -- Last updated November 2002