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Date/Time:   Tuesday, 4 March, 12:00-12:45  
    
Location:   Gaviota Coast  
    
Weather:   Mostly Cloudy looking like it was going to rain.  
    
Conditions:   Choppy and Mushy and Small  
    
Swell:   4.8ft @ 14 @ 290°  
    
Tide:   3.0 and falling  
    
Surf:   Knee to Thigh high with waist high and bigger sets.  
    
Board:   Progressive  
    
Comments:   Another day of showing up to see dismal conditions out in the water. Having not been out in almost a week it was time to just get wet anyway. A couple of fishermen were hogging the best peak so I headed a bit east to a mushy closing out peak full of kelp and dark stinky water. It was supposed to rain today but that wasn't happening. Mostly cloudy and an occaisonal ray of sun. A few knee high waves before a set came in that was surprisingly big...almost chest high. These sets ended up coming in about every 10 minutes and in between there was just very little waves. I caught 1 set wave from every set and amused myself on some of the smaller ones. I didn't last long out there. The cost/benefit ratio just wasn't high enough.

I hope we get some good clean waves soon.





 
    
   
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