Monday, July 19, 2004 @ 6:30 PM
| Location: | Emma Wood | ||
| Weather: | Sunny with Onshores | ||
| Conditions: | Crossed up and Confused | ||
| Swell: | Long Period SSW, NW Windswell | ||
| Surf: | Waist High At Best |
Comments:
I saw the south swell coming in last night in Pismo. It was really long lulls, but big long sets. I figured this would not be hitting SB or Goleta so after work I headed towards Ventura. All the way down it didn't look like much. The NW windswell and onshores winds were making the water a mess and I'm not sure the South Swell was making it in. Today I read this from wetsand: "But as mentioned, not all breaks are able to work our current swell. The long-period nature of this southern hemi ground swell has size differing greatly from one break to the next, all depending on that break’s particular bathymetry. As spotty as it may be, there are some good sets to be had at the standout spots with good exposure to 205 degrees and able to handle this swell’s mitigating factors." Looks like I choose the wrong spot when I parked at Emma Wood to head out. A guy just getting out of the water warned me by saying it was horrible out there, but when you drive a half hour for waves, you aren't going home empty handed. I stayed out for less than an hour, caught less then a dozen waves and once again seldom caught a wave long enough to take a breath on. Emma Wood is quite oftened crossed up, combing south and north swells into a washing machine. This sometimes make for some fun rides. Not today, the windswell was dominating everything, I'm not even sure if I saw any south swell out there. If so, it was covered in slop. No memorable waves, they were hard to catch, I was slow to get up on them, and they lacked any power for manuveurs unless you were a 14 year old shredder.