Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

Location:		Montecito Coast
Weather:		Hot and Sunny
Conditions:		Clean
Swell:		Steep South
Surf:		Knee High w/ 3 Chest High Sets

Comments:

Tropical Storm Blas was swirling around off of Baja a few days ago with 50mph winds but it didn't look like it would produce anything. Sure enough checking the buoys this morning everything looked flat except for this tiny bit of juice coming from the south. Pete, Greg and I headed out in search of waves, and were prepared to play tennis if we couldn't find any. We springsuited it along the Montecito Coast. It was high tide and really, really flat. Greg had more fun surfing the waves going out then the waves coming in. Still, every once in a great while a set would come in that held promise. We had our longboards so we'd catch a few of these set waves, haul on down the line and try to tuck into the barrell in the shorebreak. Pete witnessed two of my calf barrells right before I got crushed. I saw him tuck in also. It was getting cold, we were tired of waiting for waves, and right as we were coming in the best set of the day came in. As if on cue, these two shortboarders who were surfing further up the coast managed to get these waves and surf all the way down to us, showing us why a shortboard was a better call for the day as they manuvered in the fast waves.