Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

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After Fridays drubbing at a beachbreak and the buoys being twice as big today as then I figured I'd try to find a reef or point or something with a little shelter down south. A lot of places were closed from the Shark attack and shark sightings, but the place I headed seemed to be out of the jurisdiction of lifeguards so it was ok. There were many lineups strewn among the cliffs. I've heard the names of some of these surf spots, but I'm not sure which was which, so I just headed out to a peak that looked good. I have no idea what it was called. There were a few really tight packs of shredding groms and then there was this larger sprawling pack with all kinds of folks that I went to. I hung out a little inside and to the right and picked up a lot of fun waves at first.

A fun rifling right that jacked up over a reef that would allow you a bottom turn (maybe) and then it would slow and allow a cutback to the lip for a nice little move back onto the face. A short wave with a few moves, good times. Then a 30 minute lull happened. I got lured inside and caught a few small ones. Then it was on again, about 30 minutes of fun waves with very consistent sets. The waves weren't as powerfull nor as big as on Friday, I had extra wax on the rails, so failed duck dives with resulting 30 yard drags were not present. I had a hard time figuring out how to get back out of the water, trying to figure out how to paddle into a narrow cute between rocks. I'll be hitting this spot up again.