Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

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Pete and I met at the Mesa, hoping this swell would be so big it would light up sleepy breaks and we could score some uncrowded fun. Well either the tide was too high or this swell didn't really make it to Santa Barbara proper but it wasn't firing. The beachbreak had some fun looking waist to chest high waves that would mostly close out, but the spot we wanted to go out at was just too slow to shortboard.

So we hit the beachbreak. Right off the bat I caught two fast lefts, rail grabbing and tucked in like I was going to get covered but didn't. After that Pete got some good rights while I cursed my board for not getting me into more waves. I finally got a few good rights, did a couple of real giant turns, hit a few lips. The air smelled like Bacon, which must of meant the wind was slight offshore. It made us hungry for some breaky, but we solderied on making the best of a so so session, allthewhile wondering if it was going off everywhere else.