Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

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After two nights in a row of rideable windswell along the Mesa, Petey and I rendezvous for a post-work shortboard session. Stepping out of work it seems breezy but Pete confirms our spot is sheltered. By the time I get there he's in the water as is the wind, coming out of the NW like a train. Typical SB summer beachbreak session with pop-up sets coming along every now and then that are waist high but usually milking much smaller ones into ankel high water. As the tide rose it seemed to break on a newer shelf that was much shallower. I was hitting bottom much more often on my blown re-entrys.

Pete took off but I was determined to milk an hour out of this session no matter how bad it got. One good set came in after he left and then it all broke apart, a washing machine of wind and bumps. My favorite waves were the lefts where I'd get a couple of turns in and then come up to the lip when it sectoned out and usually bury my nose in coming back down.