Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

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It didn't look good at Leadbetter but I wasn't letting that stop me. Took the longboard out, it had been awhile, and went leashless. A couple of hippie kids waking up on the beach, looked like they were going to ask me for change, but figured they'd wait till they got to Cafe Roma.

Three people out, in their designated lineup spots, so I was the rover. Caught waves inside at first, super teeny tiny ones that still went on forever. Then paddled way outside and around the point and caught some bigger ones that didn't make the wrap. Eventually did get one of these outsiders to wrap the point. Repeated this routine for an hour or so, always scrambling for something, trying to get a workout. This worked against me as I caught a small wave all the way inside and saw the set of the day outside. A patient guy got the first one and a patient woman got the second one. Paddling out with the guy he said, "now THAT's the wave I saw an hour ago when I checked it."

After that a handfull of surfers were gearing up so I got a waves swinging wide towards the harbor and took it to sand.