Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

Comments:

Back up in the greater SLO region for a first surf session up there since May. There was some real swell in the water and was often closing out this spot, yet there were some nice rights peeling off the pier, and if you got the sandbars right you could get a good left towards the pier. Surfed on the new 6'3" for the first time, I've decided to call him "Joe". It was nice to get waves big enough to surf this board, although adjusting to later takeoffs was an issue. Once up the board was fun to ride, a lot of drive and responsive on the rail.

About a half dozen locals were owning the main takeoff spot, I'd usually pick up scraps when it emptied out, or on occaision suck it up and sit deepest. Oftentimes this meant either shooting a piling on the pier or turning to avoid that piling. I never shot the pier, and I chickened out 2 takeoffs right on front of the piling. Locals, however, had it wired.

Little Bear and Wild Bill came to watch and right as they did the set of the day came in. This thing was well overhead and the whole lineup got caught inside. Ducking the first one on this smaller board was a dream, but the 2nd one got a hold of me and did some dragging. Bear said from her vantage point the wave was 10' but I think a safe estimate is "overhead."