| Location: |
Goleta Beachbreaks |
| Weather: |
Overcast |
| Conditions: |
Fairly Clean and Peaky |
| Swell: |
8.1ft @ 11s @ 315° |
| Surf: |
Thigh High |
| Rip Curl Bomb Wetsuit Life: |
74 in replacement suit |
Comments:
First time I've surfed this little dinky beachbreak in months, to me it was all but non-existant this winter. This was the first time the rain and wind were gone and we had some amount of swell in a couple of weeks. About dozen people in the water, almost all groms on shredsticks. You could tell the lineup's alegiance to Surf Country by gear in the water: Rip Curl wetsuits. In fact Doug himself was out there. Paddington Bear was out there too, which confused me. I thought he was a Carp local because of how often I see him tearing up Rincon and his A Frame sponsorship. Once I saw him at Sands and I just figured he was with his buddies. But today, by himself, at some dinky beachbreak in Goleta. I don't think Paddington Bear is Matt Johnson, I think he is some other NSSA shredster and the research must continue.
We cannot complain about the waves. They were clean marching down the coast from the West. A lot of them were gutless and somewhat frustrating but some would pitch out a little bit like early morning glass. These were not the Hero waves one can get used to at Rincon, where the waves hold up so well you pull moves above your level. No, these waves made you surf below your level. You'd drop in, see nice wall, pump down the line and then the wave would just fall apart when it left the sandbar.