After seeing Hawaii’s North Shore pummeled by huge surf earlier this week, with waves big enough to hold the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau in 30-foot-plus surf, Santa Barbara’s surfers eagerly awaited that swell to arrive at California’s shores.
With the swell filling in over night, hundreds were in the water at Rincon Thursday morning to enjoy the season’s largest swell so far, scrambling for waves that were occasionally a couple of feet overhead on the larger sets.
Surfline.com is predicting surf in the 4-to-6 foot range throughout the day with larger sets rolling through the better breaks. The west-northwest swell is expected to fade into tomorrow.
Rincon Thursday Morning
Using the shore break to get some nice pics in the tube
Cover Up
Taking Off
Rincon shorebreak with a wave spinning off in the background
