Santa Barbara Surf Forecast - For Tuesday - 1/26/10

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New WNW-NW swell moves in along with a storm front…but it does look a bit surfable in the morning for many areas. Expect W facing breaks to see surf in the chest-head high range. The standout WNW-NW exposed spots, mostly through the South half of the County will see some overhead sets at times…more consistency and a little more size will be on tap through the afternoon.

Winds will be out of the E-ESE through the morning…lots of spots seeing 10-15+ knots but with some stronger 20+ knot gusts at times. Expect rain and cool air temps as well. Look for winds to shift more to the straight S by later in the day…so junky conditions in many areas by the afternoon.

Here are the tides…

01/26/2010 Tuesday
05:46AM LST 5.7 H
01:24PM LST -0.7 L
08:08PM LST 3.3 H