Rincon (The Cove) Surf Report & Forecast

Surf Report and Surf Forecast

Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

0-1FT

Shin to knee

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

0.7FT21s
WSW252º
0.8FT15s
SSE168º
1.3FT4s
W264º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

6KTSWSW

6kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

4.1FT

Temperature

66°F

spotName Wind & Weather
61ºF

2mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

Santa Barbara Forecast

Chris Borg

Today

Slim pickings locally with just a little bit of short period NW swell. SW swell showing outside SB.

Dawn to 10:00AM: Getting out of town for some Southern Hemi swell remains the call as surf struggles to get much bigger than knee high locally. Light/variable winds early, shift SSW later morning.

Afternoon Outlook: Low-end moderate SSW onshores for the back half of the day.

Fresh, long period SW swell outside of SB provides building surf throughout the day. The new SW will be pumping for long period focal points by the end of the day.

Rincon (The Cove) Surf Forecast

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Rincon (The Cove) Surf Guide

Known as the "Queen of the Coast", Rincon is one of the best waves on the planet. A classic California pointbreak, Rincon is actually the product of a rivermouth that has groomed the point over millions of years. If you can luck into a set off the Indicator, race through the section that runs across the Rivermouth, connect it to the Cove and carve to the freeway (a total distance of about 300 yards), you've completed the iditarod of pointbreak surfing. As its location is right off the highway, R... Read more