Santa Barbara, California
Rincon
The Queen of the Coast. A long cobblestone point that produces one of the best right-hand walls in California when a clean WNW swell stacks against a Santa Ana offshore. Three sections, indicator through the cove, link them on the right tide and ride for half a minute.
- Optimal swell
- WNW to NW, 270 to 310 degrees
- Optimal wind
- NE Santa Ana offshore
- Tide preference
- Medium incoming
- Bottom
- Cobblestone right-hand point
- Skill level
- Intermediate
- Coordinates
- 34.3756, -119.4783
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