Maverick's on Tuesday morning. Photo: Rob Brown

Tyler Fox, rushing Mav's left. Photo: Nikki Brooks

And while the Mav's crew were either sipping beers at the local pub or motoring south on the chase to Todos Santos, the REAL swell began arriving on Oahu shores. This is Pipeline (first, second and third reef) just before dark on Tuesday. Photo: Ryan T. Foley

The Queen of the Coast - Rincon - saw its opening day and, like usual, most of Southern California was there. Dane Reynolds, dealing with the crowds the only way he knows how. Photo: Paul Greene

Maverick's wasn't exactly the biggest ever, but it sure was clean. Shawn Dollar, gliding through the morning glass while knowing that there's plenty more to come. Photo: Ryan Craig

Rusty Long suffered the wipeout of the day, not for lack of charging though. "It was a trippy wave," Long explained. "The top bit wasn't very steep and then it hit a ledge. It was like going over the edge of a hill. It sent me vertical at such a high speed. It pushed me really deep and I was swimming up forever. My mouth barely touched the surface and I got a quarter of a breath and the next one hit me. I wasn't even to a point where I could see but somehow I got a mini breath in. It was encouraging for me to still feel solid after a wipeout like that." Photo: Rob Brown, Video: Powerlines Productions/www.mavz.com

Because of some west in the swell, Mav's left was cornering out hard. Alex Martins (deep) and Josh Loya share a wedge. Photo: Ryan Craig

Maverick's drew a mixed bag of chargers. Here's South Africa's Josh Redman opting for the left. Photo: Seth Migdail

As the energy died off at Maverick's, Santa Cruz's Eastside relished in the glassy conditions. Photo: Ryan Craig

And while the first swell was wrapping up California, a new, larger swell arrived in Hawaii. "The swell came up really fast," Dane Gudauskas noted of Tuesday night at Pipeline. "It was shoulder-high all day and right before dark the sets just started doubling in size. There was a little window where the wind backed off and I was lucky to snag this little nug." Sequence: Ryan T. Foley

Dane was getting text updates from his brothers Pat and Tanner at Maverick's and could barely contain his anticipation for what was coming. Here's Pat, feeding his twin's froth from across the ocean. Photo: Nikki Brooks

"The conditions were epic," Derek Dunfee revealed of Mav's. "It was glassy from first light until right before noon...and that's pretty unheard of. The swell direction was pretty perfect as well." Photo: Ryan Craig, Video: Powerlines Productions/www.mavz.com

Maverick's sunrise on Tuesday. "It wasn't quite opening day, but it was definitely the biggest day of the year so far," Dunfee continued. "I think a lot of guys were talking about the swell that's coming. Everyone was getting warmed up for the Thursday/Friday swell." Photo: Ryan Craig

Sunset Beach was one of the first spots on Oahu's North Shore to begin seeing the new energy (even before Pipeline). However, a lot of guys bailed on flights to Maui in anticipation for Wednesday's swell peak at Jaws. Photo: Ryan T. Foley

Here's one of the bigger sets of the day at Mav's. Photo: Rob Brown, Video: Powerlines Productions/www.mavz.com

Alex Martins, steep and deep. Photo: Ryan Craig

"Skindog was on his 10'6" just canoeing into anything that moved," Rusty Long laughed. "It's a wave-catching machine and it works." Photo: Seth Migdail

Kolohe Andino migrated north to Rincon to get in some early pointbreak work before his 2012 ASP World Tour debut at Snapper Rocks in February. Photo: Jon Shafer

Rusty Long, back in the saddle. "It was one of the first clean days of the year at Mav's," Long said. "As far as Mav's goes, it won't go down in history or anything but it was still 10- to 15-feet with a few bigger sets." Photo: Rob Brown

Chris Beamish, paying the toll. Photo: Ryan Craig

Beamish (deep) and Nic Lamb share with some of the 40-plus surfers at Maverick's. Photo: Ryan Craig

Tyler Fox and Skindog, racing for the channel. Photo: Ryan Craig, Video: Powerlines Productions/www.mavz.com

As the new swell rushed Hawaii, J.D. Irons, along with Gudauskas, was one of the only guys who managed to grab a legitimate pit on Tuesday evening at Pipeline. Photo: Ryan Foley

Instagram highlights from in-between the two swells.

More Instagrams from California and Hawaii. (Stay tuned to Surfline for full swell coverage.)