Santa Barbara County. Photo: Michael Kew

Ian Crane, Orange County shack. Photo: Tim McCaig

Stop for one sec on this photo. Check the bottom right of the frame. That is a dude. Monterey lifeguard Paul Wetterau, on a 10'6", paddling out to massive Ghost Tree, all by himself on Sunday morning. He surfed for four hours, caught a half dozen waves and went home in time for a late brunch. Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

"It might've been nice to have a couple guys out," said Wetterau. "But I called all my friends and couldn't find anyone. Not that I'd ever want to turn it into a scene or anything." Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

Lower Trestles had some fine moments over the past few days. Here's one. Justin Quirk offers up a wheelie in celebration. Photo: Jeremiah Klein

Big Island surfer Keala Naihe finds some bright, blue Orange County glass. Photo: Russ Hennings

"It was fricken freezing, brah," laughed Kekoa Bacalso. "I honestly have never surfed California this time of year; I've also never gone right out at Newport either, but there were sick peaks. Some barrels and stuff. I ended up getting a one-way ticket out here because I heard Hawaii was pretty average. I'm posting here for a while, just trying to stay busy." Photo: Jeremiah Klein

North LA looking bright and blue and offshore as you could ever want to see. Peak city. Photo: Paul Fisher

"The waves were solid, but with a lot of current and not very clean and lots of closeouts, so I decide to grab the rope and whip in," explained Puerto charger Coco Nogales. "I got lucky with this one -- pretty much was the best wave of this day." Photo: Edwin Morales

Oliver Kurtz and Evan Geiselman make their way to Lowers. "I've just been surfing around town in San Clemente," said EG. "It's nice to be back in town." Photo: Jeremiah Klein

"It was a little too big for Lowers and it was a little wonky," continued Geisleman. "But it was still fun, early season Lowers. It wasn't extremely crowded. The lefts had good walls, carve sections and airs. Plus it was oil glass, no wind." Photo: Billy Watts

"The SC Harbor was bombing, almost unsurfable with a massive river running through the lineup," said photog Adam Warmington. "Some of the guys picked off a few but by far wave of the day went to local bodyboarder, Sundaran Gillespie." Photo: Adam Warmington

Bobby Okvist, dramatic frontside air, Orange County. Photo: Thomas Green

Generally, we ask photographers to name the location and rider in the file name of submitted pics. This particular shot from Seth de Roulet came in very subtle: "nottelling.jpg." Suffice to say it's somewhere in SoCal. We think. Photo: Seth de Roulet

"I've been out here for a few weeks now, and it's been non-stop waves since I got here," says East Coaster Michael Dunphy. "The past two weeks have been like a blur -- with so many waves..." Photo: Joe Foster

"It's been like Groundhog Day," OC pro Teddy Navarro frothed when we called him Wednesday afternoon. "I keep trying to stop, but I wake up and the waves are good again! Gotta take advantage of the swell while it's here." Photo: Jeremiah Klein

The south swell was strong enough to offer up some tubes at Orange County's most famous shorebreak. Devan Devarian, Wedge. Photo: Robbie Crawford

Koa Smith, loose and limber in the evening light at Lowers. Photos: Billy Watts

Santa Cruz kinda saw too much of a good thing over the weekend -- too much swell, too much wind. Some areas tucked far enough in the bay dealt with it all OK, though. Photo: Nikki Brooks

Classic frontside boost over Lowers' crumble section. Photo: Jeremiah Klein

"Merle [JMJ, pictured] and Miah [Klein, photog] had this place wired," laughed Kekoa. "There's the kelp bed out the back that keeps it all nice and glassy. California-wise, I thought it was kinda good." Photo: Jeremiah Klein

Dane Reynolds comes around the corner at one of his beloved beachbreaks. Photo: Seth de Roulet

Jesse Guglielmana works on his West Coast stalefish at Lowers. Photo: Joe Foster

LOLA chart for the west swell that hit the coast over the weekend.

Here's what happens at HB when the waves in the preceding LOLA chart makes their way shoreward. Ryan Turner, HB. Photo: Chris Sardelis

An empty peak in Orange County? April Fool's. Photo: Jeremiah Klein

Jake Kelly tucks in under a SoCal cliff. Photo: Seth de Roulet

Otis Carey hails from the sleepy town of Coff's Harbour, about an hour south of Byron Bay. He's been road-tripping around California and turning a few heads in the process. Photo: Jeremiah Klein

Here's the south swell that showed up around the same time as the west swell.

Here's Puerto Escondido looking good from afar. Photo: Paco

Oliver Kurtz, another Floridian stalefish in CA waters. "This was the first time I've surfed Lowers this year," he explained. "It's good to get out and catch a couple. Every year you're growing and your boards are different -- the way I surf Lowers changes each year. Some days you want to go out and do wraps and top turns and other days you wanna do nosepicks." Photo: Joe Foster

Makes ya a little patriotic, eh? Santa Barbara's sandbar saw a few during the west swell. Photo: Justin Jung

Real and makeable tube or photographic hoax closeout? Empty Santa Cruz sandbar begs the question. Photo: Shawn Parkin

Another Florida surfer in SoCal! Gorkin makes the most of a steep end section in Newport. Photo: Jeremiah Klein