Update: The wind knocked things down this past week but an even big­ger swell appears to be on the way (good for pic­tures) but rain is pre­dict­ed too (bad for cam­era equip­ment and com­fort).

A large swell is approach­ing the Cal­i­for­nia coast­line and is expect­ed to arrive on Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 13 set­ting up some pos­si­ble great pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties. Mav­er­icks could be big if the wind dies down. You might want to rent a big lens using the link below (wink, wink, say no more). The surf should be big­ger then nor­mal every­where so please be safe!

Check out this web page for links to wave activ­i­ty in the Pacif­ic and a web cam for Mav­er­icks.

Update: Strong souther­ly winds are mak­ing things pret­ty slop­py this morn­ing. I see a boat or a jet ski at Mav­er­icks but no rid­ers. Wind is for­cast to calm some­what and change more west­er­ly this after­noon.