Opening Day in SoCal!

So it looks like the first significant winter swell is fast approaching SoCal as I type. CDIP is already picking up the swell increase:

There sems to be some discrepancies in the various surf forecasting sites as to the intensity and size of this swell for SoCal...

Wetsand says:
Wednesday the 3rd is when the NW swell arrives in full force. Most west facing breaks are looking at surf running a couple feet overhead. Standout west facing breaks are looking at DOH surf (or slightly bigger). South facing breaks working the wrap are looking at head high surf.

Surfline says:

SURF:

5-8 ft

head high to 3 ft overhead occ. 10 ft

Solid, long period NW swell with occasional bigger sets at standouts and clean/hot conditions

Stormsurf says:
 Expect swell arrival on Tuesday (11/2) near 1 PM with period 22 secs and size building rapidly. By 8 PM swell of to be pushing 11.5-12.5 ft @ 20 secs outside the Channel Islands (23-25 ft) and 5.5-6.0 ft @ 20 secs nearshore (11-12 ft faces). Swell to get more consistent as the evening wears on with peak consistency likely near sunrise Wednesday (11/3) at 11-12 ft @ 17-18 secs outside the Channel Islands (18-20 ft) and 5.5 ft @ 17-18 secs nearshore (9-10 ft). Bigger sets likely with seas pushing 17 ft @ 18 secs outside the Channel Islands. Swell Direction: 303-308 degrees.  

Solspot is the most conservative and says:
Sizewise, most of this swells energy is coming in too steep for Socal so while we will have some new surf, it won’t be all that big for most areas…in fact it will probably be pretty average for most of the NW facing spots. We can expect the average WNW-NW facing spots to be in the waist-chest high range with some shoulder high sets. The standout NW facing breaks in Ventura, the South Bay, and South San Diego, will have some chest-head high surf with some occasional overhead sets mixing in. The absolute best breaks may have some bigger sets, but I don’t think Socal will have many sets going more than a couple of feet overhead.

Hmmmmmm...

I don't really care which one is right, I'm going to Todos on Thursday! YYYYEEEEEEWWWWWW!