Photo: Fast-building long period WNW swell lit up some of California's best spots.

Southern California has been having an exceptional late winter. On the 1st day of March, the surf forecast for LA, OC and San Diego predicted the biggest swell of the season. That was an understatement. This swell event turned out to be the biggest day in 30 years!

Most surf spots were windy and maxed out, but a select few breaks had offshore/sideshore winds. In most cases, many surfers made the paddle out as the swell was building (some by the skin on thier teeth).

Here is some footage of what happened when the cleanup sets came through and how good some of the points were reacting!