Posted By:
Trae R.Fred,
Great photo! We've been pretty fortunate so far this winter, but nothing as glassy and pumping as that! The water temp is spring-suit cool around here, and surprisingly even though it's not as cold as you mentioned in CA it still keeps the crowds pretty minimal. Although it could also be the fact that red tide has been plaguing our coast for 5 weeks or more now. Pretty rough, but I deal with it.
Good Waves > Respiratory Problems 
Unfortunately when I think about surfing CA, Great Whites come to mind, that latest attack in Monterey (Todd Endris) was pretty gruesome, huh?! Then in HI you have your Tigers... surprisingly the county I surf in has more shark attacks annually than anywhere else in the world, but none have been fatal.