After a surf starved couple of months, California’s introduction to Southern Hemi season has been rife with swell. That means the surf is going to be pumping through the summer, right? Whelp, not exactly. After a third La Niña winter that left the state saturated with record amounts of coastal rain and mountain snow, El Niño’s return is all but guaranteed over the coming months. Historically speaking, the move away from La Niña conditions toward a possibly robust El Niño event has not been kind