At any rate, the waves were fun, wherever the hell they were coming from. Paddled here and there amongst the crowd, taking drops but not beating many sections on my backside. Eventually somehow found a fun right peak with good shape and fairly well lined-up. Had it all to myself for a little while before some others got jealous and crept up on me.
Finished off at a larger left peak and got a few good drops. The tide was starting to come in and back off the waves, so went in, feeling pretty stoked about today and the past few days of swell.
Footnote: Just checked the Southern California Swell Model, and it confirmed my suspicion of a new NW groundswell. The model wasn't showing the swell at 5 am.