8ft swell with 23 second period

There was a recent discussion about the dangers of long period swell.  Here are some pics as an example:

http://magicseaweed.com/news/the-puerto-escondidio-horror-show/7512/

Not always bad to have long period swell, I prefer long period swell for surf fishing.

Wow. Perspective for sure. Thanks

That's a lot of water moving...damn.

The comment "hideous and awesome" pretty much sums that up.

waves like this would be over my limits