Gene Lee poured a jug of water over his head after a recent surf session at San Onfore State Beach.

The San Clemente surfer understood when the state needed to turn off the showers in the midst of the drought last year, and he still brings water from home for his after-surf rinse. But with all the recent rainfall and snowpack in the northern part of the state this year, he wonders if it’s time for the state to turn the showers back on.