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3:20 AM HST
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70°F
79°-82°F
06:46 AM/05:48 PM
MC3005
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| 11/21 | 12:29 am | 1.35 ft | HIGH | | | 11/21 | 05:42 am | 0.79 ft | LOW | | | 11/21 | 11:18 am | 1.49 ft | HIGH | | | 11/21 | 06:12 pm | 0.04 ft | LOW | | More Tide Info | |
| (11/20) | | PROJECTED WIND in kts (11/21) | 5PM | 8PM | 11PM | | 2AM | 5AM | 8AM | 11AM | 2PM | 5PM | 8PM | 11PM | 2AM |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aloha, this is Kekoa with the report for Thursday morning at 6:00 AM.
2-4 ft. - knee to shoulder high and fair-good conditions.
Small but rideable surf for southern shores today with combo tiny SSW swell and leftover trade swell. Most spots have waves in the shin to waist high range with the possibility of a wind driven shoulder high set. Trades have backed down considerably to provide much better surfing conditions today.
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning...then scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 74 to 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Small surf on tap for today with only minimal SSW swell and residual wind produced surf on southern shores. Most spots have rideable waves in the shin to knee high range with a possible waist high set at spots that magnify the trade swell. The Kilo Nalu buoy is 3 ft @ 7 seconds...so mainly windswell energy. The tradewinds have backed down drastically today but will still blow through today before veering to the southeast/variable direction tomorrow. Are there any more south swells in the near future? Check the extended forecast for all the details.
FRIDAY: Small/inconsistent SW swell provides mostly knee-waist high sets at the standout reefs in Town. Light side-onshore flow.
Wind: SE around 5-10kts becoming light/variable from the South later in the day.
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MOKAPU POINT
as of 1:30 AM HST
on 11/10
7ft @ 9sec from East
3ft @ 13sec from NW
1ft @ 28sec from East
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WAIMEA BAY
as of 4:06 AM HST
on 09/16
3ft @ 12sec from NW
3ft @ 10sec from NW
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NW. HAWAII
as of 12:00 AM HST
on 11/21
4ft @ 8sec from East
3ft @ 11sec from North
1ft @ 16sec from South
S@16kts
A:74°F W:78°F |
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Dawn patrollers at Puaena Point were spooked out of the water on 11/14, when a large Tiger Shark decided to play happy meal with a sea turtle in clear view of a few freaked out surfers. With the Reef Hawaiian Pro in blissful full swing just across the harbor channel, the waves were a juicy 3’-4’ and it was strange to see the usually packed lineup deserted. Estimates of the shark’s length were between 12’-15’, and although it’s early in the winter season, this is not the first big shark scare at PP in the last two months. Keep your eyes peeled when surfing out there.
Lifeguards closed Waimea Bay for several days in early November after 8’ sharks were seen chasing schools of baby Aholehole and Halalu just feet from the beach. Between the sharks, fishing poles, and gill nets, not a lot of space in the shorebreak for tube seekers. If you see bait size fish schooling at the Bay, it’d best not to enter the water.
Some idiots keep trashing the beach at Piddleys, right next to Chun’s Reef. They’re partying there at night, and then leaving smoldering fires and throwing beer bottles, plastic bags, food wrappers, cigarettes, and cans all over the beach for dawn patrollers to clean up. Like grafitti, it’s an obvious attempt to shock and sadden others. This pristine area serves as a nesting ground for endangered Hawaiian sea birds and is the paddle out spot for Piddleys, a discreet and rippable lefthander. So to whoever is doing this, knock it off and you’re damned lucky us surfers didn’t catch you in the act! Consider yourself duly warned.
Former Banzai Pipeline warrior Bob Fram was on a local newscast expressing grave concern over the possible condemnation of his commercial property in Honolulu . Fram’s Garden and Valley Isle Seafood sits smack dab in the path of the proposed Honolulu Rail Transit project and city surveyors have been snooping around his building recently to take measurements. This highly successful company offers wholesale seafood to restaurants and the public. Let’s hope Frammy can negotiate this threat like he did collapsing sections inside the tube at Pipe.
North Shore restaurants, retailers, boardmakers and landlords are geared up for and welcoming the busy winter surf season as surfers, tourists, and holiday shoppers descend upon Oahu . This influx of visitors brings with it seasonal employment, disposable cash, choke traffic, and a social buzz to the normally placid rural lifestyle. The winter’s big surf and the Hawaiian Triple Crown of Surfing comps have been recognized by government officials as key components in the local economy, particularly in these challenging financial times.
A prosecutor urged jurors Friday to convict a 22-year-old of murder for delivering a punch that allegedly killed professional surfer Emery Kauanui. Seth Cravens struck Kauanui in the head with such force that the surfer hit the pavement with "a thud, a sickening, hollow thud," said prosecutor Sophia Roach. Kauanui's death outside his mother's home in May 2007 shook San Diego's wealthy seaside community of La Jolla. Link to SFGate.com for more.
With the big surf and clueless throngs of tourists descending on the North Shore, C&C lifeguards were on high alert. Over 60 water rescues were made and 500 precautionary actions reported over the two day period. Tragically, two sister-in-laws from the mainland were swept into the ocean by large waves at Queen¹s Bath on Kauai¹s North Shore and both drowned in front of horrified family members. It¹s a picturesque but treacherous spot, with a deep water trench just offshore that promotes pounding surf and river-like rip currents.
Many of the world's top surfers either have arrived on the North Shore already or will be shortly, as the busy pro contest schedule begins in a few weeks. The competition gauntlet begins with the Xcel Pro at Sunset Beach on 11/10, then holding periods for the Reef Hawaiian Pro 11/12, O'Neill World Cup 11/24, Billabong Pipe Masters 12/8, Roxy Pro 11/24, and a few local pro/am events thrown in and it will be organized chaos. Oh and don't forget the always looming Eddie!
A very cool article in The Honolulu Advertiser helps us catch up on the life of the venerable Mark Cunningham. He waxes on his ongoing love affair with bodysurfing and the Banzai Pipeline. At age 53, Mark describes how he's surrounded by younger, faster, stronger riders, but is working hard on his fitness level and still showing the whippersnappers a thing or two in the water. Link:...
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