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65°F
79°-82°F
06:47 AM/05:48 PM
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| 11/21 | 03:36 am | 0.63 ft | LOW | | | 11/21 | 10:16 am | 1.19 ft | HIGH | | | 11/21 | 04:07 pm | 0.03 ft | LOW | | | 11/22 | 12:10 am | 1.30 ft | HIGH | | 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 6:30 AM.
3-5 ft. - waist to head high and fair-good conditions.
New NNW swell and residual wind swell making for confused breakers on the north shore right now. Most locations have crossed up surf in the chest to shoulder high range with standout spots showing some near head high sets. Watch for waves to increase throughout the day. Trades backed down a lot from yesterday to make for much smoother side/offshore conditions today.
Partly sunny in the morning...then cloudy with scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 79. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the morning becoming light. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Surf on the rise for the north shore today as a new NNW swell will fill in throughout the day. Currently, most spots are not that great as the residual wind swell is still mixing with the new rising swell to make for confused breakers in the chest to shoulder high range with standout spots showing some near head high sets. Buoy 1 is registering the new NNW energy of 8ft. @ 14 seconds...so look for this new swell to fill in as the day progresses. Much cleaner day on the north shore as those blustery trades have dramatically decreased to make for much better gentle side/offshore conditions. There are more swells on the horizon for the north shore so check our extended forecast for all the details.
**Reef Hawaiian Pro is ON today at Haleiwa**.
FRIDAY: NNW swell dropping, but still provides waist-shoulder high sets at the better spots in the morning. Select breaks holding an occasional slightly bigger wave early. New NW swell slowly builds over the afternoon/night to maintain waist-chest+ waves through the later part of the day. Clean conditions prevail.
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 10:00 PM HST
on 11/20
4ft @ 8sec from East
3ft @ 11sec from North
1ft @ 16sec from South
S@6kts
A:76°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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