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January 17, 2006
maxed out
WEDNESDAY... dropping swell on northern shores as the current northwest swell moves on its way out. bouy 1 appears to have peaked around mid-morning with swell heights near 12ft. with the given travel time of roughly 8 hours the swell will have likely peaked this afternoon here on oahu. the waimea buoy is in sync with this and wave heights there peaked early this evening in the 10ft range. open ocean heights of 10ft at the waimea buoy generally will produce surf locally in the 10-12ft catagory which as a rule will max out most all the major surf spots and leave waimea bay small and crowded. depending on wave periods and tides a select few of the outer reefs will break albiet mushy and really only "capping". surf looks to decline back to the 6-8ft range for tomorrow although most of the normal spots will be maxed in the morning by the afternoon some of the smaller waves may start to take shape. the call is for maxed out 8-10ft surf in the morning backing off to 6-8ft with select spots becoming surfable again.
Posted by megaprober at January 17, 2006 09:53 PM