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January 12, 2006
wind swell takes over
FRIDAY...swell to drop by tomorrow as the northwest swell seems to have lost significant power as shown by the latest buoy readings. the primary swell registering on both buoy 1 and the waimea buoy is now easterly tradewind swell. as a rule most northwesterly swells will register more power on buoys than any wind generated swell. although the tradewind swell has jumped significantly over the course of the day, any strong ground swell should maintain priority. the call therefore is a dropping northwest ground swell in the 2-3 occ 4ft range and possible wrappage from the easterly tradewind swell. because the tradewind swell is almost striaght east, i'm guessing that there will only be select reefs that pick it up so don't expect much. winds are scheduled to howl for friday.
Posted by megaprober at January 12, 2006 09:13 PM