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March 30, 2006
3/31
FRIDAY...surf along northern shores of the islands will continue to see waves in the 3-5ft range for at least the beginning of th day. a small batch of winds just north of the islands is pushing a small swell missing hawaii to the west. the readings on buoy 1 are very misleading because energy there looks like a typical north swell with amplified energy readings and periods. however, a closer look will reveal that buoy 1 lies in a more favorable posistion for surf from the batch of winds 500nm or north of the islands. most likely, the way the swell is traveling (southwest), the western hawaiian islands are probably seeing larger waveheights. that being said expect waves to drop on northern shores due to the winds diminishing north of the islands. surf will be in the 3-4ft range tomorrow with north facing reefs being more favorable. along southern shores a small pulse from the south should start to show by saturday. buoy 28 readings as of this writing are not showing much...an when south swells are on time or later they are indicating that the waves are smaller than originally predicted as larger swells travel faster.
Posted by megaprober at March 30, 2006 08:33 PM