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April 24, 2006
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TUESDAY...surf will stick around on northern shores as the current northwest swell maintains open ocean swell heights of near 4ft. wavewatch 3 models are calling for northwest swell near 4ft for the morning with a slow decline throughout the day. recent buoy observations from both the waimea buoy and buoy 1 are confirming solid swell at both locations out of the north-northwest. the swell arrived ealier today pushing surf to near 4ft at select spots. the storm responsible for the swell formed just south of the western aleutian islands over the weekend and moved east-southeast producing a captured fetch relative to hawaii. although surf was better aimed to the east of hawaii, the islands are again receiving scraps from the western fringe. with the remote source of the swell and the long travel distance this allowed ample time for the wave trains to spread slightly thus giving the appearance of a longer lasting swell. surf will generally drop into the 2-3ft range by dusk. surf along southern shores will come up slightly out of the south-southeast. a large area of winds east of the tahitain islands has generated a swell that should hang around for the next four day or so producing swell near the head high range along southern and southeastern facing reefs. winds will be howling for one more day before slowly dropping back a bit later in the week.
Posted by megaprober at April 24, 2006 09:43 PM