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Surf Forecast - Hawaii
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:19 PM

Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North

NOTE: Forecast does NOT account for enhancing bathymetry (i.e the 'reef effect') common at best breaks. For top spots with swell period 14 +secs, multiply surf size X 1.25-1.5 with peaks X 2 (or consider the stated size 'Hawaiian Scale').

Hawaiian North Shore Surf Forecast (Valid for the North and East Shores of Oahu)
Day	Trend	Wind (kts)	Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile)	Waves (Set wave max face height)	Swell Direction
Wednesday 5/16	Holding	E 10	North windswell 3.4 ft @ 8 secs	2.5 ft	20 degrees
Thursday 5/17	Down slightly	E 15	North windswell 3.1 ft @ 8 secs	2.0-2.5 ft	25 degrees
Friday 5/18	Down	E 15+	East windswell on the East shore 4.4 ft @ 6-7 secs	2.5 ft	100 degrees
Saturday 5/19	Down	E 15	East windswell on the East shore 3.7 ft @ 7-8 secs	2.5 ft	100 degrees
Sunday 5/20	Down	E 10+	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Extended Outlook	Down	---	A weak low formed north of the Islands Mon-Wed (5/16) with mostly 15 kt north winds aimed well at the Islands setting up short period northerly windswell. Otherwise no swell producing weather systems are forecast in the North Pacific. High pressure, east trades and locally produced east windswell is to remain suppressed.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - Hawaii
Wind Animations: Northeast Pacific - Hawaii
Local Model: Surf - Wind

Hawaiian South Shore Surf Forecast (Centered on the South Shore of Oahu)
Day	Trend	Wind (kts)	Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile)	Waves (Set wave max face height)	Swell Direction
Wednesday 5/16	Down some	E 10	Sideband background swell 1.6 ft @ 15-16 secs	2.5 ft	185 degrees
Thursday 5/17	Down	E 15	Sideband swell 1.3 ft @ 14 sec early	2.0 ft	185 degrees
Friday 5/18	Down	E 15+	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Saturday 5/19	Down	E 15	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Sunday 5/20	Down	E 10+	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Extended Outlook	Down	---	Residual small swell from a storm that formed southeast of New Zealand on Fri-Sat (5/5) with up to 40 ft seas but aimed well east of the Islands to be fading out. After that nothing of any real interest is forecast and no swell producing weather systems are on the charts for the next 7 days.	---	---

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