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Surf Forecast - Hawaii
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:02 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
Friday 2/3	Down some	E 5+	New Dateline swell fading from 6.6 ft @ 12-13 secs early	7.5 ft	315 degrees
Saturday 2/4	Down some	W 5	Dateline swell fading from 6.5 ft @ 11 secs	7.0 ft	315 degrees
Sunday 2/5	Down some	SW 5+	Northwest sideband windswell 5.5 ft @ 11-12 secs	4.5 ft	315 & 340 degrees
Monday 2/6	Up	SW 10 late	New Dateline swell building to 11 ft @ 15-16 secs early	17 ft	315-320 degrees
Tuesday 2/7	Down some	W 15 late	Dateline swell fading from 9.7 ft @ 13-14 secs	12-13 ft	315-320 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up some	---	A gale tracked from the dateline to the Gulf of Alaska Wed with seas 26-30 ft. Swell arrival on Thursday evening (2/2). Another stronger gale is forecast pushing from Japan crossing the dateline Fri-Sat (2/4) with 34 ft seas, fading then redeveloping into a large complex gale circulating and filling the Gulf of Alaska with 40 kt winds and 26 ft seas over a broad area, then moving east and out of the picture Tues (2/7). Possible swell for Monday (2/6). And yet another one is forecast right behind tracking from the dateline to a point just north of Hawaii with 41 ft seas late Mon (2/6). No shortage of swell potential. Looks like the Active Phase of the MJO is having some positive affect as it tries to make headway into the West Pacific.	---	---

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
Friday 2/3	Down	E 5+	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Saturday 2/4	Down	W 5	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Sunday 2/5	Down	SW 5+	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Monday 2/6	Down	SW 10 late	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Tuesday 2/7	Down	W 15 late	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Extended Outlook	Down	---	The South Pacific is asleep for the winter. No swell production forecast.	---	---

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