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Surf Forecast - Hawaii
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:33 PM GMT

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 11/20	Down	ENE 25	East windswell on the East Shore at 7.8 ft @ 8 secs	6.0 ft	80 degrees
Saturday 11/21	Up some	E 20	New Gulf sideband swell to 4.3 ft @ 12-13 secs East windswell on the East Shore at 8.3 ft @ 8 secs	5.0 ft 5.5 ft	355 degrees 90 degrees
Sunday 11/22	Up more	ENE 20	New swell from across the dateline building to 6.9 ft @ 17 secs late East windswell on the East Shore at 7.3 ft @ 9 secs	11-12 ft 6.0 ft	325-330 degrees 90 degrees
Monday 11/23	Down some	ENE 15	Dateline swell 7.8 ft @ 15 secs early East windswell on the East Shore at 6 ft @ 9 secs	11-12 ft 5.0 ft	325-330 degrees 95 degrees
Tuesday 11/24	Down some	ENE 15+	Dateline swell 6.9 ft @ 13-14 secs East windswell on the East Shore at 5 ft @ 9 secs	9.0 ft 4.5 ft	325-330 degrees 90 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up maybe	---	The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is moving into the Active Phase suggesting a more favorable environment for storm formation over the North Pacific for the next 3-4 weeks. The second gale in a series was tracking through the Central Gulf of Alaska Wed-Fri (11/20) generating 30-35 kt west winds and 20 ft seas. But all this energy is bypassing the Islands well to the east. A storm is building west of the dateline Wed-Fri (11/20) tracking northeast and expected to stall near the dateline just south of the Aleutians with 50 kts winds and 37-40 ft seas. Swell from this one is to push well towards the Islands arriving on Sun (11/22). Another storm is on the charts for the middle of next week moving from the dateline to the Western Gulf with 45-50 kt west winds targeting the Islands with solid sideband energy. And more is forecast behind that with the jetstream moving into a very favorable configuration. So the storm door is looking to open.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - Hawaii
Wind Animations: Northeast Pacific - Hawaii
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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 11/20	Down	ENE 25	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Saturday 11/21	Down	E 20	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Sunday 11/22	Down	ENE 20	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Monday 11/23	Down	ENE 15	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Tuesday 11/24	Down	ENE 15+	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Extended Outlook	Down	---	Down south the last in a string of small and weak gales pushed under New Zealand Thurs (11/12) with a tiny area of 26 ft seas pushing northeast. Small swell hardly noticeable is scheduled for the South Shore on Sat (11/21) at 1 ft @ 14 secs and not even noticeable. It's over for the season.	---	---

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