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QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - Hawaii
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:34 PM GMT

QuikCASTs will not be updated 5/1 thru 5/10 - We'll be on vacation.

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 4/30	Up barely	ENE 20-25	Renewed Gulf swell to 3.1 ft @ 12-13 secs	3.5 ft	5-10 degrees
Thursday 5/1	Down some	ENE 20	Gulf swell fading from 3 ft @ 12 secs	3.5ft	5-10 degrees
Friday 5/2	Down	E 15-20	No swell of interest forecast on the North Shore East windswell on the East Shore 5.5 ft @ 7-8 secs	2 ft or less 3.5 ft	--- 85 degrees
Saturday 5/3	Down	E 15	East windswell on the East Shore 4.7 ft @ 7-8 secs	3 ft	85 degrees
Sunday 5/4	Down	SE 10	East windswell on the East Shore 4.2 ft @ 7-8 secs	2.5 ft	85 degrees
Extended Outlook	Down	---	The North Pacific jetstream has all but shut down offering only limited generic support for low pressure development at the oceans surface. No surface lows of interest were occurring. Swell from a previous low in the Gulf of Alaska Sun-Mon (4/27) that generated 35 kt winds and 21 ft seas aimed mainly at the Pacific Northwest but with limited sideband energy pushing towards Hawaii expected to arrive Wednesday into Thurs (5/1).	---	---

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

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 4/30	Up more	ENE 20-25	The peak of the Swell #1S to hit in the morning at 4.0 ft @ 17 secs (7 ft faces with some 8.5 ft sets).	7 ft	190-195 degrees
Thursday 5/1	Down slightly	ENE 20	Swell #1S continues at 3.9 ft @ 15-16 secs (6 ft faces with a few bigger sets).	6 ft	190-195 degrees
Friday 5/2	Down some	E 15-20	Swell #1S fading from 3.3 ft @ 14-15 secs	5 ft	190-195 degrees
Saturday 5/3	Down some	E 15	Swell 3 ft @ 13 secs	4 ft	190-195 degrees
Sunday 5/4	Down	SE 10	Swell 3 ft @ 12-13 secs	3.5 ft	190-195 degrees
Extended Outlook	Down	---	South Pacific: Down south a solid gale built just east of New Zealand Tues-Thurs (4/24) producing confirmed 45 kt winds and 32-36 ft seas. Significant class summer time swell is pushing north towards Hawaii starting late Monday (4/28 and continuing decent on into the weekend. No other swell producing systems in-play or forecast.	---	---

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