High Surf Warning

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
418 AM HST THU JAN 15 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU
KAUAI OAHU MOLOKAI MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR WEST FACING SHORES OF LANAI AND NORTH
FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND...

.OVERVIEW...A LARGE STORM SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
SEVERAL DAYS AGO HAS GENERATED A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL. SURF HAS
PEAKED OVERNIGHT BUT THE LOW WAS REINFORCED BY A SECOND LOW.
CONSEQUENTLY HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

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/O.CON.PHFO.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090116T1600Z/
NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-WAIANAE COAST-
OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-OLOMANA-MOLOKAI WINDWARD-
MOLOKAI LEEWARD-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-
MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-KOHALA-
418 AM HST THU JAN 15 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

SURF ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES WILL BE 20 TO 30 FEET TODAY
LOWERING TO 18 TO 23 FEET FRIDAY.

SURF ALONG WEST FACING SHORES OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS EXCEPT LANAI
WILL BE 15 TO 22 FEET TODAY LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 FEET FRIDAY.

SURF ALONG WEST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL BE 10 TO
15 FEET TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO 6 TO 10 FEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT LARGE...DANGEROUS WAVES WILL
BATTER THE SHORELINE AND PRODUCE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. STAY WELL
AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE.

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