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SURF ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 AM HST WED OCT 16 2013
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400 AM HST WED OCT 16 2013
SURF ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES WILL BE 6 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...
DECREASING TO 4 TO 6 FEET FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND BECOMING 2 TO 4 FEET THURSDAY.
SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES WILL BE 1 TO 3 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY.
SURF ALONG WEST FACING SHORES WILL BE 4 TO 6 FEET THIS MORNING...
DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND BECOMING 1 TO 3 FEET THURSDAY.
SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES WILL BE 1 TO 3 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY.
OUTLOOK THROUGH TUESDAY OCTOBER 22:
A NEW NORTHWEST SWELL ARRIVING EARLY FRIDAY WILL BOOST SURF HEIGHTS
ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES ON FRIDAY. THIS SWELL WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SURF HEIGHTS APPROACHING THE
HIGH SURF ADVISORY CRITERIA ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES THIS WEEKEND.
SMALL BACKGROUND SURF WILL CONTINUE ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK TRADES WILL ONLY PRODUCE SMALL SHORT-PERIOD
SURF ALONG WINDWARD FACING BEACHES.
SURF HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST HEIGHTS OF THE FACE OR FRONT OF WAVES. THE
SURF FORECAST IS BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE ONE THIRD LARGEST WAVES...IN THE ZONE OF MAXIMUM
REFRACTION. SOME WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS THE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER RIP CURRENTS IN OR NEAR
ANY SURF ZONE.
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REYNES/HOUSTON