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surf zone forecast
national weather service honolulu hi
404 am hst sun apr 5 2020

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404 am hst sun apr 5 2020

surf along north facing shores will be 8 to 12 feet this morning, 
then lower to 6 to 10 feet this afternoon and 5 to 8 feet monday.

surf along west facing shores will be 6 to 9 feet this morning, then 
lower to 5 to 8 feet this afternoon and 4 to 6 feet monday.

surf along south facing shores will be 1 to 3 feet today, rising to 2
to 4 feet monday.

surf along east facing shores will be to 1 to 3 feet through monday.

outlook through sunday april 12:
the current north-northwest swell will lower through the day today,
but will be reinforced by a new long period west-northwest swell on
monday. another reinforcing northwest swell is expected to arrive
tuesday peak tuesday night into early wednesday and slowly lower
through the week. a series of small south swells are forecast to bump
surf to near the summer average by tuesday. the lack of trade winds 
will result in small surf along east facing shores through the 
upcoming week.

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, at the locations of the largest
breakers. 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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