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High surf pounds North, West shores
by Dennis Fujimoto - The Garden Island
HANALEI — Mark McKamey, Kaua‘i Ocean Safety Bureau acting supervisor, was glad the weather turned less-than-ideal Thursday.
“Wednesday, we had so many people on the beach at Hanalei we couldn’t get the truck through,” McKamey said. “But luckily the weather turned overcast so there’re not that many people out today.”
McKamey was wrapping up his workday at the Hanalei lifeguard pavilion following an advisory on the large surf that pounded the North Shore of Kaua‘i.
According to the high surf warning issued by the National Weather Service at 4 p.m. yesterday, surf along north-facing shores was going to hit 28 to 32 feet last night before dropping to below 25 feet by this afternoon.
The warning further advised surf along West-facing shores would be in the 15- to 22-foot range last night before declining to below 20 feet by this afternoon.
“The waves were expected to be as high as 40 feet,” McKamey said. “But we’ve only had a few waves that were big. Most of the waves had about 25-foot faces.”
As he spoke, he pointed to what he estimated to be a 40-foot wave at King’s.
“We’ve had a lot of ‘little rescues,’” he said. “And a ton of ‘preventives.’ It’s better to have ‘preventives’ than to have to work the big rescues.”
Conditions had improved by late Thursday that swimmers were allowed on the section of beach between the Hanalei Pier and Pavilion.
“But we’re telling swimmers to stay close in,” McKamey said. “The closer you get toward the Pine Trees end, the worse conditions get, so we’re keeping people close to the beach up on this end.”
McKamey said normally they launch the jet ski from the Pine Trees tower, but the waves had created conditions that forced them to move the craft to Pavilion for launching.
Officials with the OSB are recommending that novice swimmers and surfers avoid going on the wet sand, or in the water on the North Shore from Pavilion to Ke‘e Beach.
OSB officials are asking those wanting to go swimming or snorkeling to use other guarded beaches around the island.
The National Weather Service’s high surf warning for Kaua‘i, O‘ahu and Moloka‘i continues through this afternoon.
For more information, contact the OSB at 241-6505.
“Wednesday, we had so many people on the beach at Hanalei we couldn’t get the truck through,” McKamey said. “But luckily the weather turned overcast so there’re not that many people out today.”
McKamey was wrapping up his workday at the Hanalei lifeguard pavilion following an advisory on the large surf that pounded the North Shore of Kaua‘i.
According to the high surf warning issued by the National Weather Service at 4 p.m. yesterday, surf along north-facing shores was going to hit 28 to 32 feet last night before dropping to below 25 feet by this afternoon.
The warning further advised surf along West-facing shores would be in the 15- to 22-foot range last night before declining to below 20 feet by this afternoon.
“The waves were expected to be as high as 40 feet,” McKamey said. “But we’ve only had a few waves that were big. Most of the waves had about 25-foot faces.”
As he spoke, he pointed to what he estimated to be a 40-foot wave at King’s.
“We’ve had a lot of ‘little rescues,’” he said. “And a ton of ‘preventives.’ It’s better to have ‘preventives’ than to have to work the big rescues.”
Conditions had improved by late Thursday that swimmers were allowed on the section of beach between the Hanalei Pier and Pavilion.
“But we’re telling swimmers to stay close in,” McKamey said. “The closer you get toward the Pine Trees end, the worse conditions get, so we’re keeping people close to the beach up on this end.”
McKamey said normally they launch the jet ski from the Pine Trees tower, but the waves had created conditions that forced them to move the craft to Pavilion for launching.
Officials with the OSB are recommending that novice swimmers and surfers avoid going on the wet sand, or in the water on the North Shore from Pavilion to Ke‘e Beach.
OSB officials are asking those wanting to go swimming or snorkeling to use other guarded beaches around the island.
The National Weather Service’s high surf warning for Kaua‘i, O‘ahu and Moloka‘i continues through this afternoon.
For more information, contact the OSB at 241-6505.
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