HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Issue Date: 344 PM HST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 600 AM HST FRI DEC 04 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU
KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI AND FOR NORTH FACING SHORES OF MAUI FROM
UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY...
.OVERVIEW...A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE BUILDING ALONG
NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF THE AFFECTED ISLANDS TONIGHT. THE
SWELL WILL PEAK EARLY THURSDAY AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.
HIZ001>003-006>008-012-013-017-020-031445-
/O.CON.PHFO.SU.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091204T1600Z/
NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-WAIANAE COAST-
OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-
MAUI WINDWARD WEST-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-
335 PM HST WED DEC 2 2009
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...
NORTHWEST SWELL IS BUILDING QUICKLY ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES
THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT
PEAKING THURSDAY IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET ON NORTH FACING
SHORES...AND 12 FEET OR GREATER ALONG WEST FACING SHORES. THE
SURF WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY FRIDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION. FORECAST SURF HEIGHTS ARE ESTIMATES OF THE HEIGHT OF THE
FACE...OR FRONT...OF WAVES.
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