Northshore surf blog daily update

April 25,2008 Friday
surf came up a little more late last night and this morning. there were a few 5 footers at poops but everywhere was a little weird with the NNW direction. nice clean condions again

April 24,2008 Thursday
surf is comming up today. it started out nearly flat and then some 3 ft sets started coming in. off the wall was bigger than Pipe. perfect am conditions

April 22,2008 Tues
sorry havent been blogging here lately but ill update you all. 2 weeks ago we had a long series of NE swell if you like broken up style Lanis. some people said it was going off others thought like me, it was just okay. gums was actually pretty decent a couple days but mainly you had to catch it at the right time inbetween real windy spells. town was good, got up to 5 ft and there were a few good tubes at the big bowl. that swell lasted three days with April 18 being the biggest. All the shooters were there that morning so you can go check it out. Then right when that died off we got another weird NE country swell but that one only lasted a day with 5 ft waves and was 2 ft by yesterday today is just a foot

April 9,2007 Wednesday
the surf came up a little last night and its about 2-3 today. it was real washy and disorganized this morning but it seemed to be cleaning up around midday

April 8, 2008 Tuesday
Yesterday started dropping and was still onshore. Today cleaned up but got small, about 1-2 occ 3 and still kinda mixed up storm surf even thought the wind turned to ESE. Looks like this is it for a little while

April 6, 2008 Sunday
got a little bigger- some occ 8 ft sets late last night and early this morning but the surf is shot. its terrible. 4 boogies paddled out this morning at Pipe which still had a crossed up swell with a ton of chop going through the wave and some back was to stop it all off. the wind seems to being blasting through Pipe and that area the most. Even Haleiwa was a mess, but V-Land, Sunset and Pinballs seemed to have a little big of protection from the wind

April 4, 2008 Friday 8:22am
man what a bummer the NW and the NE swells came at the same time making for a big mess of 2-4 ft with some 5 footers. maybe it will get better later

April 3,2008 Thursday
Man it has been terrible the last couple days. yuck. today is back to being more northerly winds again and the swell is NE with hardly in west in it. If your bored you can check out CNN, there is a really cool special on Martin Luther King who was assasignated 40 years ago today.

April 2, 2008 Wednesday
this morning the surf was shot out here. side - onshore wind and just about 2-3 ft. terrible. I had to do some things in town yesterday and was surprized with some fun 3 ft waves with pretty decent conditions even though it was pretty gusty

April 1,2008
the surf came up last night and was 1-3. i saw a couple 5 foot sets before I paddled out this morning but once I got out there it did not seem like there were any more of those. It was really bumby choppy and backwashy so pretty junk. I think everywhere was like that.

March 24,2008 Monday
1-2 ft North strong trades

March 23,2008
Happy Easter!! He is Risen!!
Surfs been real small the last few days just flat to a foot or so. Today is not even ridable, but really beautiful here on the Northshore. This is the time of year where I stop blogging everyday and just blog when there is a swell since I dont want to have to write that it is flat every day. I just started a blog for the Honolulu Advertiser so you can go there for more elaborate reports and surf news.

March 20,2008 Thursday
1-2 ft today and windy

March 19, 2008 Wednesday
2-3 windy

March 18,2008 Tuesday
there was a little surge in the morning 4-6 occ 8 with a couple waves bigger than yesterday , but it dropped really quick and was just 3-4 ft by the evening

March 17, 2008 Monday
4-6 with a couple bigger ones, dropped from yesterday afternoon

March 16,2008 Sunday
started out 3-5 with a couple 6 footers, a lot of backwash and shifty and rose to 4-6 with some occ solid sets in the 8 or 10 foot range. Bodyboarder Joshua Kalai Nakata passed away today. It was said that he got caught inside on one of the freak sets and did not resurface until 15 minutes later without his board. Ironically, I had mentioned early that morning that we had not lost anyone at Pipe this year and thought the large number of injuries may have paid for a life. It is always so sad to lose someone out there, especially someone so young but at the same time we are comforted that he died doing what he loved. To be honest I have only seen a couple quick clips on the news and and still unsure about who it was so Ill keep you all posted on more info. R..I.P. Joshua

March 15, Saturday
small kine. nothing really at Pipe. Poops has a fun little barrelling sandbar about 2 ft

March 14,2008 Friday
1-3 this morning. still turning around to the north. Pupukea had a few bigger ones than Pipe I think and the sandbars looked like they might have potential later on

March 13,2008 Thursday
just a couple guys paddled out this morning. There were a couple 10 ft sets early but mostly 4-6, a lot of north and kinda funky- by 10am a small crew paddled out and it was kinda fun. the bigger waves were passing by Pipe was kinda breaking more on the end

March 12, 2008 Wednesday
only 4 boogies and Dino out at Pipe kinda jumbled up with a little too much north and some 15 ft sets throughout the day. Waimea was fun kine

March 11,2008 Tuesday
beautiful conditions again this morning with trades back by midday. the waves started out looking real small at daybreak then a couple serges of 5 ft waves came in and then it got kinda fat and backed off throughout the middle of the day. buoys are up

March 10, 2008 Monday
super fun kine again this morning. 1-3 ft with a couple 4's. clean and perfect conditions

March 9,2008 Sunday
1-3 and a couple bigger ones clean am and fun. light seabreeze midday and early evening

March 8,2008 Saturday
what an incredible day. fun 3-4 ft this morning with a couple 5's. good backdoor the last couple days. this afternoon we celebrated the life of a fellow most known as "Big Bob" or Hawaiian Bob. It was a beautiful service and paddle out. conditions as good as it gets. We all held hands in a huge hanai circle of long time friends who knew him and the keikis who will hopefully carry his spirit into the future. we watched beautful 2-3 ft waves breaking in the background at Pipe with conditions which were as good as it gets just before riding one in to appreciate an unreal Sunset. Aloha Bob!! You will be truely missed, but your spirit will live on in all of us!!!

March 7,2008 Friday
clean and fun 3-5 with a few 6 ft bombs this morning with epic conditions, dropping midday with a little bit of wind in the face but hardly anyone out

March 6,2008 Thursday
wow. the waves have been perfect for the last 4 days. more epic Pipe like a dream. Yesterday and today were about 4-6 occ bigger every once in a while. really west and so perfect conditions. its been so good and all for the locals

March 2,2008 Sunday
flat-1 ft today. pretty

March 1,2008 Saturday
super fun and clean this morning. 3-5 occ 6 early am then it started really dropping off by 9 and was 2-4 by the afternoon.

Feb 29,2008 Friday
kinda small and shifty this morning, but then it came up a notch mid morning and looked really nice with some killer waves. 3-5 occ 6 early am then 4-6 occ 8 by midday

Feb 28, 2008 Thursday
beautiful waves at Pipe again this morning in the 6-10 ft range. the swell is pretty west and there are some thick ones

Feb 27,2008
the swell dropped a lot this morning. i didnt watch that long but it seemed like it was about 5 ft, really clean conditions, but still mixed up with a lot of north.looks like the kind of day for backdoor, the sandbars maybe rocky rights

FEb 26,2008
yesterday was about 10 ft + with a washy mixed up swell, a lot more north mix up than weve been seeing on the former big days. noone paddled out early, but midday had a a pack of boogies and just about 5 surfers. i heard that town dropped, but it was really fun kine 2-3 from the middle. i got really sick a couple hours after surfing the big bowl the day before and i have a feeling it was from the water so take your vitamins before surfing out there

Feb 25,2008 Monday
country started out 2-3 ft this morning and totally onshore and then rose midday and had some solid 10 ft sets by this evening and was cleaning up but still really washy. Town was 2-4 ft with an occ bigger set and the wind was clocking from side shore to a slight crumble and at times perfect calm glass

FEb 24,2008 Sunday
flat-2 ft Sw winds by 10am

Feb 23, 2008 Saturday
a notch smaller today with a north swell mixing in making the lefts a little too rolly poly at Pipe and the rights pretty good. sandbars are looking fun too

Feb 22,2008 Friday
waves were so picture perfect again today and it stayed pretty much offshore all day long. the morning had a few left over 6 ft waves but it was mostly 3-5 ft, a notch under yesterdays size.

Feb 21, 2008 Thursday
so fun this morning. 4-6 ft with the moon shinning right over us at Pipe and a pink sky. there were some fun long waves running through Ehukai and some barrells on both the lefts and rights. i must say i am very envious of the boogies today, but i am glad when those guys score because they are so hardcore and the majority of them arent sponsored so they are doin it tough. good waves are their reward rather than the money or fame so many surfers put as a top priority these days so props to them.

Feb 20,2008 Wednesday
fun kine. perfect conditions for the boogie girls at Pipe. some beautiful waves coming through if you can find the right one. I heard Rockys was epic, one of the better days this year and V-Land was said to be looking nice too 3-5 ft

Feb 19 2008 Tuesday
Dont forget to vote tonight! I will be voting for local boy Barrack Obama. Waves were so pretty this morning. 6-8 ft and perfect condtions. barrell after barrell at Pipe. the bodyboard comp is on and if youve been wondering why it seems like there are 90 of them out every day, its because there is. they had 178 entrants and were only able to accept 120. whew. thats a lot of bodyboarders. yesterday was just about 2-4 and Sunday was 1-2. its been clean early morning condtions and onshore in the afternoons

Feb16.2008 Saturday
2-3 ft today and dropping fast. perfect morning conditions with seabreezes midday

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Feb 15,2008 Friday 7:30am
waves dropped back in the 6-10 ft range this morning, theres some morning sickness with a little more north in the swell than the past days.its a bodyboarding frenzy since their contest starts in a couple days

Feb 14,2008 Thursday 11am Valentines
yesterday dropped all day and was kinda fun for a change. this morning started out a little slow looking like it might be a Pipe day and then got just a tad too big. There were about five boogie boarders out all morning. There were a few sets which guys rode all the way from the third reef outside off the wall to the first reef and being on the boogie it looked hard for them to even get down the face. Inbetween those sets it was pretty much a washing machine which was very tempting at times because there were really long lulls and perfect conditions. Photographer Franko called Waimea "boring" mid morning, but it looked like a real fun kine day minus the fact that there were 40 guys out and I saw one set which looked like it had 10 guys on the same way. My husband is taking a chopper to Phantoms where some of the boys will be shooting.

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Feb 12,2008 Tuesday
wow, another incredible Pipe day! It started out looking like it was gonna drop, but some 8 footers were rolling in all morning and by afternoon some of the most perfect 10 ft barrells were screaming through. It was maxed out, as big as it gets on the first reef. Both today and yesterday were really dangerous around noon when the tide is low it is super shallow across the reef and the sandbar inside goes dry. Even some of the top guys suffered serious injuries the last couple days; scary. Conditions were perfect offshore wind, NW swell and easy to get out through the channel. epic!

Feb 11,2008 Monday
it was superbowl monday at Pipe today. it started out slow at about 4-6 and rose to 8 ft around 10am and then pulsed from about 1pm-4pm and then started backing down in the evening. The waves were super steep and there were some killer tube rides and some mean wipeouts. There were sets consistently breaking on the second reef for a while, but not as big as last week Thursday. Conditions were pretty good with the wind turning of and on throughout the day.

Feb 10, 2008 Sunday
smaller today with more north. looked like it was picking up midday but then backed down again for the evening.

Feb 9,2008 Saturday 10am
National Weather Service and everyone else was wrong this morning. Surfline was the only one predicting the swell to come back up this big. It was the same size as the big day Thursday, but too north so just kinda washing through and washing around today, About 5 or 6 guys out all morning only a couple of them stand up surfers surfing kindof on the inside hook and just doging the sets. about 10 ft w some 12 ft sets and even one 15 ft set maybe. Sunset is maxed out, nobody riding

Feb 8,2008 Friday 9am
Surf looked kinda like 6 ft first light but then some 10 ft bombs serged in. Not as nice as yesterday though, matter of fact it was pretty bad this morning for conditions. More bump, chop and warble than yesterday and even some backwash today. kinda breaking all over the place. might get better later if the trades kick in

Feb 7,2008 Thursday
I havent bothered to blog until today because its been so flat. Pancho Sullivan won the Monster yesterday in surf that started out at about 1-2 and then rose to about 2-4 by the afternoon. Still better than the Pipemasters atleast.

Today was finally good though. Early am it looked like 1-3 ft with occ 8 ft set and unridable with the sandbar cause the waves to close out with no even entry, but within the first hour some big sets were coming in on the second reef and starting to look pretty good. It pulsed for a couple hours with a few solid 12 ft waves and maybe even one 15 footer, then it lulled for about 45 minutes settled down and got pretty epic for a few waves. It was pretty tricky with the strong wind chop and the warble going through the waves but there were some barrells which seemed big enough to drive a truck through (of course not, but it just seems so big and chunky) Around 2 my husband was raving about perfect photos but then the rain came and suddenly it was junk. I think by 2 it was already dropping and kindof getting weird again, most the sets were just closeouts; the kind where you couldnt get around the section. It was such a good day, really west and nice conditions for a change, even a little warmer. yay

Feb 3 2008 Sunday
wow. i actually see a left at Pipe, first time in two weeks. its about 2-3 with some occ 4. kinda fun but only because its been so junk

Feb 2,2008 Saturday
small waves 1-2 ft. sorta junk small sandbar. cold and windy again. we had a cool little beach access protest at Turtle Bay today. Watch the news for the Statewide protest.

>Statewide Protest for Public Beach Access on Feb 2nd (groundhog day) 10am-12noon organized by Surfrider. Please go to www.surfrider.org/oahu to read more about this protest and see how our public beach access is being threatened throughout the islands.

Feb 1,2008
nothing at all really by Pipe today so no contest. by the afternoon it had come up a little bit, seemed like more tradewind swell wrap. still pretty windy and cold with clean faces

Jan 31, 2008
atleast I did not get belted by rain and wind that hurt my head this morning. conditions are finally somewhat pleasant again for the moment. the waves dropped about a foot and the NE swell is gone so that helps. Pipe contest is on again today (no bodysurfing) and I heard them tell contestants they would be allowed to surf off the wall. I paddled out there this morning, but you still cant really surf Pipe because of the big bar, just backdoor and really more like off the door again

Jan 30,2008
you guessed it, junk again. a little less windy today and a couple feet smaller. about 2-4 ft occ 5. the NE swell is still overiding the west and Pipe is doo doo but they are holding the contest because they are running out of time.the rain pelted down on me so hard this morning that it hurt and I thought it was going to hail like it did on the Big Island yesterday

Jan 28,3008 Tuesday
yesterday was small but started rising out of the west in the evening at Pipe. It wasnt that surfable last night, but it looked a little bit promising. This morning was hideous however. Pipe is like; well where is it? They called off the contest with only smaller waves predicted for the rest of the week so that tells the story. I just checked again around 10:30am and it looked a little bigger than the morning. Some 6 ft sets were coming in at off the door but the warble bump going through the waves were 2 ft and the sandbar is right at the peak making the lefts pretty much unriable and the current looks strong as well. Sunset and Pupukea were a lot better than Pipe but still pretty bad

Jan 27,2008 Sunday
The waves suck again, super windy almost onshore winds again. Lanis and Ehukai are ridable, but not good. Looks like there could be some 6 foot waves somewhere that takes a NE swell . Conditions are getting better than the morning.

This morning I experienced a very ungodly ride to church as I noticed that from sometime yesterday after 12 noon - 7am this morning THEY HAVE GONE AND PUT NO PARKING SIGNS UP AND MADE IT ILLEGAL TO PARK in ATLEAST HALF OF THE ROADSIDE PARKING ON THE NORTHSHORE (WHERE WE USUALLY PARK). That was real sneaky of them man. Im pretty sure they did it over night last night

(This is roadside- I didn't look in between the houses on the roads on the inside yet)
-At V-Land all the roadside parking is now illegal except makai side from the Kahuku side entrance half way in towards the housing gate.
-At Sunset there are no signs facing the beach in the trench there where your facing the surf break up to the lifeguard, tower but on both sides of that trench and both sides of the road it is all illegal
-At Rockys its all illegal
-From Pupukea to Pipe their are just a couple areas where you can park in between the signs
-At Pipe its not too bad Haleiwa side of Ehukai but we did lose the parking makai side from the beach park all the way to the fire hydrant where the path way is and some on the mauka side near the school

There is nothing past Pipe. Im not sure if they just havent finished yet or what. Gosh it almost seems like a jab or even a warning from our Beach Access protest in town the other day. I think there are going to be some really angry people out here on the Northshore when they discover what happened overnight. The doo doo is really starting to hit the fan here in Hawaii man.

Jan 26,2008
The surf is still really junk today. 1-2 occ 3 and srtong side shore trades. I guess the meeting wasnt all bad yesterday. They passed the rule but have to restructure it so atleast we made a little bit of a different. you can read from the paper below

Jan 25,2008 Friday
flat-1 ft this morning with some cute little 2 ft long waves over the sandbar this evening. the kids were having fun out there. DLNR pushed the ruling through for the parking put we had an incredible turnout and I would say that we probably atleast made a few ammendments to the ruling and that since Lingle hasnt signed, its not over yet. I will say that listening in on the frustrating, confusing and long meeting the ruling seems to have been made for all Hawaii Harbours, its just that Bowls is the first. read below to find out about the Statewide Beach Protest on Feb 2nd which has a rally going near you.

Friday, January 25, 2008
Most parking spaces to remain free at Ala Wai harbor
Honolulu Advertiser Staff
More than half of the 1,000 parking spaces at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor will remain free for the time being after more than 100 beachgoers and boat owners showed up at a Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting to protest a proposed fee increase. The rule changes would have implemented or increase fees for all but 130 stalls.
The board considered parking issues for more than three hours before deciding to send the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation back out for another round of public hearings to develop a parking plan more palatable to harbor users.
Meanwhile, however, the board did approve the rule change that will eventually allow the division to collect parking fees from harbor users if it comes up with a plan that appeals to the board.
Board members made clear that the proposal floated yesterday would not pass muster.
The Division had proposed to reserve 130 spots for beachgoers at the harbor's helipad site, hire a vendor to charge prevailing public parking prices for the rest of the unpermitted spots and raise parking permit fees for slipholders from $20 a year to $25 a month.
No one testified in support of the department's proposal.

>Channel 2 short video clip of the protest @ Kalanimoku Bldg

>ON JAN 25TH FRIDAY @ 9AM KALANIMOKU BLDG., WE WILL HAVE OUR LAST CHANCE TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE DNLR BOARD TO PROTEST THE PRIVATIZED PARKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE KALANIMOKU BLDG. IS ON 1151 PUNCHBOWL STREET, BOARD ROOM 132, 1ST FLOOR. THIS BLDG IS ON PUNCHBOWL, JUST BEFORE THE HONOLULU HALE .
As I understand it, the proposal is not for metered parking, but for a parking attendant which if you've been downtown, you know these types of vendors are expensive. like $8-10 for the day and it is also my understanding that it is illegal to paddle across the channel from Magic Island so if we start parking there, they can give us a ticket. This ruling will overturn the law about Public Beach Access so a threat to our beloved Bowls is a threat to all beaches throughout Hawaii.

Jan 24, 2008 Thursday
flat-2 ft this morning and still pretty windy. not really breaking at Pipe just Ehukai and office the wall.Dont forget the hearing tomorrow at Kalanimoku Bldg rm 132 Save Bowls (read below)

Jan 23,2008 Wed
The wind was calmer this morning and the waves cleaner. As my friend Rick said; it was about 1-5 ft this morning, small with a very occ set. The wind was back up around 9am by the time I came in and the waves were just weird again and it is cold, brrrr.

Jan 22,2008 Tues
Surf was pretty pathetic again today. It died down from yesterday afternoon back to the 2-4 ft range and was even windier believe it or not. V-land and more protected areas are best

Jan 21,2008 Monday
Surf started out about 3-4 ft and got up to about 6 ft by midday. The trades were so strong it kinda ruined the swell, but this evening right before dark it was looking much cleaner and I saw some nice tubes at Pipe. By the way, yesterday was junk and only about 1-2 ft. The day before had some solid 6 ft + waves in the morning after that big day, but it was dropping a lot by 9am in just the 3-5 ft range and a swarm of people

Happy Martin Luther King Day! Over 40 years ago African Americans walked to work for 13 months in their pursuit for equality during the Birmingham bus boycott and I don't need to tell you they got positive results. Are the people of Hawaii willing to sacrifice one day for their rights to have public beach access? Its up to us. read more on Local events below

Jan 18,2008 Friday
Wow. soild 6-10 ft this morning with some 12 ft waves this afternoon. Pipe was kinda weird with a dry sand bar which moved throughout the day so by the end of the day the waves started getting more makeable. There were some really sick pits this evening, I even saw one guy get a wave from the outside rode it through the barrell on the inside and then it connected with the sandbar and he got two more barells in the sandbar. whew. This morning there were more wipeouts and good rides.

Town has been pretty good too the last couple days. Ill put it this way, the national weather service called high surf advisory for town on a lot of days this summer that never got as good as yesterday and today. There were 5 ft pits in the big bowl. We are happy surfers today and things are looking good all week

Jan 15,2008 8am
Waves all over the place again but much bigger than yesterday. theres some foaming waves on the outer reefs but it not really getting into the spots so I guess its about 6-8 ft. Noone out anywhere from off the wall to Pupukea, noone at Vland. they are having the jrs event and Sunset, but it looks pretty weird out there too. still north winds and stormy conditions.

Jan 14,2008 10am
still pretty doo doo kine today. John John was surfing Ehukai by himself early am, but its too north for Pipe or anything. Lanis had only one car in the whole parking lot and nobody surfing so that says it all. the wind is still pretty much straight onshore and the swell is just all over the place. 3-5 ft

Jan 14, 2008 Monday ealry am
still really ragged, not much improvement from yesterday, but the swell is dropping pretty fast.Still 12-15 solid. Pipe is washing through. Three guys at Waimea but it looked hideous

12noon update Jan 13 Sunday
still noone out anywhere. unruly conditions

Jan 13, 2008 Sunday
Huge Mess, but atleast its huge. I haven't seen waves this big in a long time, it must be twenty feet. I saw a wave break outside Sunset which seemed to connect all the way to Rocky Point and a huge bomber that went through Shark's Cove. Didn't see any big ones at the Bay, but Im sure there are a few. Its hideous out there though. I dont know if anyone will actually paddle out. It must be 20 ft today, but who can tell what is a wave and what is chop.

Jan 12,2008 Saturday
Man, this is not a Pipe year. The backdoor shootout ran again today in 4-6 foot clean Pipe and the wind is supposet to come onshore this afternoon. The boogies are all here already for their contest mid Feb. and I cant imagine what it is going to be like when all the pro guys come back for the Monster at the end of this month. The waves are beautiful today though if you like surfing other spots. A little more NW today but still holding.

Jan 11,2008 Friday
RIP Joaquin. Today makes one year since this pioneering Puerto Rican passed away at Pipeline. He was a well known and respected surfer here on the Northshore . As we met on the beach this morning right before the contest to say a prayer with his family, the 8-10 consistent waves came to a hault and then a giant rainbow appeared over Pipe. It was beautiful. Joaquin definitely ordered up some nice waves for the boys at the backdoor shootout today. It will be hard for them to top the scores they got two days ago, but with the swell dropping and turning a little more north, I am sure there will be some epic backdoor barrells. It will go down as one of the best contests held at Pipe for sure. What a blessing!

Jan 10, 2008 Thursday
Too big for Pipe today, the backdoor shoot out is on hold but it was still really consistently washing thru at Pipe when I left around 8am. More north looking than yesterday. Two boogies went out and did alright (it took them two trys but they made it out) two surfers tryed to get out but only got pounded way inside the waterline all the way to pupukea before coming in The backdoor shoot out is on hold untill 11am and Sean is going to shoot some guys who are going to paddle out Phantoms

Jan 9,2008 Wednesday
Finally, we feel like winter has begun. Today was the 3rd and best Pipe day we had all year. The morning had like 50 guys out before you could even see daylight and my friend counted 80 guys out just before the started the contest. Da Hui Backdoor Shootout scored! It was one of the best contest days Ive ever seen at Pipe because with their format, it encourages guys to wait for the good ones and then they can take off on the biggest ones. Jamie and Bruce seem to be in the lead. Nathan got some sick ones and a few others. whoopie, winter is finally here. swell was WNW started out 6-10 and had some solid 12 ft by the evening. perfect calmy wind and sunny. it was beautiful

Early morning before the backdoor Shootout Jan 9,2008 -I guess this is what the National Weather Service is calling a 6 ft faces these days. Everyone showed up with small boards, but we didnt care.
It was getting pretty chunky by the afternoon. Im pretty sure this is Mark Healy
But there were some sick tubes

Jan 8, 2008 Tues
surf was real small this morning about 1-2 ft but came up late afternoon to about 5 ft on the sets. perfect conditions with NW swell

Jan 6,2008 Sunday
still about 2-3 ft, same s yesterday but more west and clean with sunshine

Jan 5,2008 Saturday
still small 2-3 ft but a little more out of the west with more normal trade winds and cleaner condtions

Jan 4,2008 Friday
still kinda stormy but still better than earlier this week. NNE swell is missing Pipe but delivering some disorganized waves at Ehukai and Pupukea. Pretty much still the same size and conditions as yesterday about 3-5 ft occ bigger at NE spots. Yesterday afternoon was better than the morning it was just smoother and more organized

Jan 3,2008 Thursday
it got a little bit cleaner today inbetween rain squalls but the swell direction is so weird, nowheres good again. Pipe is still a big current, the are a few disorganized waves at Pupukea, ehukai and off the wall, Lanis is breaking wave on the end like a west swell, Sunset looked the best.3-5 ft. i caught one wave at Pipe got sucked to backdoor came in and went for a swim in Turtle Bay Lagoon

Jan 2,2008 Wednesday
Surf is still terrible this morning and it doesnt look any bigger than yesterday, but the wind is worse. It is more north today, totally missing Pipe and there are some really ugly waves at Ehukai and Pupukea. 3-5 ft, Lanis might be bigger but I cant see it being very good and the Bay was really brown yesterday

Happy New Year Tuesday 2008
Waves started coming up yesterday afternoon to about 3 ft and this morning it is about 4 or 5 ft and rising out of the north with light onshore wind. pretty terrible. the wind did turn more offshore yesterday afternoon and was decent but i dont know about today. tryed to surf pipe but the current was so strong i got sucked down to off the wall before i even got out to the line and had to paddle the whole time. no where looks good.

New Years Eve Dec 31, 2007 Monday
flat-1 ft onshore NE wind

Dec 29,2007 Saturday
finally a swell that lasts more than half a day. there were still some waves this morning minus the sets from yesterday afternoon, but it seemed like it was dropping when I left by 9am. Not as windy as yesterday yet, still backwashy, bumpy and lumpy with cloudy skys

Dec 28,2007 Friday
the waves actually came up today 3-4 ft occ freak 5 ft. Pipe was like shore break with all kinds of warp and warbles in it not to mention spans of very gusty trades. The boogies were having a blast while most the surfers were just eating it. V-land looked average and I heard it was cleaner down by Haleiwa.

Dec 27,2007 Thursday
barely 1-2 ft again. more of a NE windswell this morning so no waves at Pipe, just beach park

Dec 26, 2007 Wednesday
surf came up this morning. i saw one real 6 ft set at Pipe that was unridable due to the wind and the chop and the warble and the current out there. Mainly its was about 3-4 ft with a few 5 ft sets. i left to town by 10am

Mele Kalikimaka 2007 Tuesday
I guess surfers were naughty this year. Its the smallest Christmas surf Ive ever seen even when I used to live on the Big Island, it wasnt this small. 1-2 ft windy choppy and just baaaad. It a good day to spend time with the family and remember the true meaning of Christmas

Christmas Eve ,2007 Monday
3-4 ft at Pipe, actually looked like it peaked early. I am sure there are some bigger waves elsewhere since the sand is piled up from off the wall thru the beach park making it look like September. Conditions are pretty lumpy bumpy NNW swell, but better than its been in atleast a couple weeks

Dec 23,Sunday 4pm
still just 1-2 or 2-3 depending on where your at. Looks like the water is moving around more today but there is still no real swell

Dec 22, Saturday
1 ft again this morning rising a ft or 2 out of the north by this afternoon

Dec 21,2007 Friday
small surf again this morning about1 ft

Dec 19/20,2007 Wed/Thurs
it started coming up a little midday on thursday but really the swell was just 1-2 ft. good thing is that it was really glassy this morning, no wind with soft onshore seabreeze by midday

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Dec 18,2007 Tuesday
looks like summer time kine waves again today on the northshore, except its not summer, its cold and windy, 1 ft occ 2

Dec 17,2007 Monday
Im calling worst Pipemasters ever because the contest is on.. 1-2 with an very occ 3 on a declining wind swell, windy and disorganized

Dec 16 2007 Sunday
even smaller today, barely a foot at pipe and ehukai. Lanis is about a foot with an occ bigger one

Dec 15,2007 Saturday
1-2 ft today. sandbars were kinda fun for the little shorties and i mean real little shorties. pipe wasnt breaking this mornging so no contest and the wind is strong, sort of side off shore

Dec 14,2007 Friday
it seemed a little better this morning, but maybe just because the waves were atleast as big as the chop. Contest is on at Pipe in 2-3 ft surf which is on the decline. its more windy today and cold

Dec 13 Thursday
Pipeline started out about 1-3 ft this morning and is now about 2-4. Joccos and Sunset and off the wall are in the 3-5 ft range with a couple freak sets here and there but it is really windy and a weird direction everywhere.

Dec 12,2007 Wednesday
Pipe is really small today 1-2 occ 3 and the sandbar and north swell is making it pretty much a close out except for the end of backdoor (off the door) the town cam is looking good

Dec 11, 2007 Tues
Waves were 1-2 occ 3 this morning early and it should rise throughout the day, but the contest is on because theres not much coming during the waiting period. Clean conditions and overcast

Dec 10, 2007 Monday
2-3 ft- not too many waves at Pipe but a few good backdoors still and gums is kinda working. the sandbars are starting to relax a little bit now so its a little less shallow today. conditions are much cleaner than yesterday. offshore wind, but lots of rain

Dec 9, 2007 Sunday
onshore west wind for most of the day cleaning up in the evening 2-4 occ 5

Dec 8,2007 Saturday
weird sandbar with varying wind conditions

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Dec 7, 2007 Friday
3-5 ft @Pipe this morning. was pretty bad still and very north but the kids were having fun getting some little sandbar tubes at backdoor. those sandbars may not be so nice however when the waves get big but they look like they could move pretty easy. the wind and rain came back around 9am and we even had another short power outage.
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Dec. 6,2007 Thursday
another shopping day. the waves were still pretty disorganized and stormy this morning early, but definitely back to the normal stormy, not like last night. Surf wasnt as big as yesterday either. Looked like about 10-12 occ bigger sets. the whole beach is gone at Pipe, hopefully there wont be some nasty sandbars inbetween the reef from that wind swell. i heard town was as big as 10 ft yesterday breaking outside the buoy at bowls, but unridablle

Dec. 5, 2007 Wednesday
where am i? when I checked the surf tonight i thought I was in Tazmania or Oregon. The surf was like big wind waves breaking all over the place. It was like there were new surf breaks. Waimea had lefts breaking and there was no Pipe, just waves all over the place and big but you couldnt even tell how big and whether it was wind or swell. We lost power in all areas of the island today except Waikiki (hmm- dont want to let those tourists down) The power was out from 3am-8pm here on the Northshore and 83 schools were closed throughout the islands. Several telephone poles were knocked down causing road closures on both sides of the northshore going to town. They did open up a detour on the Kahuku side. A bus was struck by lighting. There was a buoy reading tonight of 28 ft 15 sec which is 26 ft Hawaiian wave heights but I think the readings are being exaggerated by the wind. There is a high surf warning for north shores and even town has a high surf advisory.

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Dec 4,2007 Tues 1:32
Christmas shopping? the surf sucks again today. smaller and more north. Waimea got decent and had a few real Bay sets yesterday in spurts. The contest is on and I guess they will probably try to finish today before we get the hurricane winds this afternoon. Makua Rothman won the Oneil Cup

Dec 3,2007 Monday
cleaner than yesterday, barely. Pipe is north and shredded. 1 guy paddled out for 30min and then 2 boogies, but its terrible. not as big as the other swell yet but 8am buoy is at 20ft 14 sec so the swell is just hitting now. contest is on, but only because conditions are expected to get worse and they have 1 1/2 days left and the waiting period ends in 3 days (Dec 6). Looks terrible there too, like you cant even see a wave, its just all over the place. I heard they are jetskiing them out to the line up

Dec 2, 2007 Sunday
totally trashed. go to church!

Dec 1,2007 Saturday
Waves started out about 6-8 ft at day break and there were some second reef 12 ft bombs by 8am. It seemed North at first and then there were some good west ones and then it got all warbly and weird then the SW wind killed it totally. there were some occ 15 ft sets throughout the day, but the swell didnt get as big as expected. They held the contest at Sunset which was pretty horrific by 10am with the big wash through sets and the huge chop but I guess they are probably running out of time with three more fronts on the way

Nov 30,2007 Friday
Flat -2 ft this morning. perfect condtions. sure looked fun last night.

Nov 29,2007 Thursday
Perfect conditions today with waves mainly in the 4-6 foot range with occ 8 and even bigger set this morning. the pack was pretty hardcore. almost as bad as it can get out there. Sophia Mulanowhich won the Roxy Pro today!!

Wednesday update
surf cleaned up around mid morning and we started to see the first real tubes at Pipe all year. around 2pm there were some solid 8 ft sets with some 10ft waves by dark

Nov 28,2007 Wednesday
The ocean is stormy. a whole different look from yesterday. These are suppose to be SE winds but its stormy and choppy with occ clean faces. This morning is 3-5 occ 6, but the buoys are up, should be better this afternoon

Nov 27,2007 Tues
Started out real small this morning just 1-3 ft and then grew throughout the day in surges. Pipe was 3-5 occ 6 ft but I heard Joccos was in the 6-8 ft range. Condtions were near perfect most the day except midday when it got a little onshore and crumble.

Nov 26 MOnday
1-2 occ soft 3 perfect condtions buoys are up by 2pm

Nov 25 Sunday
surf dropped 2-3 occ 4 ft early morning and then got smaller by the afternoon

Nov 24 2007 Saturday
bummer. thought it would be more fun this morning with most of the sand gone by Pipe, but the swell keeps turning north and still had morning sickness with a lot of chop and turbulence. The current was so strong it took me 3 trys to get out, but there were actually a couple good tubes out there for the highly skilled. 6-8 this morning, maybe a couple bigger ones somewhere today, but the swell is dropping fast

Nov 23,2007 Friday
wow. what a day. the morning started out about 10-12 with some 15 ft sets at Pipe and Sunset, unridable and pretty N looking. Waimea looked small in the morning, more like outside Pinballs than the Bay, but by evening it was really cracking on the outer reefs more like solid 15 ft and Waimea had some 12+ sets right before dark. The sand really moved out today, just a little point on the berm left to take out and were on. The real action was going on at Haleiwa where the guys were tearing it up with maxing out wash thrus grinding through the break that were connecting with Avalanche. (read more below)

Today's Contest Update:
Roy Powers Rules Reef Hawaiian Pro
With warning level surf advisorys predicted, the Reef Hawaiian Pro finished up at maxing Haleiwa. Waves started out in the 8-10 occ 12 ft range and ended with solid 15 ft sets which were connecting from Haleiwa to Avalanche. When 3rd place Australian Joel Parkinson was interviewing on the podium about his game plan for the final , he simply "to survive" Kauaii Boy Roy Powers dominated the final, with 2 tube rides on set waves that seemed unridable. He had everyone comboed with a score of 18.84 except for Australian Bebe Durbidge who placed second. The favorite of the day was 4th place finalist Sean Moddy from Haleiwa who took out Andy Irons and Mick Fanning in his quartfinal heat and was doing some best backside surfing anyones ever seen in huge surf at Haleiwa. Dean Morrision scored a perfect ride earlier in the day and all the guys were surfing a level above what anyone had expected.

Nov 22 Thurs. 2007 Happy Thanksgiving
The waves dropped a lot today. The morning started out real stormy morning sickness today and then started cleaning up around midday. Lanis looked like it had some long ones every once in a while, not perfect but decent. It was way more north today almost NE

Nov 21, 2007 Wed
They're here. The waves have finally arrived on the Northshore, but once again they came like so many other times in the last two years with onshore winds. I had to convince Vince Cavatio and another bodysurfer to come out to Pipe with me this morning, just so I could remember what a big wave looks like. Scary, thats what it looks like, now I remember. Surf was in the 6-10 ft range with victory at sea type conditions, but much bigger and more west than predicted. At Pipe it was just me and the two bodysurfers and a 4 bodyboarders when I went in. The current was strong and the waves were turning more and more north, therefore missing Pipe and going to outside Poops and off the wall. It wasnt very surfable, but a lot of sand moved today' no more slant in the berm. There were about 15 guys surfing small Waimea, and a few guys riding the inside at Sunset. I saw a tow crew outside Lanis by Holtens which was starting to clean up a little more this afternoon, but not that much

Today's Contest Update
POW!! Round of 64 for the mens kicked off in horrendous surf at Haleiwa. The waves which were solid 6-10 ft were doubling and tripling up with chop going through them at just about every angle. When I showed up commentator Liam McNamara had the whole beach in silence awaiting Sunny Garcia who had not made it in time for his heat. You could almost feel the relief when we saw him paddle out 5 minutes into the heat. Sunny had been caught in a road block at Waimea Bay which took 1 1/2 hours and that was no joke because I got caught in it too. Sunny still managed to strap a solid first wave in his heat, but couldn't get a second wave which cost him the second place position by just 2.4 Also just missing that heat in 3rd place was Fred Patacchia who might have made it if he didn't break his leash trying to bust through a quadruple up close out set. He caught some of the biggest waves in the heat and did some incredible floaters but just couldn't put it all together into one high scoring wave. Mauis young amateur surfer Granger Larson made it through that heat along with Milael Pikon from France. That one heat was a good example of the day since surfers were breaking their boards and their leashes and looked like they were just getting beat to death in the froth. Pancho Sullivan and Evan Valiere were said to have been commanding the stage in earlier rounds and advanced. One of the most exciting heats was with current world champion Mick Fanning and Haleiwa's own Sean Moody who both made it through. The wind turned just enough in that heat that we could see some real Haleiwa. Moody caught one of the best waves all day and just threw some incredible roundhouse carves and snaps, meanwhile Mick Fanning busted an air and threw some tailslides over the chop, making it seem as if he were out in 2 ft beachbreak. Tonino Benson from the Big Island also gave us a dose of new school flavor which manifested a lot of ooos and ahhhs from the beach and made for some great heat exchanges with Taj Burrow. Other surfers advancing to the final day of competition were Jordy Smith, Andy Irons, Bruce Irons, Nathan Caroll, Bede Durbige, Ian Walsh & Taylor Knox. The contest is off tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday, but an even bigger more westerly swell will be in for Friday and Saturday which will be last day of the holding period. Hopefully the wind will get an act. Stay tuned!!

Nov 20,2007 Tues
Waves dropped off today and was pretty junky until the evening when it started cleaning up

Nov 19,2007 Monday
God help us. first high surf advisory of the year (even though its been this big a couple other times without the advisory) and its total crap. it seemed like it was starting to turn around mid morning and then got really worse again, i was devising a plan to surf pipe w/o getting sucked to tim buck too when a huge black cloud englufed the northshore and it started to rain so i gave up and here i am, back to work. what a bummer

Nov 18,2007 Sunday
waves were pretty small early am but rose throughout the day. Off the wall looked like solid 5 ft on the set by evening. early conditions were light onshore and stormy but by the end of the day it started cleaning up a little on the faces

Nov 17, 2006 Saturday
flat this morning, but it just barely started to break right before dark. should be waves tomorrow

NOV 16, 2007 Friday
Surf dropped more today. it was 2 ft with a couple sets here and there. I think town came up to about 3 feet. conditoins were off and on all day from super clean to gusty

Nov 15,2007 Thursday
it acutally came up to 6 ft solid last night with a couple bombs, but it was kinda junky at most places. Today was real fun at Lanis and Pupukea and logs because the swell turned more north, almost NNE

Nov 14,2007 Wed
the surf did come up this morning, but was not the 6-8 ft expected. It was about 4-5 with occ 6 ft and more NNW not straight N

Nov 13,2007 Tues
today dropped from yesterday and was only about 1-3 most of the day until the evening when it started coming up late afternoon to about 5 ft, but more out of the North

Nov 12, 2007 Monday
yesterday and today were about 2-3 ft w and occ soft 4 footer. today was really nice and clean and beautiful so they held the first day of the first leg of the Triple Crown at Haleiwa. Pipe had a little more shape to it today but still some backwash action

Nov 10, 2007 Saturday
Surf started out real small 1-2 occ 3 and grew a little bit a North facing locations, but was kinda weird everywhere. It seemed to clean up throughout the day as well

Nov 9,2007 Friday
the swell didnt really come again. last night I saw a couple 4 ft waves and today it seemed to be dropping already. they are holding the XCEL because the waiting period is up

Nov 8, 2007 Thursday
Yesterday and today we were suppose to get a swell that never really came. There were some soft 3 ft waves last night, but barely and today seemed smaller already. Sorry Ive been lagin on reports since i have been chasing waves all around the island.

Here is the update on whats been happening.

Tues Nov 5th
Town dropped a lot, but still had a couple 5 ftrs early am, less wind, but still superbumps in the waves, by afternoon the wind was howling again and the surf dropped a lot. Country was pretty much flat that day.

Monday Nov 4th
My friends called me crack of dawn to say that it was offshore in town, but when I arrived at 7:45am the wind was already howling through the boat harbour. We surfed the solid 4-6 foot big bowl anyways even with the tretchurous conditions, only 6 guys out. There were even a couple 8 ft sets, I think, but it was so messy it was hard to even read the size. Mike Akima still managed to get a few quadrupling up tubes, but most of us were struggling just to stand up. Country had dropped back to 2-4 ft that morning and just 1-3 by evening

Sunday Nov 3rd
I was at Bowls crack of dawn and the swell had not arrived, but the onshore winds had, but there were a few solid waves that morning that were pretty much unridable in nasty dirty water. When I came home I found Pipe to be solid 4-5 ft with a few 6 ftrs by evening and it looked like there were some 8 foot sets at Sunset and Rockpiles and probably a few other weird spots. When I drove by the Bay I considered that the water there was probably even more toxic that the Ala Wai run off at the Bowl, it was pretty dark brown.

Oct 29, 2007 Monday
we had some windswell at east facing breaks yesterday, the swell started coming up last night and this morning was pretty junk. another too north too west swell so nowhere is really very good. only 4 of us out this mornging along the whole stretch from off the wall to Pupukea and only a few guys there. still super windy and junky. Sunset is probably the best where they are holding the contest-

town came up to 3 ft yesterday, i went there and had fun, today is a little bigger

Oct 27 Friday 2007
still super small like yesterday. barely breaking flat-1 ft

Oct 25, Thurs. 2007
smaller and windier today. pretty bad, but still a couple 3 foot wind waves

Oct 24,2007 Wednesday
dropped from yesterday and is still kinda windy junky, but V-Land and other more protected areas are fun just to ride a few waves. 2-3 ft occ 4

Oct 23, 2007 Tuesday
yesterday morning was dead flat but beautiful no wind conditions. The swell started hitting pretty small and junked out last night around 3pm and this morning had a few 5 ft waves with funky, junky conditions like wind waves which sort of cleaned up by midday but then the tide was too high making for fat crumbly conditions. i think this evening will be the best but it seems like the swell already peaked out and is dropping

Oct 20,2007 Saturday
Swell came up until about noon when it peaked. was a lot more north than the past couple but still too west for Lanis to be really working however i heard by the evening the swell had turned more north and Lanis got good. i also heard Silver Channels was thick and fun.Rockpiles had some bombs 6 ft + then it died out by evening

Oct 18,2007 Thursday
yay! an actual swell this morning. more than a bump. was pretty fun 3-4 ft maybe a bigger one at select spots. In about a month or two we will be calling this junk and disorganized, but for now we are all happy campers.

Oct 17,2007 Wednesday
Buoys are up but its still real small here this morning. 1 occ 2 ft, smaller than yesterday

Oct 16,2007
waves came up a tad today and we had a few 3 footers. it was small but clean and fun. Lanis had some long rights and rockys short lefts. a couple at off the wall but they took long and hardly even breaking at Pipe/ Backdoor

Oct 15, 2007
tiny surf on the Northshore again today flat- 1 ft, pretty windy in the afternoon

Oct 13,2007 Saturday
Sorry I havent been keeping up but the waves have been lagging so hard i dont even want to think about it much less report on it. town had a fun little bump Wednesday into Thurs with some solid 3 ft perfect waves and country came up a little bit Thurs and Friday with some 2 foot waves. Today had some 3 footers and was more consistent but it was still kinda junky and lame. Menehunes are competing at Haleiwa today

Sept 30,2007 Sunday
Early morning the surf was flat and noone really out anywhere (couple guys at rocky rights) then the swell came up quick around mid morning and was the biggest weve seen yet with some soid 5 ft this evening.Very backwashy and warbly at most spots except VLand and Sunset Point. Clean conditions and a NW swell

Sept 29, Saturday
barely breaking flat-2 ft in the country and south shore looks pretty small on the cam

Sept 28,2007 Friday
the swell was dropping throughout the day today but there were still a couple 3 ft waves here and there, Sunset looked the best. It was much cleaner than yesterday this morning but got pretty windy again in the afternoon

Sept 27,2007 Thursdaythis morning was really bumpy and choppy 2-3 ft. It looked like it was coming up around 10am, but when i paddled out it seemed more inconsistent in the morning. There were a couple 4 ft waves here and there but the sloppy conditions and NNW direction of the swell made it kinda junk

Sept 24 Monday
saw a few jokers at Chuns but other than that theres nothing to ride up here on the Northshore. town was pretty dinky last night and looks tiny again today on the cam

Sept 21& 22 Friday/Saturday
Surf came up on Friday to about 1-3 occ 4 (kinda) it was windy and choppy and not very exciting. There were a couple waves at V-land, but there were a lot of people fighting for them, thats for sure. By Saturday. it was 1-2 in the morning and almost totally flat by the afternoon

Sept 20,2007 Thursday Northshore is still flat this afternoon with strong wind and no sign of swell yet on the buoy. Looks like some fun waves in town. Yesterday was 1-2 occ 3 in town but super windyJeannie Cheeser Fundraiser is tonight at Hard Rock Cafe; it starts at 9:30!!100% of proceeds will go to help Jeannie who is fighting cancer

Sept 16, Monday 2007
town was fun today, 1-3 feet

Sept 15,2007 Sunday
waves dropped down a lot today barely 2 ft and kinda junk, but town came up a little

Sept 14, 2007 Saturday
okay i think the waves were good enough to say this is the first swell of winter. 1-3 occ 4, WNW real clean. i surfed super backwashing Pipe which was challenging but fun. some boogies were getting tubed but the surfers who dared were mostly eating it. Rockys was alright and so was sunset point where they were holding the jrs contest. The surf report hypes up the last two swells out here that are barely even breaking and then downplay the real swell today saying its not even going to hit when there were already waves last night. it was a blessing for us, not too crowded at all today and pretty fun

Im not sure about town, looks like it dropped though on the cams

Sept 13,2007 Friday
town was really fun the last two days. yesterday was really cool cause we got to watch the thunderbirds inbetween sets. midday it picked up to about 4 ft and some of the guys said one wave almost closed out the channel last night ( that was just a real freak wave) but there were a couple in the bowl. today the swell was declining already, but still good. i arrived at daybreak and had to park all the way down at the meters it was so crowded. country started coming up tonight 1 occ 2 feet

last week
those two country swells were really weak, anyone who says anything different is losing it, but atleast something to get wet and stand up on; 2 days of it

Sept 8,2007 Saturday
it did come up today on the northshore. NNW. I saw one near 4 ft wave break of dawn at pupukea that barrelled but then never saw anything close to that for the rest of the day. mainly it was about 1-2 maybe a 3 at top spots like rocky rights but it was totally packed by first light with people i have never seen before in my life. kindof a scary start to the season; theres not even waves, yet its totally packed and everyone is on it. honestly, id rather be surfing small town myself

Sept 6,2007 Thursday
Lanis dropped today in the 1-2 f range but was still packed with longboard bastards. sorry but even if you are one, you know its true. Thats okay shortboarders will get their turn soon. it was a beautiful morning again with perfect conditions.

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Sept 5, 2007 Wednesday
Lanis was real nice this morning despite the 100 people out there. 1-2 occ 3 and super clean. Town looks like it popped up a little too

Sept 4, 2007
i guess Lanis started breaking last night and was about 2 ft today but was kinda windy and lame with a solid crowd of not so coordinated folks out there.

Aug 31-Sept 2
the last three days had waves surging in and out with the tides sometimes offering some solid 4 footers. it was classic Ala Moana at times especially midday when it was just so beautiful out there; I am so happy. On Sunday, I didn't drive, but heard it dropped back to the 2 ft range with some occasional sets and all the kids were out enjoying the long weekend

Aug 30 Thursday
I guess their were some larger sets this morning breaking in the big bowl but when i surfed from7am-9:30, it was a little smaller than yesterday yet less consistent. 2-3 ft occ 4. trade winds are back. im talking about town of course.

Aug 29 2007 Wed
the slumber is over (we hope) Last week had three days of 1-3 ft waves in town and a dribble of 1 ft at Lanis. Yesterday was a big of a drag but today was really fun. nothing over 4 ft but beautiful, perfect conditions and waves were good. nobody complaining. buoys seem to be holding and even becoming more consistent.

Aug 15 2007 Wed
bummer that hurricane couldnt throw us any side scraps of surf, I surfed Bowls with three guys today, thats how small it was, a very occ 2 ft. i actually checked Diamond Head and saw a couple 3 foot sets but its still just Diamond Head. Main thing our friends on the Big Island are safe. Surf over the weekend was actually bigger on south shores thans it was today. Lanis has had a few guys out trying to ride but barely.

Aug 8,2007
Maybe I need to stop praying that God would help me get my work done.whew, small kine. i see a couple guys trying to surf Lanis right now. i have been surfing it barely breaking kine for the last couple days. bad news is that is suppose to stay like this for the rest of this week and next week. good news is rap artist Common is coming to Honolulu to break up the monotony on Aug 16th at Pipeline Cafe.

Thursday Aug 2,2007

Surfed town Monday, Tues Wed. was all kinda the same 1-2 with very occ 3. Not very exciting but atleast something to ride I guess. today looks smaller on the cam

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Monday July 30,2007

Went in to town today and was also there Saturday. The swell predicted either didnt come or just isnt much. 3 ft sets Max and they were very soft longboard kine waves.

July 27,2007 Friday
Lanis was alright the last couple days 1-2 ft maybe a couple bigger ones throughout the day. Today looks pretty small on the cam for both south and north shores but ive havent actually checked it yet

July 20, 2007 Friday
Aloha all,been back about a week and I guess the south shore was good while I was gone, but not all it was cracked up to be by the media as usual. There hasnt been much since Ive been back. Some dribbly 2 ft in town and in the country. Lanis was pretty fun with a couple 3 footers Wednesday and town came up a tad too this week off and on. Yesterday it looked like there was a little west popping up at Pipe with some 2 ft waves but this morning it was more like an east swell breaking best at Ehukai/Pupukea and Camies (didnt see Lanis) There were some 3 ft waves but mush burger to da max.

The Surf Auction is on Friday and Saturday!

June 27,2007
gosh, there really hasnt been much surf at all since my last report on July 17th. I have been surfing some tiny bowls and tiny Lanis. One day at Lanis it was 2 ft. I am leaving to the mainland tomorrow so I guess I am your sacrifice since it looks like it will be good for a few days. Dont you hate that. Anyways, I will be back July 11 and then it will probably be flat again, but the slow months will be over before we know it

Aloha

June 17, Sunday 2007
Thursday was the biggest day with just a couple 4 footers, but the swell stayed in the 2-3 foot range all week on the south shore. Even yesterday was still fun 3 ft waves. Country had 1-2 ft yesterday with maybe a few 3 ft waves here and there at select NE spots, today was just back to 1 ft

June 13,2007 Wednesday
town came up today and was fun, just 2- occ 3 but running across the reef perfectly at Bowls with nice condtions.

June 8,2007 Friday
i surfed town last night after the contest. it was fun but dropped plenty. no more bowl waves; but I bet there were still a couple in the early morning. today looks the same on the cam and the northshore is flat still. my next report will be on the next significant swell.

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June 6,2007 Wednesday
Bowls was pretty good today. Biggest swell so far this summer. Some 5 ft sets. kinda choppy this morning and cleaning up in the afternoon. I think it peaked from 9-11am. Northshore is still pretty much flat. State championships at Ala Moana tomorrow

Davey Boy Gonsalves @ Big Bowl photo by: Sean Davey June 6,2007 Wednesday

June 5,2007 Monday
there was still a little bit of left over surf on the NOrthshore yesterday and evening this morning had like 1- occ2 but it was pretty junky with more northly trades. i heard town was good yesterday. i went today and it was coming up and pretty fun, 2-3 ft

June 3, 2007 Sunday
Waves have been fun on the Northshore today and yesterday. 2-4 ft, clean in the morning with afternoon side shore variable mush. It was not 6 ft as the surf report said, maybe some 5 footers last night at Off The Wall. A little more west today than yesterday. A few guys from town in the line up said town was on the smaller side compared to the rest of the week.

June 1,2007 Friday
still pretty flat out here on the Northshore today, town looks a little smaller on the cam. Yesterday had a few 3 ft waves for the patient; pretty much all week has been fun kine about that size in town

May 29,2007
surf declined yesterday on the Northshore and was pretty junky mushy, today is pretty much flat-I surfed town last night, it was clean and nice, with some very occ 3 ft sets. I guess Sunday was the best day for the contest, a little bigger than yesterday and a lot more consistent.

May 26,2007 Saturday
The waves came up on the Northshore around midday yesterday and reached 4 ft by the evening. This morning there were still a few sets but the swell is dropping quick. Town stayed about the same yesterday and Im not sure about today but I know the Local Motion Surf into Summer event is happening at Bowls

May 23,2007 Wednesday
Country came up a little today 1-2 ft . town dropped yesterday, i didnt go today but it looks about the