Brief Tradewind Return

The tradewinds returned Saturday for a brief one day stint. Winds started out light - in the mid-teens, but kicked in to a nice steady 5.0 in the early afternoon.

Waves at Lowers were mostly head-high with some occasional larger sets. Lots of competition for the waves at Lowers as everyone was eager to get their share of carving. Uppers was much less crowded but was cranking out some thick and meaty mast-high sets all afternoon.

I got 4 good sessions in on Saturday, wearing myself out since it looks like it will be awhile before we get sailable wind again.

Another big swell is due later today, but has a lot of west in it so it shouldn't get too big on the north shore. It may actually get big in Kihei since it has a western exposure, but it may be shadowed by the other islands.