Raging Sunday

Winds went ballistic again here on Maui today. 4.0 was plenty of sail in the early afternoon, and the wind-generated rolling ocean swell provided a fun playground in the absence of any real waves. Lots of smooth, big rollers to ride and slash, almost like the Gorge on a big day. Later in the afternoon the winds dropped down to the 4.5 to 5.0 range.

Lots of people on the beach and on the water. Lots of locals out enjoying the weekend and still lots of tourists in town.

Looks like we should get one more day of wind tomorrow, then our 4 week long stretch of 5.8m wind or stronger will probably come to an end as a late season cold front shoves the wind-generating high pressure to our north down over the state. That typically shuts down the trades and turns wind to light southerlies, bringing in volcanic haze from the Big Island and making things hot, muggy and stagnant. Bad news for anybody arriving for their windsurfing vacation, but actually good news for those who live here - we need a chance to let our poor, tired bodies recover from a month straight of sailing.