South Side Report
Business took me to the south side of Maui today where I got a firsthand look at the the high surf on the south side. A big storm 3500 miles south of us generated a big south swell that hit Maui today, prompting high surf warnings. The normal Kihei windsurfing launches were mostly devoid of windsurfers when I stopped by. I saw one guy out at Maui Sunset. Surf looked to be about head high from my vantage point. The park at Ohukai had really sloppy, brown shoulder-high sets rolling in. Didn't look to inviting to me so I wasn't missing my gear. Looked like a couple of guys were showing up when I left to check it out.
If you're a surfer, the most noteable event however was taking place in Maalaea Harbor. Maalaea Harbor is the home of "Freight Trains," considered the fastest rideable right in the world. It's a rare event when Freight Trains goes off, and standing at the park in Kihei looking across the bay, I could see the incredibly fast wave breaking from the backside. Impressive even from the backside and miles away. I heard through the Manao Radio grapevine that there was no parking to be had in Maalaea. No doubt every local surfer on the island was there. Later in the day, looking out from my home weather tower, I could look out to Maalaea through the binocs and still see it going off. Should have been epic. Watch for photos in the surf magazines and websites.
Back to windsurfing ... On big south swells, some guys will head to La Perouse to sail that break. I heard the road to get there was flooded so it might have been tough to get there, but I'm willing to bet guys like Josh Stone and Levi Siver converged over there to score some epic southside wave sailing.
South swell will continue tomorrow with mast high faces at some places. Winds will also continue through the next several days. Diamond Head should be rocking! Secret spots on the west side will probably be epic for those who know where to go (I'm not one of those people). Sounds like maybe another small north swell next week some time. So far we got a killa' September rocking Maui. Sailable winds every day so far this month, and now the arrival of waves.
If you're a surfer, the most noteable event however was taking place in Maalaea Harbor. Maalaea Harbor is the home of "Freight Trains," considered the fastest rideable right in the world. It's a rare event when Freight Trains goes off, and standing at the park in Kihei looking across the bay, I could see the incredibly fast wave breaking from the backside. Impressive even from the backside and miles away. I heard through the Manao Radio grapevine that there was no parking to be had in Maalaea. No doubt every local surfer on the island was there. Later in the day, looking out from my home weather tower, I could look out to Maalaea through the binocs and still see it going off. Should have been epic. Watch for photos in the surf magazines and websites.
Back to windsurfing ... On big south swells, some guys will head to La Perouse to sail that break. I heard the road to get there was flooded so it might have been tough to get there, but I'm willing to bet guys like Josh Stone and Levi Siver converged over there to score some epic southside wave sailing.
South swell will continue tomorrow with mast high faces at some places. Winds will also continue through the next several days. Diamond Head should be rocking! Secret spots on the west side will probably be epic for those who know where to go (I'm not one of those people). Sounds like maybe another small north swell next week some time. So far we got a killa' September rocking Maui. Sailable winds every day so far this month, and now the arrival of waves.
posted by Jeff at
9:09 PM
1 Comments:
The south swell has been epic the last couple of days. Bernd and I sailed here at Kihei with one day of super scary over mast high sets. Yesterday was much smaller but still some of the best waves due to the length of them. Surprising that so few sailed them but great for the ones that were sailing! Video in the edit mode stay tuned!
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