WWW

Windy, Wet and Waves. That's Maui this morning. The forecasters have been predicting that we'd be getting our first shear line (the trailing tail of a cold front) of the season this weekend, accompanied by strong winds and a big north swell. Yesterday the winds stayed light on the north shore throughout most of the day, once again making the forecasters look like a bunch of amateurs. The waves did arrive though. I got a report from Maui Windsurfing correspondent, Speedy, who went down to sail in the afternoon. According to him, the wind was pretty marginal, 5.8 but the waves were epic. He was still stoked about riding the biggest wave of his life, mast and half plus. Sounds like Lowers was a crowded zoo. Uppers only had a handful of people. Hookipa had only 2people out and word was that they would likely make it into the magazines, but they would also likely be trashed on the rocks. That about sum it up Speedy?

After dark last night the wind and rain finally kicked in to levels the forecasters had been predicting. This morning, is a rainy sloppy mess, with winds blowing in the mid-20s and the wind cams are showing waves still on the north shore. The shearline is sitting right on top of us right now. Forecasters are saying it will dissipate and things will clear up a bit. I'm a little dubiuous as it seems the forecasters always seem to underestimate how long these shear lines stick around.