Maui Windsurfing Report

With all the photos and videos posted over the last couple of days, I forgot to report on the wind. Wind has been super light this week. And, if you've been on Maui, suffering from the lack of wind and you thought, "no problem, I'll just go hang out on the south side beaches." Well, you were in for a surprise then as well.

A couple of days ago there was a minor shark attack in Wailea at Keawakapu beach. I man was out swimming a couple hundred yards off the beach and a tiger shark came up from under him and chomped on his left hand, taking off his pinkie and tip of his ring finger. The guy swam back to shore without further incident. Authorities closed the beach and surrounding beaches and found a 12 foot tiger shark lurking about that they chased out to deeper waters. Then yesterday an eight foot tiger shark was seen off the beach of Kam 1. Beaches were still closed until 7:30 this morning when they reopened. Read more about on the Maui News site.

In other news, we're on a high surf watch here on Maui. Waves heights are supposed to be 25 - 30 feet! That means that it's probably a Jaws day today. Anytime we get a north swell over 25 feet Jaws goes off!

Currently we have winds from the NNE at about 14. Not really enough to sail. Kihei is showing low 20s, but that graph reads high. Worth keeping an eye on though.