The potentially dangerous giant waves, forecast at 40- to 50-feet (12-15 meters), are expected to hit the island of Kauai at midnight local time on Tuesday and arrive on Oahu shores at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Organizers of a prestigious big wave surf contest that had been planned for Wednesday said they were postponing the event despite the once-in-a-decade wave heights, citing unfavorable wind conditions.
“The wave quality will be very poor because of the strong sideshore and onshore winds, which dramatically deteriorate conditions,” said Jodi Wilmott, an organizer of the event, Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau invitational … More
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