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LITER 5-10 ENE TRADES & CLEAR; NORTHSHORE: FLAT; MAKAHA:HOLDS,SMOOTH FLAT-PADDLE BRD WAKES. TOWN: DOWN,CLEAN 0-1.5'. DH: HOLDS DECENT SW+SSE 1-2. SANDYS:,EASED,SIDESHORE SSE/SW 1-2'. MAKAPU'U: DOWN,LITE ONSHORE WINDSWELL 1 BARELY 2'

BIG PICTURE for Wednesday KEY NOTES: Town eased with mostly thigh high on tiny mix at 12 seconds; country's flat till Tuesday's tiny NE and NW bumps; Windwaves softened to 1-2' into Friday then pulse alittle over weekend.  NPAC:  country's flat and models arent giving that tiny 2' NNE Sunday any chance now.  But energy from off the West coast High pressure 9/5 pushes out some 2' 9 second, ENE windswell for Tuesday 9/7. Better sign for NW swell comes from off the Kurils today from a broad weak gale Low tracking east for a day. Only 10 second 2' NW waves will reach us filling on tuesday 9/7. We are starting to see more regular but weak Lows coming down from  Russia. High pressures to our north are  shifting more and weakening off and on due to a bit more storminess  east of the dateline and  off to our NNE. Hints of Fall.   SPAC:  We have a few tiny sources of swell in the ankle-knee-waist zone. On tuesday 24-25th a low tracked out from under NZ and peaked Wed with severe gales and 25' seas. The track is zonal limiting time needed for full sea development; SSW waves from this storm could reach waist or chest high by thursday late.  On Friday 27th a fat Taz storm creeps up the east coast of Australia and broadens with some storm gales & 25+ seas (Fiji will hit 10'); we should see some 2.5' (chest) SW outta this one by Sat 9/4. On Sat. 8/28 a tiny pair of Lows spawned 3500 miles south of us under Tahiti; Hawaii has little chance of some waist high South swell around Monday 9/6. Early sept. showed some long fetch in the taz with  gales as she moves right over New Zealand Fri/Sat 9/3-4; some of her gales move off to the east coast 9/5 with a decent track ENE; if models pan out we should see at least chest high Taz swell and some easy head high SSW swell  Friday evening 9/10; the NOGAPS suggest a larger event with some 45kts+35+ seas and 18 seconds. Also, Friday-Tues. 9/3-7 a good storm off southern Chile tracks ESE away from us limiting fetch potential. ETA for a long lasting 2.5' 13 second SSE swell is late Tuesday 9/7. Windwaves also add to the mix from the HIgh off Chile. Models continue to suggest a continuation of surf potential for us well into september creeping out from under NZ.   EAST SWELLS: Surf drops to 1-2' thnks to easing lite/moderate  upstream winds + local  trades from the distant  High pressures; this scene purks up alittle Friday as a new High comes in from the West. Wind swell ranging from 2' and 3' sets pending minor variations in trades.  TROPICS:  No other swell producing storms from this region are expected out 7 days. .

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 BUOY LINKS
51000 NORTHERN HAWAII
51101 NW HONOLULU
51202 KAILUA
KILO NALU
LANAI http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=51203
51002 SW HAWAII 215 NM SSW of Hilo
51003  W HAWAII 205 NM Southwest of Honolulu
51004 SE HAWAII 185 NM Southeast of Hilo 

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GOOD SITES:
www.savethewaves.org
http://www.tsunami.org/faq.html
http://sustainhawaii.org/cbsm
surfingthenations.com/
www.defendoahucoalition.org
www.accesssurfhawaii.org
www.iyor.org/ (International Year of the Reef 2008)
www.surfrider.org/oahu
www.aspworldtour.com/2007/criteria.asp
http://www.riseaboveplastics.com
http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/water/cleanwater/WaterQualityData/index.html

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