Late Season XL Swell on Track for Hawaii Meandering storm just keeps on giving By Kevin Wallis

Published: March 8, 2017

March 8, 2017 Views: 1,030







Late Season XL Swell on Track for Hawaii Although we've moved into meteorological spring, the North Pacific isn't quite ready to cease dishing out XL swell for the Islands..





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Related A relatively compact, but fairly strong and nearby fetch will set up XL swell for the islands for the middle to second half of the week. Jonathan Warren breaks down the swell in this video forecast.

This isn't the first rodeo for the storm that will create the XL swell for mid to late week. A previous version of this storm produced a solid NW swell that has impacted the islands over the last couple days, as seen on the Pipeline HD Cam.



While we moved into meteorological spring on March 1st, the North Pacific isn't ready to cease dishing out XL swells for Hawaii just yet.





While local wind for the North Shore do not look ideal as the surf rapidly builds in, things should improve on day two of the swell.



Be sure to check out the This last factor should help not only with size, but also consistency as we expect this swell to have very few lulls and lots of waves in the sets. Most breaks on the North Shore will likely be washed out as the swell peaks through mid week, while breaks that can handle the swell see face sizes in the 15-20'+ range on the face. Standout deepwater breaks should see sets in the 25'+ range, with big wave spots on the outer islands even larger.While local wind for the North Shore do not look ideal as the surf rapidly builds in, things should improve on day two of the swell.Be sure to check out the North Shore forecast or the Premium Storm Feed in the iOS app for further details. You can also watch the swell pound the island mid week on the North Shore HD Cams











An area of low pressure that has been meandering northwest of the islands over the past few days is reenergizing this Monday evening and will set up a solid NW swell for the middle to second half of the week.There are several factors that will help this storm create extra large surf for the islands:1) it's close, with the strongest wind roughly 1500 miles away, 2) it's fairly strong with satellite confirmed wind of 35-40 knots and 3) the storm/fetch will move toward the islands for a period of roughly 24-36 hours.