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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:11 pm
by verjoy
Yikes! That looks like Hawaii surf. I didn't think SJ surf got that big.
One winter we went to the North shore of Oahu and saw storm surf 35 ft high. Of course there were surfers out in it!
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:51 pm
by djmom
My husband is a forum member and he would like everyone to know he was not scared as I stated in my previous post.
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:16 pm
by Chet
verjoy wrote:One winter we went to the North shore of Oahu and saw storm surf 35 ft high. Of course there were surfers out in it!
Eddie would go.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:05 pm
by verjoy
Do you mean Eddie Aikau? I'm sure he was probably one of them. It was 1969 and we were up high along Kam Hwy looking down onto Waimea Bay. The whole bay was white with churning water.
The waves had gone over the highway and washed houses off their foundations. The houses on pilings were left in place but had seaweed on the roof. The really big waves hit at night and it was estimated that some were 50ft high. Miraculously I don't think anyone died.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:21 pm
by DELETED
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:35 pm
by verjoy
We watched a couple of surfing competitions back then, I really didn't understand the rules but it was nice spending the afternoon on the beach.
We liked to go over to Waianae side to a little beach near Makaha until my husband forgot and turned his back on the surf. He was tumbled over smooth lava rocks and banged up pretty badly.
After that we realized the unprotected beaches were too dangerous for small children. Our neighbor in Aiea told us to go to Pokai Bay where the water was a little murky but calm. The kids loved it, and we got to watch the outrigger canoe races there.
Our sons still love Hawaii because it was home, but their first trip to St John last summer won them over.