URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
410 AM HST WED FEB 9 2011

…HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI…NORTH FACING SHORES OF MAUI…AND WEST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND…

NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-WAIANAE COAST- OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MOLOKAI LEEWARD- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-KONA- KOHALA-
410 AM HST WED FEB 9 2011

…HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING…

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING.

* SURF…SURF WILL REACH HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET TODAY ALONG NORTH- AND WEST-FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU AND KAUAI AND NORTH- FACING SHORES OF OAHU MOLOKAI AND MAUI. SURF WILL REACH HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 12 FEET TODAY ALONG WEST-FACING SHORES OF OAHU AND MOLOKAI. SURF WILL REACH HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 9 FEET TODAY ALONG WEST-FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND.

* TIMING…THE SWELL WILL DECLINE GRADUALLY TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA…PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.