The season’s second very large northwest swell filled into Hawaiian shores on November 24th. As of 6am, the Waimea Bay buoy was a whopping 19.7 feet at 20 seconds, with a wave energy of 28710 kJ.

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While Waimea Bay is mostly known as one of the world’s most historically significant big wave surf spots – ushering in the modern era of heavy water wave-riding, a sacred spot in the sphere of ...