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DECEMBER 7, 2022
Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
There has been a run of surf for the north, west and windward shores. Nov. 29 and Dec. 3 brought big northwest to west-north- west episodes. However, just prior to that, there was a run of extra-large north to north-northeast swell that we haven’t seen since 1993. Waves reached 12 to 20 feet on the distant “mysto” outer reefs Nov. 24-26.
dy Beach and gave a firsthand report. The sets averaged about 6-8 feet inside at Full Point the outshore reefbreak at the eastern end of Sandy’s. Farther out, past “Irma’s” to- ward Makapu‘u there were even larger waves and cra- zy-big sets were sweeping by in the middle of the ocean as the north-northeast swell wrapped around Makapu‘u.
surf for the winter season. This is the third La Niña winter in a row, and this has only happened three times since the historical record
scientists and meteorologists, it is well-known and studied.
may only see average or even below-average waves gen- erated. Conversely, we can have significant surf during a La Niña as we’ve seen so far this early season.
As of this writing, I don’t have any results but by the time you read this we will have a winner.
Jonathan Huynh — a hard- core surfer buddy of mine and a superb Surf News Network forecaster — went out to San-
This was quite a run, con- sidering that La Niña (the lit- tle girl) has been in charge of the tropical Pacific for more than a year. Usually, it’s El Niño (the little boy) that has the biggest, most consistent
Many surfers pay atten- tion to which phase of ENSO we’re in. There are three phases, since there’s a neutral phase in the middle of the two continuums.
The Hale‘iwa Challenger had to wait four days before the surf switched from north to a west angle. Surfers love this Hale‘iwa direction and 6 to 10-foot-plus good winds.
Happy holidays and happy surfing.
BY GARY KEWLEY
Surfers Pay Attention To Sea Temperature Changes
started back to the 1950s.
La Niña happens when there’s an abnormal cooling of the water in the central and eastern tropics of the Pacif- ic Ocean. El Niño is just the opposite, or slightly warmer than average. This flux or cy- cle between warmer and cool- er than average ocean tem- peratures is known as ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscilla- tion). The phenomenon is un- known to most people, but to
ENSO is one the most im- portant climate phenomena on Earth, due to its power to change global atmospheric circulation — meaning tem- perature and rain — across the globe.
We got tons of mileage out of the La Niña two weeks ago for the seventh and final Chal- lenger Series surfing contest of the season. This second tier out of three is part of the World Championship Tour.
The CS is key to the world’s best hopefuls get- ting to go against the actual world’s best on the WCT next year. The final cut featuring the top 36 men and 18 wom- en for 2023 will be set. Check surfnewsnetwork.com to find out who they are — then get ready to rumble next year.
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