While visiting Oahu this week, everyone in our group has been very excited to see the big surf along the North shore. We took the time to visit several of the beaches and were amazed to see the surfers paddle out and ride the huge waves back into the shore.
Finally my friend Cheryl decided to ask one of the surfers how big the waves were. He kind of laughed and said, “It depended on who you ask. If you ask a Hawaiian, he would tell you 8 to 12 feet, but anyone else would tell you 15 to 20 feet.” Everyone in our group was sure the 15 to 20 foot measurement was accurate and was amazed when the weather report confirmed the wave height.
The 15 to 20 foot waves that we saw may not have matched the 50-foot wave height from December, but it was obvious that they contained enormous power.
