Tsunami Update - Cancelled

Hi there,
The Civil defense officials reported the tsunami warning for Hawaii was canceled shortly before 1:45 p.m. Saturday.
The state's highest wave was reported at Kahului Harbor, measuring 3.2 feet.


There were no immediate reports of damage from the multiple surges that rolled into Maui County shorelines around noon.
Ocean users were warned to avoid entering the water in the following areas due to possible sewage contamination: the north shore, from Kuau to Waiehu; the south shore from Wailea to Sugar Beach; and West Maui from Puamana to Kapalua.
Maui County officials were restarting water and sewer facilities that had been shut down in low-lying areas ahead of the tsunami. They said residents would be able to resume their use of water and sewer services around 3 p.m., once the facilities were fully operational, but should continue to limit use until then.
Residents were also asked to continue conserving electricity until 4 p.m., while Maui Electric Company brings its Kahului power station back online.
Coastal roads, including the Kahului Airport access road, were reopened as of 1:50 p.m., and the Maui Bus was resuming regular service.
County spokeswoman Mahina Martin said flights out of Kahului Airport were reported to be back on schedule, after several flights were delayed earlier in the day.
Makena State Park and Ahihi Kinau Natural Area Reserve remained closed; however, Wainapanapa State Park in Hana was reopened.
County beach parks remained closed until officials could make an assessment of conditions, Martin said.
Waiehu Municipal Golf Course was scheduled to reopen on Sunday.
All landfills on Maui remained closed Saturday, while landfills on Molokai and Lanai were open.
At lookouts in Wailuku, observers could see the water level dropping in Kahului Harbor, followed by a surge that sent a line of whitewater up the harbor beach. A cloud of silt was visible in the harbor and grew larger with the subsequent surges, and observers saw choppy "boiling" water near the harbor mouth.

Aloha,
Andrea

Tsunami Warning

BULLETIN

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   7
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
148 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

  ORIGIN TIME - 0834 PM HST 26 FEB 2010
  COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH   72.6 WEST
  LOCATION    - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
  MAGNITUDE   - 8.8  MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
-------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
ANCUD CL             41.9S  73.8W  0838Z   0.62M /  2.0FT  84MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE   12.1S  77.2W  1029Z   0.36M /  1.2FT  30MIN
ARICA CL             18.5S  70.3W  1008Z   0.94M /  3.1FT  42MIN
IQUIQUE CL           20.2S  70.1W  0907Z   0.28M /  0.9FT  68MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL       23.2S  70.4W  0941Z   0.49M /  1.6FT  52MIN
DART LIMA 32412      18.0S  86.4W  0941Z   0.24M /  0.8FT  36MIN
CALDERA CL           27.1S  70.8W  0843Z   0.45M /  1.5FT  20MIN
TALCAHUANO CL        36.7S  73.4W  0653Z   2.34M /  7.7FT  88MIN
COQUIMBO CL          30.0S  71.3W  0852Z   1.32M /  4.3FT  30MIN
CORRAL CL            39.9S  73.4W  0739Z   0.90M /  2.9FT  16MIN
SAN FELIX CL         26.3S  80.1W  0815Z   0.53M /  1.7FT  08MIN
VALPARAISO CL        33.0S  71.6W  0708Z   1.29M /  4.2FT  20MIN

LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
       IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
       VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE
CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD
COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS
CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT
RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI
WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL
QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE
CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED
BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH
TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

                    1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

Day 73 - Windy @ Kanaha, and Video

Hi there,
yesterday at Kanaha for some reason from 11am to noon there were only the 2 of us, maybe because all the people tried to go out at Hookipa, anyway... i prefer smaller waves but being alone, that fight with everyone to catch one wave.
Some sets were head high and the wind for 5.0 just made it one of the most beautiful day!
Me and Gary (Rat Shit) had all the waves just for us, so nice and cool... i'll never forget!
Here some photos:... i need some days to edit the videos recorded today. I'll show you in the next post!


below the trailer of 99Customboards check it out

For tomorrow, the forecast gives some light wind from the south... so I will go stand up at 6.30am.

Good night.
Andrea

Happy Birthday Chico!!!

Ooooh yes...
Yestarday we went in Haiku to celebrate Chico's Birthday!!
The whole Kanaha's Gang's was there and we enjoyed a delicious food, wine and Petsch's special cocktail Martini-Lime.
Guest star of the party: Gary "rat shit" that played guitar and sang for us together with John and the other friends!!
Below some random photos and a small video.

Thanks a lot to John "Chico" and Petra for the wonderful evening. We hope to see you in Lake Garda the next summer.

Aloha,
Andrea

Day 71 - SUP - Whale watch experience and Shark "Tony" Tiger ...

Hi everybody,
Yesterday at 6.30am I went to Kanaha to stand up paddle for about 3 hours... such a beautiful day with glassy waves and total lack of wind, even not so many people for a while!
Below a couple of photos:


In the afternoon we reached our friends who have invited us on a boat trip, for some whale watching and sunset in the south part of the island. A wonderful experience, on the "Alii Nui" catamaran, a brand new boat with a great staff and delicious food (have a look here). Special thanks to Daniel and Manuela of Hawaiiactive
And here a ton of pics.


Just coming down from the boat I heard about that a shark attacked a turtle in Hookipa, this is the original article of MauiNews today:

PAIA -- A sighting of an approximately 12-foot-long tiger shark led Maui County officials to close waters off Hookipa Beach Park for about two hours on Monday.
The shark was spotted at 11:15 a.m., about 150 yards from the surf break at Hookipa, said Mary Kielty, chief of the Department of Parks and Recreation's Aquatics Division.


The closure affected waters one mile in either direction of where the shark was seen. The beach park remained open. Signs were posted to warn people to stay out of the water.
Ocean access was reopened around 1:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. (except the Turtle, NDR).

Aloha,
Andrea

Day 69 - Jump Around - Jump Around...

Hi there,
when the forecast says something... not all the times is right!
For today there should have been no wind and big waves... and we got big waves and also some trade wind.
I went to Kanaha at 6.30 with my SUP-buddy Gary, and immediatly we realized that the swell was alredy there!
We stayed in the water for about 3 hrs, and we kept some power for tomorrow that should be the best day!

I took also some pics about my new move: Stand up Paddle high jump :-)))

Do you wanna see the rest, watch the video below... Enjoy!

Aloha,
Andrea

Day 67 - Points of view..

Hi there,
Yesterday I spent all day around the island to look for some wind: kanaha, kihei, Maalaea, Kanaha again... but nothing, the wind from NE was not enough even to slog.
Instead, this morning at 6.30 the anemometer of the airport was already giving 10 knots from East. So I went in the water around 11am, just to try the GoPro HD camera that I fixed on the nose of my windsurf board... below some pictures


In the afternoon I got the call from Jeff Henderson, so I went to his house to do a photoshooting for HotSailsMaui... nice and a lot of fun, Thanks Jeff.
I also took this video posted in Jeff's Blog... I hope you like it!


The wind forecasts for the next days are bad but a big swell is coming from North starting tomorrow... so in the next days it's Stand Up time!
Aloha,
Andrea

Day 65 - On Shore wind and cold...

Hi there,
this morning the wind was blowing straight from North, infact in Kanaha the conditions was really crappy, furthermore was also cold. The maximum temperature has been 24 degrees Celsius, but the feeling with the cold wind was like 18C.


Anyway the waves were pretty big (logo high) but so messy. I sailed for an hour and these are some pictures... tomorrow we should have a better wind direction.


Good night.
Andrea

Day 64 - Still some Waves @ Kanaha!

Hi there,
The forecast for today gives finally some wind from north/north-east, with a new swell coming tomorrow.
But yesterday I had one of the best day on stand up paddle with Glassy water, No wind, Whales close to the line up, Dolphins... all this is Maui.


I recorded a small video of yesterday...thanks to Alex to share the last wave!!!

Enjoy!
Aloha,
Andrea

Day 63 - Sup @ Kanaha and some windsurfing..

Hi there,
the last two days the wind conditions have not changed much, and both yesterday and today I went to Kanaha with my SUP.
Unfortunately I have no pictures and video of yesterday, because the battery died again... but today - after having recharged it a whole night - it worked.
The waves were about head high, but sometimes there were even bigger sets... It's a pity that the wind already blew early in the morning from North, making paddling harder.
Note: when I went in the water I saw a guy on a SUP which was really good and when I got to the line up, he gave me the way on the first wave. It was Mr. Dave Kalama in person!!! You can see me thanking him with a shaka on the video

In the afternoon the wind picked up a little more, so I tried to sail with a 5.0 on 81 litres... I slogged for a while, got a couple of waves... and came back.

Tomorrow the forecast says: No wind!... we'll see.
Aloha,
Andrea

Day 61 - SUP @ Woodys

Hi there,

As already mentioned yesterday, this morning at 6.30 Gary called me to go to Stand Up Paddle in Lahaina...
After few minutes he was already outside of my door... " go...come out...it's time to go!"... I jumped in his car and a nice coffee with biscuits were waiting for me in the dashboard, wonderful breakfast.
Around 7.10am we were already in Woodys, (few miles before Lahaina), and beautiful waves were there as expected.
Here is a small video and some photos of today...

We surfed a couple of hours and then some south wind started to blow, so we decided to drive to Lahaina and take another coffee and a pastry.
It is raining in maui now!
Aloha
Andrea

Guess how deep...?

Day 60 - Some trade wind..and swell

Hi there,
in the last three days here in Maui the trade wind has been blowing from North - North East, and yestarday some big waves crashed on the North Coast.
10 Feb. 2010
The wind was light and waves still small. I took one day off and... enojoy the beach.

11 Feb. 2010
Still light wind and some nice waves in Kanaha for a perfect evening session.


12 Feb. 2010
Windy Kanaha for 5.0 to 4.7 sail and big waves (logo high and mast high). A little bit too crowded, but after 4pm was nice again...


Tomorrow, I'll go Stand Up Paddle in the early morning.
Aloha,
Andrea