Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Dangerous surf incoming!

This is the island-wide e-mail that just got sent out:

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KWAJALEIN ATOLL, EAST REEF FROM KWAJALEIN NORTH TO ROI-NAMUR 1200 PM MHT WED FEB 1 2012


...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING REEFS...

...SATELLITE-DERIVED SEA HEIGHTS AND COMPUTER MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE LARGE EAST SWELL WILL DEVELOP TODAY TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS SURF ON EAST FACING REEFS OF KWAJALEIN ATOLL. SURF OF 12 TO 13 FEET WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THRU SUN FEB 5 2012. A TRADE WIND SURGE TO 25KTS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS EVENT...SURF WILL OCCASIONALLY BE AS HIGH AS 25 FEET (1 IN 100 WAVES).

AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST FACING SHORES...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. ISLANDS AFFECTED INCLUDE KWAJALEIN, LITTLE BUSTARD, BIG BUSTARD, EBEYE-GUEGEEGUE, BIGEJ, MECK, KWADACK, OMELEK, GELLINAM,GAGAN-ENNUBIRR-NAMUR.

BIGEJ AND ENIWETAK PASSES WILL SEE DANGEROUS WAVE ACTION WITH WAVES OF 10 FEET AND OCCASIONALLY 17 FEET.

AT HIGH TIDE, WATER LEVELS MAY OVERTOP SHORE IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
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Needless to say, about 30 seconds after that e-mail was sent out, the head of the Surfing club sent out the following:

"Everyone who can, take off work early Friday and Saturday, meet up at the Small Boat Marina with your boards. We're going to rent some boats and head up to Bigej Pass"

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