Friday 22-AUG-2014 HIGH SURF ADV. S. SHORES DUDEs!

Rode my motorcycle to the Ala Wai small boat harbor to get ready for a Sunday sail. But, was amazed at yet another very clean South Swell. The parking lot was jammed with surfers and law enforcement (I luckily have reserved parking). Walking down the 800 pier I decided to forget cleaning the sailboat and go surfing...very good choice. Sets were about 8'.

Borrowed the wife's mini-tanker (8'). Classic Blue Hawaii from the 90's. Photo: by self today

Looking South East this morning...Photo: by self today...


Who needs Fuji? Photo: Hawaii News Now

Sweet! Watch out for sharks

bushpilot490 wrote:Sweet! Watch out for sharks

The last shark fatality in Hawaii was in 2013. There have been only 10 recorded deaths in the Hawaii Islands.

Compared to over 9,000 traffic death recorded in Hawaii. (3) deaths on Oahu in the last 48 hours.

I would rather be surfing!

8GCBC wrote:

bushpilot490 wrote:Sweet! Watch out for sharks

The last shark fatality in Hawaii was in 2013. There have been only 10 recorded deaths in the Hawaii Islands.

Compared to over 9,000 traffic death recorded in Hawaii. (3) deaths on Oahu in the last 48 hours.

I would rather be surfing!

Maybe this will help:







Lefties, bicycles and mosquitoes... That's what makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck!!!

CapnMike wrote:

8GCBC wrote:

bushpilot490 wrote:Sweet! Watch out for sharks

The last shark fatality in Hawaii was in 2013. There have been only 10 recorded deaths in the Hawaii Islands.

Compared to over 9,000 traffic death recorded in Hawaii. (3) deaths on Oahu in the last 48 hours.

I would rather be surfing!

Maybe this will help:







Lefties, bicycles and mosquitoes... That's what makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck!!!

Haha! Also this.

Ha ha, that escalated quickly!

bushpilot490 wrote:Ha ha, that escalated quickly!

Good topic about sharks. I learned a few things!

Going surfing... Bye!

Yeah mosquitoes are the reason I don't fly to Africa anymore. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt - and managed to avoid getting malaria!
HA! Suck it, mosquitoes!!

I worked in India during the Monsoons! Mud, open sewers, and farm animals in the streets, plus Malaria. Not to mention the entourage (and enemies) with automatic weapons. The Kashmir region has it's dangers. I'll do almost anything for money

8GCBC wrote:I worked in India during the Monsoons! Mud, open sewers, and farm animals in the streets, plus Malaria. Not to mention the entourage (and enemies) with automatic weapons. The Kashmir region has it's dangers. I'll do almost anything for money

I don't mind flying to Bombay nearly as much - except during the monsoon season! Other times, it's not nearly as bad as Sub-Saharan Africa. We've had nearly 60 crewmembers get malaria in Africa - none of whom were using any preventative measures

Do you do some kind of aerial mapping?

I used to fly Commanders and Navajos with "ground sensing" equipment (politically correct terminology).

The India trip was to help the India Army (Signal Command) learn UNIX, PKI (public key infrastructure encryption), SNORT, Apache and other open source software technologies. There are some really intelligent folks in India that were fun to work with (but, also some think Americans are the Devil in disguise ). I was well taken care of and really loved the people I met, regardless of their politics.

Not only are mosquitoes deadly, but they're ungrateful little buggers too. Boggles the mind to think of how many I've gotten drunk over the years, and none has ever had the decency to thank me...

RanchPilot wrote:Not only are mosquitoes deadly, but they're ungrateful little buggers too. Boggles the mind to think of how many I've gotten drunk over the years, and none has ever had the decency to thank me...

Hah! Those parasitic animals!

8GCBC wrote:I used to fly Commanders and Navajos with "ground sensing" equipment (politically correct terminology).

The India trip was to help the India Army (Signal Command) learn UNIX, PKI (public key infrastructure encryption), SNORT, Apache and other open source software technologies. There are some really intelligent folks in India that were fun to work with (but, also some think Americans are the Devil in disguise ). I was well taken care of and really loved the people I met, regardless of their politics.

Ah, gotcha. I have a friend that used to do aerial mapping all over Africa and the Middle East in light twins. He was on an assignment in the Greek isles, met a cute Greek girl and is now an A&P mechanic for a Greek airline.

CapnMike wrote:

8GCBC wrote:I used to fly Commanders and Navajos with "ground sensing" equipment (politically correct terminology).

The India trip was to help the India Army (Signal Command) learn UNIX, PKI (public key infrastructure encryption), SNORT, Apache and other open source software technologies. There are some really intelligent folks in India that were fun to work with (but, also some think Americans are the Devil in disguise ). I was well taken care of and really loved the people I met, regardless of their politics.

Ah, gotcha. I have a friend that used to do aerial mapping all over Africa and the Middle East in light twins. He was on an assignment in the Greek isles, met a cute Greek girl and is now an A&P mechanic for a Greek airline.

Nothing is better than the Greek and their Islands. But, the politicians need to stop spending money so fast!

Somebody saw a Great White shark today! Video included.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-white-shark-spotted-off-beach-in-massachusetts/

OK no sharks in Hawaii in October.... headed to our time share on Oct 14th for 10 days...Gonna try fishing again... got skunked last year...Love the big Island.....

iceman wrote:OK no sharks in Hawaii in October.... headed to our time share on Oct 14th for 10 days...Gonna try fishing again... got skunked last year...Love the big Island.....

Iceman,

Cool! Great time to go!

I will probably be on Oahu, which is very crowded compared to the Big Is., as you know. Then 27-OCT leaving to WA and CA.

Get down to Honokahau Harbor and fish on "Cherry Pit" with Capt. Bob Cherry. The dude is a rockstar. Tell him the old guy with the Aluminum Boat from Oahu referred him. He may remember me, I tied next to him for (4) days a few months ago. He does not mind sharing info.

http://www.fishingchartersinkona.com/Home.php

The Big Is. has fish!

8' surf... man, I don't know what I'd do with myself.

Had an epic evening the last night in the 4' swell we got. Nice and clean, long rides on the 9'6" barge.

UngaWunga wrote:8' surf... man, I don't know what I'd do with myself.

Had an epic evening the last night in the 4' swell we got. Nice and clean, long rides on the 9'6" barge.

Sounds fun. How are the temps? Is the Gulf Stream working? Please send a Picture!

Across the globe...

Ala Moana has been 4-6' for over two weeks since I got back. No lag day and night. Some days had 8' sets! I went down today to do an oil change and it is still showing great waves! There was a tourist using my dock box to take pictures. I bet she had never seen such clean surf. The Southern Hemisphere will not stop sending good waves, which is great!