there's been a big swell the last week and another coming (it's building now).
These signs are posted on all the beaches.
There was an article in the paper the other day that said that lifeguards had rescued
150+ people over a few day period.
these are experienced surfer, these are tourist and locals for don't
heed the warnings.
I was coming around Waimea curve and there was a tourist family with young
children, they had parked at 3 tables and were walking towards Waimea
with their boogie boards in hand. I'm sure they thought they could go in the water.
There's a reason the caution tape is up, to keep people off the beaches...a surge
can come up and sweep you into the water. There are stories all the
time on the news about that happening.
There are times when it's so big at places like Sunset, above, that there aren't even any
surfers aren't out. As I was sitting there watching, sure enough, some guys went under the
tape and started down to the water...the lifeguards went down on the cycle and got them to
come back up. Right afterwards, a wave came up almost to the palm tree in the picture.
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