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Expert forecasts Our team of meteorologists are North Pacific forecast experts. Try Premium for free and we’ll help you know before you go. This latest round comes from yet another hurricane-force low in the North Pacific. It developed off of Northern Japan early this week, flanked by fairly robust high pressure off of Southern Japan. Satellites verified peak wind near 70 knots and seas of almost 50’. The strength of this storm is in line with the one we saw just over a week ago that sent the Super Saturday swell, but there are a few reasons the incoming surf will be a bit smaller. This s...

Watch: Oahu’s Outer Reef Super Session Koa Rothman, John John Florence and more tackle the biggest Hawaiian swell in years Dashel Pierson Link copied to clipboard It’s hard to imagine that you missed it, but in case you did, Oahu’s outer reefs did their best impression of XXL Cloudbreak over the weekend. (See our coverage of the Super Swell Saturday across Hawaii here, here, and here.) And while Jaws and Waimea Bay went absolutely bonkers, the Outer Reefs were a standout during the historic swell. An all-star cast shared perfect, gargantuan tubes all day long, including John John Floren...

Pre-Game Swell Hits Hawaii; “Preheats Oven” for Saturday’s Super Swell Nathan Florence, Jaws, 01/14. “It was a good day based one what we came for — warming up for Saturday and Sunday,” Florence said. “Get on your board and get the feet in the grip. Had some fun, big, tall north ones. Almost got a really good wave but the wind was pushing lips down and I got worked. All in all, ready for the next few days!” Photo: Aaron Lynton The thing about most sports is that you can practice as much as you want. The thing about big-wave surfing is that — most years! — there are only a...

Pre-Game Swell Hits Hawaii; "Preheats Oven" for Saturday's Super Swell Waimea, Jaws light up Thursday -- in advance of weekend's XXL swell Joe Azuchi, Waimea Bay, 01/14. Photo: Pedro Gomes Marcus Sanders Link copied to clipboard Editor’s Note: Stay tuned right here for realtime coverage of Super Swell Saturday. The thing about most sports is that you can practice as much as you want. The thing about big-wave surfing is that — most years! — there are only a handful of XXL swells. And even within those swells, only a handful of actual opportunities. And while working out, breath-holding a...

Jaws, Outer Reefs, and Waimea on Saturday -- and then more macking days at Maverick’s Jamie Mitchell, Jaws, Photo: Fred Pompermayer Charlie Hutcherson Link copied to clipboard The North Pacific is ready to pull us all back in. (Not that we ever really left.) Over the past couple weeks, we documented North Pacific Overdrive — back-to-back-to-back-to-back North Pacific swells — with realtime coverage from Pipeline, Mav’s, and countless other breaks. When it felt like things were coming back to reality, our coverage went into semi-retirement — but the Pacific basin isn’t done flexing...