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Little bit. we saw it clearly offshore where there were whitecaps all over the place. the tide is getting much rougher. it's coming in. it's pushing a lot of the boom right up on shore. it's breaching some of it. it's washing over it, sew that will be a huge factor here. and the wind is blowing from the southeast toward the northwest, again, not good news for the people trying to contain this. not good news for those trying to put more and more boom along the coastline, because that complicates it, getting the tide closer in and blowing the oil right toward the coastline and that hasn't change...

Coastline, but a lot of it was breached, too, because the tide is coming in, a lot of whitecaps are kind of washing over the booms and sometimes breaking them apart. so, a lot of the coastline is still exposed. we flew over the breton island wildlife refuge where there are thousands of pelicans and seagulls nesting and gathering there. no signs of oil there yet, but we're told that it's creeping closer. we did see in other areas slivers of oil kind of coming into inlets right by land, so the oil is starting to breach this area, ali. >> did you see any activity out there? we are trying -- and w...

>> let me tell you, long beach you are approaching your low tide time, as well. any time of receding you do see from the water is being exacerbated from being at low tide. back on the pictures of hawaii, you have been talking a lot and very well about the wave all of those waves, any wave you see at the beach enjoying your day, those are wind waves. those are stirred up by the wind. that is just running across the surface of ocean and that friction is causing those waves to happen. that is what you see every day. these tsunami wave, these are not the same as all. the water gets displaced at th...

Powerful tsunami. what procedures are in place to deal with disasters of this magnitude, and are they working now? joining us from honolulu is congressman, tell us about the evacuations, the area where you are had plenty notice. are people heeding evacuations? >> thank you for the opportunity. yes, waikiki has been warned. all of the islands operating under civil defense, national tsunami warning center and pacific command, civil defense is operating on every island. think we've done everything that can possibly be done to get ready. >> julie: we're looking at a live picture of oahu, hawaii. i...

Shore. in the background, i wasn't sure i was looking at whitecaps or bolts and my producer said those are boats? >> the odd thing now is the ocean is placid and deep blue as i've ever seen it. it's utterly completely calm out there, it's a little surreal. >> julie: it's the calm before the storm. what is the boats doing out there? >> the wave will pass under them. they will just rise up. i don't expect they'll notice it at all. that is where they have been told to go. >> julie: so essentially you will be riding a swell. >> that is good way to think of it. it's not really a wave coming. its su...