Wow ... What an awe-inspiring day. The clouds hung over most of Oahu all day ... we headed out on a bit of a circle tour, heading down towards Honolulu then across the Pali Pass to Kailua, where we stayed for a few days during our 2006 visit. We had lunch at Buzz's, where we reminisced about our previous visit with Karrie and Russ.
From here, we headed back up to the North Shore via the east coast, passing Turtle Bay Resort (very posh!), with a brief stop at Sunset Beach. As forecast today, the surf on the North Shore was building, and expecting to peak at 20 - 30 feet in the late afternoon. The surf at Sunset was pretty awesome, so we continued back towards Pupukea and Waimea Bay Beach - apparently the best surf zone along the North Shore. It was truly awesome ... we spent hours in the area of Banzai Pipeline and Waimea Bay Beach simply sitting on the beach watching the waves. It is a common past time - there were many others doing the same. There were a few dozen surfers trying to catch the waves at Waimea. The sky was clearing over Ka'ena Point that we visited yesterday (visible from Waimea Bay Beach) and we stayed to watch the sun set. It was an amazing afternoon! Here are a few samples of what we encountered.
Surf at Waimea Bay Beach - Jan. 27, 2010
am lovin' this blog!!! thanks for all the pix! makes a body warm just to see them..
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny ... it was even warmer taking them ... LOL ...
ReplyDeleteWe're glad you're enjoying ... apologies we kind of dropped off for a bit ... no internet access the last week of our trip ... then we returned to the real world and sucked right back in!