50 Foot Waves Hit Hawaii

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 | by Pat's Picks

Surf’s up in Hawaii - way up. I was struck by this picture of surfers enjoying 50 foot waves. I was struck by this picture of surfers enjoying 50 foot waves. The Honolulu Advertiser writes that the waves might be big enough for the Eddie Aikau big wave surf contest at Waimea Bay. The contest “is held only when there are surfable waves with 40-foot faces (or about 20-foot waves measured Hawaiian-style, from the back of the wave)” and was last held in 2004.

Scroll down to see video from the Advertiser: