Variables (a short excerpt explaining why a surfer might dream of variable winds)

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One of my favorite things about light variable winds (10mph or less) in the Hawaiian Islands is that can bring a smokey haze into the air from the active volcano on the Big Island.  Light haze combined with glassy ocean conditions makes it difficult for one to decipher where the horizon is.  The ocean appears to go on forever...
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This was one of those weeks that a south shore surfer dreams of.  Light, variable winds and skewed surf forecast.  One of the local Oahu surf reports was calling for 1-2 ft waves, local scale.  What I witnessed this week was a solid head high and the occasional overhead set......all.....week....long.

​Here are some selections from this past week at a couple of my favorite south shore surf spots.
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