Pipe Masters set to resume
After six days of suspended play - and self-enforced silence - the Wozzle has this afternoon announced the Pipe Masters will again resume
"The WSL is pleased to announce that we are ending our suspension of the Billabong Pipe Masters and we’ll look to run competition over the coming days with a promising forecast."
The contest requires three more days of competition and handily there's exactly three days left in the waiting period. Few curveballs, however, with the forecast serving up a mix of swells between 3-5 ft - at times good, at other times not so - and then there's also the question of the women's contest: is it still running and when?
There's a bigger swell due a few days after the waiting period but how lenient the authorities will be vis-a-vis extension remains to be seen.
Anyway...it's (almost) on.
Comments
tomorrow looks more like 6ft+ to my eye with E'ly trades.
good angle for pipe too.
isn't there 4 days left?
17/18/19/20
or have I miscalculated?
Mixing swells Steve so over-representing the size. Not as big as it looks. With mid and long-period energy.
2m @ 14 secs = 6ft on the most exposed reefs. Pipes an inside reef isn't it. Broken up a bit by the outside reefs. 4-6 ft sounds about right
Yeah I see that mid period nnw energy.
I think that WNW swell will be 6ft+
Well soon see.
Guarans to run tomoz
Pat Caldwell has a similar 6ft+ size forecast. I haven't watched the storm track closely but our models do really well for Hawaii and they've got nothing significant. Well nothing to indicate that size. We'll see.
I smell a wager. Throw down boys!
Easy 6ft+ sets.
Looks maybe 4-6ft to me, haven't seen many 6ft sets. Expecting 4-5ft surf on the best days, 3-4ft on the others. See how the day plays out.
take a look at R-Cal and Seabass waves.
easy 6ft+.
not many, but they are there and will be more as that swell fills in. will get good this arvo I reckon.
Ross, calling 8ft on the sets!
Cool, haven't been watching long, just shows that if you're not watching the swell generating systems you're out of the loop.
Yeah there were some big sets in R Cal’s heat. Well over 6ft to me.
FR wins....6ft sets ..no worries
undercall.
8ft sets now.
You reckon?? Looks 6 foot tops. A couple of bombs now and then but thats to be expected in Hawaii
Wait, what???
6 days off thats how long it took them to write the sorry letter
From this morning's presser:
"After a fatal shark incident on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Honolua Bay involving a recreational surfer, the WSL decided, together with the athletes, to move the remaining four heats of the Maui Pro to the Banzai Pipeline within the existing Pipe Masters waiting period.
When called on, the competition will resume with the remaining quarterfinal matchup, followed by the semifinals and final."
that will be interesting!