![]() This past week’s swell - the type more typical in places like Hawaii that comes on fast and ferocious - has some surfers wondering whether an alert system with better coastal warning cues is needed. “Then when things get serious like they did on Monday, you can get in trouble real quick.” ![]() “The surf schools take people out on small days and they’re not teaching them about currents, tides, swell direction and swell interval,” said longtime local surfer Eric Spinale. It is the “Wild Hook” for very different reasons these days. The pandemic’s upside for many people - more time and money to spend on outdoor pursuits - has only exacerbated water safety issues.Ĭrowds have multiplied and the level of surfers with expansive ocean knowledge has plummeted. Additions of an easy-access parking lot and staircase and the accessibility of surfboard and wetsuit rentals at surf shops within walking distance up 41st Ave. Its personality changed long ago, becoming far more accessible yet perhaps dangerously so. ![]()
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