OAHU Day 12 - WAIKIKI ROUGHWATER SWIM!

Start

The Roughwater Swim was super nice! People competing were really hard-core, at least most of them. Many of them did a running marathon the Sunday before, and a bike race Saturday. Really crazy people.

Finish line. It was packed with spectators earlier.

The swim itself was nice, even though there wasn't much underwater; only spotted a turtle. Time-wise I did OK, around 1hr for the 4km.

The course

On my scooter ride back, I stopped to check out Moana Bowls near-by. Was kinda flat and crowded, due to Labor Day.

Also, I stopped by Diamond Head. No windsurfers out though, the wind was light.

Today was a "0 ft day" for Hawaiian surf reports.

A bit past Diamond Head there's a great uncrowded windsurf spot, at a break called TOES. The wind is light on the inside, but out on the reef it was good enough to catch logo-high waves. Down-the-line pure wavesailing, with only 2 people out. Sounds good to me!

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