One must go back more than 40 years ago to find another similar coincidence of climatic factors with the presence of such large waves.

"Guns", "quiebrahuesos", "monsters" or "Mamba". Hawaiian beach Each has its appellation for these legendary waves that are too from time to time, when the Pacific shows its strength.

This past weekend the storm Lola began to erect a wall of water. The satellite maps that if history were announced for this day and waves of 10 to 15 meters.

The authorities imposed the ban archipelago bathing at all beaches throughout the islands since Saturday. But surfers are still just his passion, and hoped for today and tomorrow the peak power of the masters of the sea: the giant waves.

Since late November, the category 5 typhoon Nidia was the germ of this situation. As it weakened, gave an enormous amount of energy to the sea which generate small but intense local storms.

In all this, the current El Nino, working with the warming of the surface currents of the Pacific and low pressure areas involved.

This great storm began to unfold on Saturday 5 to about 1000 kilometers north of Hawaii with a low pressure center of 942 mb, winds of 55-65 knots and waves of 15 meters at sea. The front leading from then to the islands stretches some 1,200 kilometers wide.