HALEIWA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Winter is approaching which means big surf for Oahu’s North Shore.
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A decent-size north, northwest swell is set to arrive on Monday and many are anxious to see what happens to the sand near Sunset Beach, now that two homes are being demolished due to erosion.
One home on Ke Nui Road was demolished two weeks ago after it started falling into the ocean after a swell 10-foot swell arrived in late September. The state and city said the landowner’s second home would also be demolished last week, but as of Sunday, it was still standing.
Second home to be demolished on North Shore
A 12-foot swell is set to fill in on Monday which is slightly larger than the swell that claimed the first home two weeks ago.
“The swell is definitely going to pick up tomorrow,” said Ken Bradshaw, who lives at Sunset Beach and nearby where the homes are being threatened by seasonal erosion. “It’s going to surge up the beach higher than it did during the last swell.”