The Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau has been placed on “green alert” for Thursday at Waimea Bay. The final call to go will be made at the beach Thursday morning. If the big wave competition is a go, it will start at 8 a.m. with Kona’s own Shane Dorian in the first heat.
Current forecasts call for 40- to 50-foot waves on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
The event – one of the most elusive on the big wave tour – has run only eight times in the past 30 years because of the extraordinary conditions that are required for the event to be called “on.