A high-surf advisory remains in effect at least until 6 p.m. Saturday for the eastern shores of all islands.
The National Weather Service said the surf is being generated by a slow-moving high-pressure zone north of the isles that continues to produce strong tradewinds.
Waves in the range of 7 to 11 feet are forecast through Saturday afternoon.
The weather service said wind would remain strong through this afternoon, with 50 mph gusts possible.
Also, a gale warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. today for the channels between Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii island and for waters south of Hawaii island. That means easterly wind of 30 to 40 mph and seas of 10 to 15 feet.
Elsewhere in Hawaii waters, a small-craft advisory is in effect until 6 p.m., with wind of 30 to 36 mph and seas of 8 to 12 feet.
The tradewinds are forecast to ease somewhat Sunday and Monday before increasing again.
Police major moving up to assistant chief
Hawaii County police Maj. Mitchell Kanehailua has been promoted to assistant chief, overseeing police operations in West Hawaii, Police Chief Harry S. Kubojiri announced this week.
The promotion takes effect Thursday.
Kanehailua replaced Assistant Chief Paul Kealoha, who is retiring at the end of November.
Kanehailua joined the department in 1984 and has held assignments in Kona, Hilo, South Kohala, Hamakua, Laupahoehoe and Puna.
MAUI
Defendant in murder case declines to offer testimony
WAILUKU >> Attorneys for a Maui man on trial for murder in the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend have rested their case after the suspect decided not to testify.
Steven Capobianco’s defense team concluded its case Tuesday, allowing prosecutors to call a witness to testify, the Maui News reported.
Capobianco, 27, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Carly “Charli” Scott and an arson charge related to her vehicle. Capobianco has said he saw Scott on the evening of Feb. 9, 2014, when her family says she went missing, but that he had nothing to do with her disappearance.
Forensic anthropologist Nicholas Passalacqua testified about the 27-year-old victim’s body parts, found by police in Nuaailua Bay in East Maui after searchers found some of Scott’s clothes there.
Passalacqua said the marks on Scott’s lower right jawbone were cut marks, with one mark indicative of someone “using a knife in a sawing motion.”
His testimony served as a rebuttal to remarks by defense witness Dr. Michael Laufer, who testified Nov. 10 that marks on the jawbone were caused by the teeth of an animal, possibly a wild boar weighing 150 to 200 pounds.
Passalacqua said, however, that he didn’t “observe any evidence of carnivore damage to this mandible.”
During trial Tuesday, Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza denied a prosecution request to introduce the results of DNA testing on a pair of bluejeans found over a guardrail along Hana Highway. DNA from bloodstains on the jeans was matched to Scott, and a black hair found in a pocket of the jeans was matched to Capobianco.
Cardoza ruled the evidence, which the prosecution worked for more than 2-1/2 years to obtain, couldn’t be presented based on the timing.
