i haven't quite gotten a good grip on the hurricane activity in the eastern pacific just yet. usually on the east coast when a strong hurricane stays offshore it means perfect weather, nice-sized waves and offshore winds. here it's more of a dice-roll whether or not we see waves from tropical systems. right now, felicia is a category 3 with potential to strengthen some more before it starts weakening closer to hawaii. i looked at the satellite though and the hurricane doesn't look that big, although it's super powerful near the eye. will we see waves from a small but strong hurricane like this one? it's kind of far from california
Since, felecia is moving off to the WNW, she isn't going to send anything towards the US West coast. For tropical swells, you want to look for more of a northward movement. The storm will send tropical swells towards exposed areas of Hawaii.
