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A surfer neared the end of his ride Tuesday at Point Panic. A boat breaking up on the nearby Kewalo Basin breakwater kept most surfers on the Diamond Head side of the channel entrance.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Johoku High School students from Hokkaido, Japan, enjoyed the warm waters of Ala Moana Beach yesterday. Teacher Akira Hayashi almost got dunked. The students, on a week-long visit, come from an area of northern Japan that gets only two to three weeks a year of beach weather.