HONOLULU—Towering waves on Hawaii’s south shores crashed into homes and businesses, spilled across highways, and upended weddings over the weekend.
The large waves—some more than 20 feet (6 meters) high—came from a combination of a strong south swell that peaked Saturday evening, the National Weather Service said Monday.
A wedding Saturday evening in Kailua-Kona was interrupted when a set of large waves swamped the event, sending tables and chairs crashing toward guests.
Sara Ackerman, an author who grew up in Hawaii and attended the wedding, filmed the waves as they barreled ashore.
“It just was huge,” she said. ”I was filming it and then it just came over the wall and just completely annihilated all the tables and chairs.”…