New Delhi, July 25 -- HONOLULU - Surfers along California's southern coast will feel the first effects before the storm reaches Hawaii. Hurricane Fausto, a Category 2 system moving through the eastern Pacific, was packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour on Thursday, with forecasters warning that swells from the storm could produce life-threatening surf along the American coastline days before Fausto completes its westward journey toward the Hawaiian Islands.

"It's too soon to determine the exact location or potential magnitude."

For beachgoers and surfers on Hawaii's south-facing shores, the storm's approach is already a planning concern. Ocean swells generated by Fausto were expected to produce wave heights of eight to tw...