Friday, January 30, 2026

Friday 1 30 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.


6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Lanai
      • 3.8ft
        , 14s, W 275º

      Solid westerly wrap at Lanai. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 11.6ft
              , 15s, WNW 300º

NW101

  • 11.7ft
    , 14s, WNW 290º
  • 3.1ft
    , 16s, WNW 295º

Hanalei

    • 7.5ft
      , 13s, NW 305º
    • 4.7ft
      , 15s, NW 305º
    • 3.4ft
      , 11s, NNW 330º

Waimea

            • 7.4ft
              , 13s, NW 310º
            • 5ft
              , 10s, NNW 330º
            • 0.7ft
              , 20s, NW 310º

Pauwela

            • 5.2ft
              , 13s, NW 325º
            • 1.5ft
              , 9s, NNW 345º
            • 0.8ft
              , 7s, N 350º
New NW swell is at the buoys with yet another one right on its heels. They come from the fetches shown in the maps of Jan 26 through 29 below. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half to double with occasional bigger sets, building to double overhead plus at sunset (7.7ft 13s predicted by Surfline at 6pm). Wind should be calm to light offshore in the morning before suddenly turning onshore in the afternoon due to the arrival of the weak front you see in the satellite picture below.

 Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here.


Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) from Windy.
 North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Thursday 1 29 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

Lanai
      • 2.8ft
        , 12s, W 280º

      • 0.3ft
        , 17s, SSW 205º
Lanai shows a tiny amount of long period southerly energy and some west wrap. The long period energy comes from the fetch that happened on Jan 23 and 24 below. It'll be a small swell, Surfline barely calls for it.

Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 5.4ft
              , 15s, WNW 300º
            • 4.3ft
              , 7s, WNW 285º
            • 1.6ft
              , 9s, NNW 335º

Hanalei

    • 3.7ft
      , 11s, NNW 330º
    • 2.6ft
      , 13s, NNW 330º

Waimea

            • 4.3ft
              , 13s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

            • 4.4ft
              , 13s, NNW 330º
            • 1.3ft
              , 10s, N 350º
            • 1.2ft
              , 8s, E 90º
The NW energy came down from yesterday at the local buoys and will continue to do so throughout the day, but the NW buoy already shows a new swell that will arrive tomorrow. Home guess for Hookipa is around head to slightly overhead high with occasional bigger sets and with no wind most of the day again.

 Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here.


Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) from Windy.
 North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Wednesday 1 28 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.





Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

Lanai
      • 1.9ft
        , 13s, W 280º
      • 1.3ft
        , 10s, W 275º
No southerly energy at the buoys, Lanai shows some westerly wrap. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 5.2ft
              , 14s, NW 325º

Hanalei

    • 4.2ft
      , 15s, NNW 345º
    • 2.5ft
      , 11s, NW 320º
    • 1.8ft
      , 9s, NNW 340º

Waimea

            • 7.5ft
              , 14s, NNW 345º

Pauwela

            • 6.5ft
              , 15s, NNW 330º
            • 2ft
              , 8s, E 85º
            • 1ft
              , 11s, NNW 330º
Plenty NW energy at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is around double overhead with occasional bigger sets and clean all day.

 Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here.

Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) from Windy.
 North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Tuesday 1 27 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.1ft
        , 15s, SSW 205º
Lanai
      • 0.8ft
        , 17s, SSW 195º
      • 0.9ft
        , 13s, W 275º
Small long period southerly energy from the fetch I posted yesterday is still at the buoys while Lanai also shows a small westerly wrap. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 5ft
              , 13s, NW 325º

Hanalei

      • 4.2ft
        , 13s, NNW 340º

      • 1.9ft
        , 9s, NW 325º

Waimea

            • 4.5ft
              , 13s, NNW 330º
            • 2.6ft
              , 11s, NNW 330º
            • 2.2ft
              , 7s, N 5º

Pauwela

            • 3.6ft
              , 13s, NW 325º
            • 3.2ft
              , 8s, ENE 70º
            • 2.1ft
              , 11s, NW 325º
New moderate NW energy is rising the buoys. It comes from the fetch that happened on Jan 23 and 24 below. Home guess for Hookipa is around head to head and a half and clean with a building trend throughout the day (Surfline calls for 6ft 13s at sunset, although the NW buoys readings show less than that).

 Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here.


Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) from Windy.
 North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky

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Monday, January 26, 2026

Monday 1 26 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.



6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 0.7ft
        , 18s, SSW 200º
Lanai
      • 1.1ft
        , 13s, W 280º

      • 0.5ft
        , 18s, S 180º
Both buoys show a tiny amount of long period southerly energy. It probably comes from the angular spreading of the strong fetch oriented towards south America that happened on Jan 18 below.

Expect very low consistency out of that, but there's sets like the one in the picture below. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 3.9ft
              , 11s, WNW 300º
            • 4ft
              , 8s, NNW 340º
            • 2.1ft
              , 14s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

      • 5.9ft
        , 8s, NNE 20º

      • 1.1ft
        , 13s, WNW 300º

Waimea

            • 6.8ft
              , 7s, N 0º
            • 1.1ft
              , 13s, NW 315º
            • 0.7ft
              , 11s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

            • 1.6ft
              , 13s, NW 320º
            • 2.1ft
              , 8s, E 85º
            • 0.8ft
              , 9s, NNE 25º
NW energy down to minimal levels at Pauwela, while the upstream buoys suggest an increase of short period N energy in the afternoon, together with a momentary return of light trades. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to occasionally chest high with some flat spells and clean with no wind in the morning, getting bigger and windier in the afternoon.

 Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here.


Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) from Windy.
 North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Sunday 1 25 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.



6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

Lanai
      • 0.8ft
        , 15s, W 280º
      • 1.2ft
        , 10s, WNW 300º
Very small westerly energy at Lanai. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 3ft
              , 13s, WNW 285º

Hanalei

    • 2ft
      , 14s, NW 310º

    • 1.4ft
      , 10s, NNW 345º

Waimea

            • 2.8ft
              , 9s, NNW 345º
            • 1.6ft
              , 14s, NW 310º

Pauwela

            • 3.6ft
              , 10s, NNW 335º
            • 1.3ft
              , 15s, NW 325º
            • 1.2ft
              , 5s, ENE 70º
NW energy down to small levels. Home guess for Hookipa is around chest to head high with occasional bigger sets and clean with no or little wind all day.

 Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here.


Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) from Windy.
 North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky

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