maui surf report

Monday, December 23, 2024

Monday 12 23 24 morning call

Tons of Jaws pictures on the social media, I picked this one from FishBowlDiaries.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

No southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

- 9.6ft
  , 15s, NW 305º
  3.6ft
  , 11s, NW 325º
  2.9ft
  , 9s, NNW 340º

Hanalei

- 8.9ft
  , 15s, NW 315º
- 4ft
  , 11s, NW 315º
- 4.2ft
  , 9s, NNW 330º

Waimea

- - 7.3ft
    , 17s, NW 310º
    9.3ft
    , 13s, NNW 335º

Pauwela

- 11.3ft
  , 13s, NW 325º
  6ft
  , 15s, NW 320º

XXL NW swell peaked yesterday and today will be slowly declining all day. Home guess for Hookipa in the morning is still multiple times overhead and too big to surf.

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

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Sunday 12 22 24 morning call

Yesterday I had a board to try and this is a phone picture my friend Dan Taylor took while I was doing that. The set on the reef is so big that you can't tell where the water ends and the clouds start.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

No southerly energy at the buoys, the cam shows people out waiting for the sporadic wrap set. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

- 19ft
  , 16s, NW 320º

Hanalei

- 6.4ft
  , 22s, NNW 340º
- 7.3ft
  , 13s, NW 320º
- 2.6ft
  , 18s, NNW 335º

Waimea

- - 7.7ft
    , 22s, NW 325º
    7.2ft
    , 15s, NW 325º
    3.5ft
    , 12s, NW 325º

Pauwela

- 5.2ft
  , 22s, NNW 330º
  5.6ft
  , 14s, NNW 330º
  6.4ft
  , 11s, NNW 330º

Massive numbers continue at the buoys. Below are the maps that show the fetches of the last three days. As you can see, it's not even a direct aim, as most of the energy is missing us to our north headed to the US west coast.

Guessing the size at Hookipa from home doesn't even make sense anymore, just huge, specially in the afternoon. The Eddie is on at Waimea, live streaming here.