The Jaws contest was completed in the morning in pristine conditions and it was a great show again. The Maui surfers dominated and that's a confirmation of, no matter how good of a wave rider you are, the local knowledge is a more important factor. Ian Walsh and Paige Alms were crowned 2017 champions.
This photo is by Jimmie Hepp from this gallery. Can someone explain me how that can not be an interference? Fortunately Ryan Hipwood finished last in the final heat, otherwise someone might have been damaged by this "non call".
From a contest to another contest: today is the opening ceremony for the 2017 Aloha Classic, here's the schedule of events. There should be no competition for the first days due to the lack of wind, but the trades are predicted to return on Friday, as shown by the Windguru table below.
Talking about which, how to read that table is one of the topics of the agenda of the Meteo Workshop I threw down while watching the contest yesterday. Please leave feedbacks.
General knowledge
- how waves are made: high and low pressures and related winds
- how waves travel
- refraction
- how waves break
Picking the right spot: Maui local knowledge
- how to read the Windguru Maui North shore table
- wind interaction with the mountains
- how to read the buoys
- Maui spots shadow angles
- Maui spots most effected by tides
Questions and Answers
No idea of when it will be held, haven't even looked for a room yet.
4am significant buoy readings
South shore
No southerly energy at the outer buoys, the Surfline forecast calls for a declining 1.4f 10s and a rising 0.7f 16s. That is very small stuff.
North shore
NW001
5.3ft @ 13s from 318° (NW)
4.9ft @ 10s from 339° (NNW)
Waimea
6.3ft @ 14s from 319° (NW)
3.7ft @ 12s from 324° (NW)
2.8ft @ 9s from 346° (NNW)
2.7ft @ 10s from 332° (NNW)
Big swell tapering down to 14s period, but still with some juice. The problem will be the many other shorter period more northerly energy generated by the closer northerly fetch we've observed in the past few days which will make conditions a little less clean than they would have been with only one swell in the water. Fortunately the morning light offshores will help.
North Pacific shows a NW fetch.
South Pacific doesn't show any fetches of relevance for the third day in a row.
Morning sky.
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Ready for the Meteo Workshop ! See you at work. The Giant
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