Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Wednesday 8 5 20 morning call

My neighbor Dylan is back in the hood. It was a big inspiration to watch him rip apart some 2-3ft NW swells while I was recovering after surgery. Now he's had to settle with a bit of windswell, but you can still see his awesome style.


What some of the Maui boys did after the hurricane. That triple overhead wave of Cody Young was at the spot I surfed a couple of hours later when it was half the size.


4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2.9ft @ 9s from 165° (SSE)

1.4ft @ 13s from 179° (S)           

0.8ft @ 16s from 194° (SSW)

Lanai
1.4ft @ 11s from 195° (SSW)            

The earlier round of readings saw a 1.2ft 16s at Lanai. The fact that now it's not there anymore doesn't mean that it's magically disappeared. It might easily be back on the next round of readings. But for sure it's not a good sign that it's intermittent. It means that the swell doesn't have enough energy to be picked up enough at every sample. And even if it was still there, 1.2ft 16s is not something to get particularly exciting about. Each period has its own threshold to be good on the south shore. 1.2ft would be exciting if it was 20s (as it would make for bigger breakers and most importantly would most likely mean that there's something bigger behind), 16s require at least 1.7ft I'd say. 2ft for 14s, 2.5 for 12s are my personal guidelines. But what counts most... you guessed it, it's the webcam. Which unfortunately doesn't show much (plus a bit onshore at the moment). Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore
Pauwela
4.4ft @ 8s from 65° (ENE)            

Small waves at Hookipa, bigger on eastern exposures.

Wind map at noon
(the other ones can be found at link n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column).


Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: apparent direct aim, but out of the great circle ray map, so not 100% sure).
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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