Thursday 1 27 22 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

Kanaha yesterday mid day. The kitefoiler was going three times faster than everyone else. He's on an Armstrong mast, if someone knows him and can ask him what front and tail wing he was using and then let me know, I'm very curious. Comment on this post or email, thanks.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers is mostly reading NW wrap these days and can't be used to detect small southerly energy. Check the Lahaina and Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW101

4.2ft @ 12s from 322° (NW)

3.8ft @ 10s from 7° (N)

Hanalei

6.1ft @ 13s from 308° (WNW)

3.1ft @ 9s from 4° (N)

Waimea
4.6ft @ 13s from 321° (NW)

Hilo
3.4ft @ 8s from 87° (E)

Kaneohe Bay
3.2ft @ 8s from 64° (ENE)

WNW energy continues to show at the buoys. It's been hard to identify the end of a swell and the start of another, as there's always been fetches WNW of us, pretty much from the beginning of the year. The fact that the Surfline buoy page doesn't offer the graphs of the individual buoys anymore (with the exception of the NW101) doesn't help. Below are the maps of Jan 22 through 25.

Hanalei has the biggest reading, not sure if Waimea (and afterwards Maui) is going to rise too in the next few hours. Home guess for Hookipa is for head to head and a half and clean. Please understand that, due to the prolonged absence of Pauwela (no news about that), these guesses can easily be a bit off at times.

Forecast of Pauwela from this PACIOOS page.

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.