Friday 2 18 22 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning. Photo by Patrick Wardle.



This girl was doing the most graceful tacks at kite beach.


Hookipa in the afternoon. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

Lanes at sunset.

Pavils looking like Sunset.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers is mostly reading NW wrap 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

5.2ft @ 15s from 327° (NW)

2.5ft @ 12s from 318° (NW)

Hanalei

5.3ft @ 9s from 62° (ENE)

3.5ft @ 12s from 319° (NW)

2.6ft @ 11s from 346° (NNW)

2ft @ 16s from 316° (NW)

Waimea

4.4ft @ 13s from 315° (NW)

4.2ft @ 9s from 29° (NNE)

1.5ft @ 16s from 313° (NW)

Mokapu
6.5ft @ 9s from 67° (ENE)

Hilo
9.2ft @ 9s from 89° (E)

Old WNW swell is on the decline (11-13s) while a new NW pulse (15-16s) rises at the upstream buoys. Below is the map of Feb 16th that show the fetch that generated the new pulse, which, for a change, will come from an unblocked direction. Home guess for Hookipa in the morning is for head to possibly head and a half and declining, while the new pulse will only arrive in the afternoon. Notice the high windswell values at Mokapu and Hilo: east exposures will have waves.

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.