Saturday 4 30 22 morning call

Hookipa yesterday aftenroon.

6-7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

2.4ft at 11s SW 215º

0.3ft at 15s SW 235º

Small SW energy at Barbers. Check the Lahaina and Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW101

2.4ft @ 12s from 323° (NW)

1.7ft @ 11s from 315° (NW)

NW001
4ft @ 11s from 306° (WNW)

Hanalei
1.5ft @ 11s from 323° (NW)

Waimea

1.5ft @ 11s from 318° (NW)

1.2ft @ 12s from 318° (NW)

0.5ft @ 15s from 302° (WNW)

Mokapu
5.1ft @ 8s from 85° (E)

New small NW swell should be on the rise today, even though the only possible sign of it is that half foot 15s reading at Waimea (and maybe the 4ft 11s at NW001, but that would mean a very rapid decline in the period). Below are the maps of April 26 and 27 showing the fetch that generated it. Not particularly strong and still quite distant, so it shouldn't make for bigger waves than the one in the picture above (previous swell coming from the fetch on the 24 posted yesterday).

Home guess for Hookipa in the morning is around knee to belly high with a possible increase in the afternoon.

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.