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Hookipa yesterday. Photo by James Flynn.
I watched the sunset there together with FishBowlDiaries Sophie and Paul. She sent me this shot she took with very little light and relatively long exposures.
6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
No southerly energy at the buoys.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested,
for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
NW001
- 9.6ft, 14s, NW 310º
- 8.6ft, 11s, NW 310º
Hanalei
- 8.1ft, 13s, NW 315º
- 4.2ft, 9s, NW 325º
Waimea
- 6.3ft, 13s, NW 310º
- 3.9ft, 10s, NW 315º
The buoys went down a foot or two, but overall they're still pretty high. Below are the maps of December 23 and 24 that show the fetch likely responsible for today's energy, but it's been a continuous flow of one fetch after another, so the winds were acting upon already formed seas and the swells they generated all blurred together. That also explains the great variety of different sizes and shapes.
Home guess for Hookipa is still double overhead (possibly plus) and clean, since a bit of light trades should be back only in the afternoon (possibly late).
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.
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