Saturday, July 08, 2023

Saturday 7 8 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 2ft
      , 12s, SSW 195º

Lanai

    • 2.4ft
      , 11s, S 175º

Couple of feet 11-12s of southerly enerrgy at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

NW001

  • 3.9ft
    , 11s, NNW 340º

Hanalei

  • 4.7ft
    , 7s, NE 55º
  • 2.1ft
    , 11s, NW 320º

Mokapu

    • 4.3ft
      , 8s, E 80º
    • 4.5ft
      , 5s, E 80º
    • 1.4ft
      , 13s, N 355º

New small NW energy is rising at the local buoys. Below are the maps of July 4 to 5 that show the fetch that generated it.


Home guess for Hookipa is waist to shoulder high with possible occasional head high sets.

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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