Thursday, July 20, 2023

Thursday 7 20 23 morning call

The storm passed south of Maui and as such it had a very short lasting southerly fetch oriented towards us. James Flynn captured some of the action on the waves that were generated in that short time frame.


Elliot Leboe posted a video about the Maui to Molokai race.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 4.5ft
      , 7s, SSE 165º
    • 0.8ft
      , 15s, SSW 195º

Lanai

    • 0.9ft
      , 15s, SSW 195º
    • 1.3ft
      , 9s, SSE 160º
    • 1.5ft
      , 6s, SSE 160º

Both buoys show almost a foot 15s of SSW energy. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

Mokapu

    • 5.5ft
      , 7s, E 80º

Only easterly windswell on the north shore also today. Home guess for Hookipa is knee to waist high.

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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