Friday 10 27 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. 16 days after my knee injury I got back in the water yesterday and I have some very exciting foils to test. Stay tuned.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • • • 2.6ft

          , 15s, S 180º

Lanai

• • • • • 2ft

          , 14s, SSW 195º
        • 0.8ft

          , 17s, S 180º

Good size southerly energy at the buoys while Lanai also shows a new long period pulse. Below are the maps of October 20 through 24 that show the fetch that generated it. Surfline calls it building up to 3ft 15s on Sunday.

Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • 4.6ft

    , 10s, NNW 340º

Hanalei

• • 4.6ft

    , 10s, NNW 335º

Waimea

• • 3.8ft

    , 9s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • 3.7ft

    , 10s, NNW 335º
  • 1.4ft

    , 7s, NNW 330º

Long lasting NW swell went down quite a bit, but still offers something. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to shoulder high and clean in the morning with no wind.

 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