Thursday 10 26 23 morning call

I accidentally deleted my photos from yesterday. Fortunately, OneMoreFoto posted this. It's been really good surfing on the north shore thanks to the lack of wind. Based on the current forecast, the first possible day of the Aloha Classic could be Saturday.

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

• • • • • 2ft

          , 17s, S 180º

Lanai

• • • • • 2.6ft

          , 17s, SSW 195º

Both buoys show good size long period energy. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • 4.6ft

    , 11s, NNW 345º

Hanalei

• • 4.7ft

    , 11s, NW 325º
  • 2.4ft

    , 8s, NNW 335º

Waimea

• • 5ft

    , 10s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • 5.7ft

    , 11s, NNW 335º

NW went down to 10-11s but continues to offer decent size at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and half and clean with no wind in the morning.

 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