Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Tuesday 10 3 23 morning call

Empty Hookipa yesterday at sunset after the lifeguards closed the beaches from there to Baldwin in the afternoon due to a shark bumping into a surfer in the area.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
          • 2.3ft
            , 12s, SSE 165º

Lanai
          • 2.6ft
            , 11s, S 170º

Small southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001


    • 4.4ft
      , 16s, NW 325º

Hanalei

    • 3.7ft
      , 12s, NNW 330º
    • 2.3ft
      , 18s, NW 305º

Waimea

    • 3ft
      , 13s, NNW 330º
    • 1.1ft
      , 18s, NW 315º

Pauwela

    • 2.8ft
      , 13s, NNW 330º
    • 3.4ft
      , 7s, ENE 70º
    • 0.2ft
      , 18s, NW 325º


NW swell peaked yesterday and today is still around 3ft 13s while a new swell from the second fetch we saw a couple of days ago started to show up at the upstream buoys (4.4ft 16s at NW001). Home guess for Hookipa is head high and no wind for most of the morning. The new swell will send some sets at sunset, peaking overhead tomorrow.

 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


1 comment:

mauisurfer said...

The distance from Hookipa to Tavares Bay is 1.4 miles. Yet the State has closed Hookipa claiming that it is a distance of less than 1 mile.