Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tuesday 3 19 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.


Hookipa in the afternoon. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
            • 1.3ft
              , 15s, SW 225º
Small SW energy at Barbers. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

      • 4.5ft
        , 13s, WNW 295º
      • 2.4ft
        , 19s, NW 325º

Waimea

      • 3.6ft
        , 13s, NW 320º
      • 2.5ft
        , 10s, N 10º

Pauwela

    • 5.4ft
      , 13s, NW 320º
    • 2.1ft
      , 6s, NE 55º
    • 1.5ft
      , 3s, E 80º

NW energy continues at Pauwela while the NW buoy shows a 19s reading of a new one. Below are the maps of March 16 through 18 that show the fetch that generated it. Surfline calls for 2ft 20s tonight and 6ft 16s tomorrow. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half to double morning, slowly declining during the day with a possible increase at sunset.

 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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