Sunday, May 12, 2024

Sunday 5 12 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 2.7ft
        , 14s, SSW 210º

Lanai
      • 1.9ft
        , 14s, S 185º
      • 1.5ft
        , 12s, S 185º

Long period south swell taking its time to decline and today clocks in at around 2ft 14s. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 6.5ft
              , 9s, NNE 15º

Hanalei

    • 5ft
      , 8s, NNE 15º

Waimea

            • 4.6ft
              , 9s, NNW 340º

Pauwela

            • 5.2ft
              , 8s, ENE 75º
            • 1.9ft
              , 9s, N 0º
            • 1.3ft
              , 4s, ENE 75º

The short period NW swell of yesterday turned NNW to NNE at the upstream buoys with still a decent size. Pauwela instead only shows a couple of feet 9s from the north from that swell and a much bigger ENE windswell instead. Home guess for Hookipa is around head high with occasional bigger sets.

 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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