Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Wednesday 5 15 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

    • 1ft
      , 17s, SSW 200º

Lanai
      • 1.6ft
        , 14s, SSW 210º

      • 0.8ft
        , 17s, SSW 200º

The buoys show a new 17s energy from 200. Below are the maps of May 9 through 12 that show the fetch that generated it indicated with a red stick. I used a black stick instead to indicate the fetch that generated a much bigger swell that should start arriving tomorrow and overlap to today's one bringing the size up a couple of notches. Surfline calls for 2.8ft 15s for the first and 2.8ft 18s for the second tomorrow afternoon. A lot will depend on the wind, which will follow the unsettled weather pattern associated with a low developing to our north.

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

North shore

NW101

            • 3.4ft
              , 12s, NW 315º

Hanalei

    • 2.5ft
      , 13s, NW 320º

    • 1.5ft
      , 11s, NNW 340º

Waimea

            • 1.9ft
              , 11s, NNW 340º
            • 1.5ft
              , 13s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

            • 2.2ft
              , 10s, N 350º
            • 3.1ft
              , 7s, ENE 70º
            • 0.9ft
              , 14s, NW 315º

In the past few days there have been multiple small fetches that generated the different NW-N energies at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to shoulder high with possible 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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