Saturday, June 08, 2024

Saturday 6 8 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 3ft
        , 13s, S 185º

Lanai
      • 2.4ft
        , 13s, SSW 195º
      • 1.4ft
        , 11s, SSW 205º

Very long lasting south swell is still at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

NW101

            • 4.5ft
              , 8s, NNW 340º

Hanalei

    • 3.5ft
      , 10s, NNW 330º

Waimea

            • 3ft
              , 9s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

            • 2.1ft
              , 10s, NNW 330º
            • 1.6ft
              , 8s, ENE 65º
            • 0.3ft
              , 13s, N 5º

The buoys are picking up some short period NW energy coming from the low that formed north of us and slowed down the trades in the last couple of days. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to chest high and light wind in the early 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

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