Saturday, November 02, 2024

Saturday 11 2 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.3ft
        , 11s, S 190º

Lanai
      • 1.2ft
        , 11s, S 175º

Very small southerly energy at the buoys and nothing on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 6.6ft
              , 16s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

    • 6.2ft
      , 15s, NW 315º

Waimea

            • 6.9ft
              , 17s, NW 315º

Pauwela

            • 5.1ft
              , 18s, NW 325º
            • 4.3ft
              , 9s, ENE 70º
            • 1ft
              , 12s, N 10º

New large NW swell is in the water. Below are the maps of October 29 through 31 that show the fetch that generated it. Home guess for Hookipa is double to triple overhead.

 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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