Thursday 12 11 25 morning call

Light Kona and big waves made Hookipa epic yesterday.

4-5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

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No southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • • • • • 7.8ft

            , 10s, NNW 335º

Hanalei

• • 6.9ft

    , 13s, NW 310º
  • 5.5ft

    , 11s, WNW 290º
  • 4.6ft

    , 7s, NNW 330º

Waimea

• • • • • • 7.5ft

            , 13s, NNW 330º
          • 3.5ft

            , 10s, NNW 340º
          • 2.1ft

            , 4s, WNW 300º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 6.9ft

            , 13s, NNW 330º
          • 2.7ft

            , 8s, ENE 65º
          • 0.8ft

            , 10s, NW 320º

More NW energy and Kona wind today, at least for the first half of the day, before the arrival of the weak front (see satellite picture below) makes the wind switch onshore. Home guess for Hookipa is around double overhead 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