Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Wednesday 4 22 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1ft
        , 15s, W 280º
Lanai
      • 2.1ft
        , 14s, W 275º
      • 1ft
        , 11s, WSW 245º
      • 0.7ft
        , 12s, W 275º

Plenty westerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 4.8ft
              , 14s, NNW 335º
            • 3.4ft
              , 11s, NNW 330º

N

  • 6.5ft
    , 14s, N 355º
  • 3.8ft
    , 10s, NE 45º

Hanalei

    • 5ft
      , 14s, N 350º
    • 3.1ft
      , 12s, NW 310º
    • 2.5ft
      , 8s, NE 35º

Pauwela

            • 3.9ft
              , 14s, NNE 15º
            • 2.7ft
              , 12s, N 5º
            • 2.9ft
              , 10s, NE 50º
Both NW and NNE swells I discussed yesterday are in the water and, as predicted, the NNE one is the dominant one locally. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and half with occasional bigger sets and clean.

 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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