Friday, May 01, 2026

Friday 5 1 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1ft
        , 15s, S 190º
Lanai
      • 1ft
        , 15s, S 185º
      • 1ft
        , 13s, SW 220º

      1ft 15s of southerly energy at both buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 3.4ft
              , 11s, N 350º

Hanalei

    • 3.5ft
      , 12s, NW 325º

Pauwela

            • 6.2ft
              , 8s, ENE 75º
            • 2.9ft
              , 13s, NNW 335º
            • 1.7ft
              , 11s, NW 325º
3ft 13s of NW energy at Pauwela together with a noticeable 6ft 8s of ENE windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is around head to head and a half with occasional bigger sets in the windiest hours of the day. Today and tomorrow Hookipa will be closed for the State High School surfing championship.

 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