Saturday 5 16 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • 1.8ft

      , 11s, S 180º

Lanai

• • • 1.3ft

      , 17s, SSW 200º
    • 1.8ft

      , 11s, SSW 205º

Both buoys show 1.8ft 11s of southerly energy while Lanai also shows a 17s reading that marks the beginning of a long lasting long period swell that will build in the next few days. It comes from the fetch that happened in the maps of May 9 through 13 below. Surfline calls for 1.5ft 16s at sunset.

Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Hanalei

• • 1.3ft

    , 11s, NW 320º

Waimea

• • • • • • 3.4ft

            , 12s, NW 320º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 5.8ft

            , 8s, E 80º
          • 2ft

            , 12s, NW 325º
          • 3.2ft

            , 5s, ENE 75º

Small NW energy continues to trickle down at the buoys, while the easterly windswell is pretty solid. Home guess for Hookipa is around chest to head high.

 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