Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Wednesday 5 20 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 2ft
        , 14s, S 180º

      • 0.7ft
        , 11s, S 175º

Lanai
      • 2.3ft
        , 14s, S 190º

Couple of feet 14s of southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Hanalei

    • 0.5ft
      , 11s, NNW 340º

Waimea

            • 1.4ft
              , 11s, NNW 340º

Pauwela

            • 5.5ft
              , 9s, E 80º
            • 4ft
              , 5s, ENE 70º
            • 0.1ft
              , 14s, NW 305º
Negligible NW energy at the buoys, also today it's mostly easterly windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to chest high with occasional bigger sets. Bigger on eastern exposures.

 Wind map at noon (2 days old prediction). 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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