Monday, June 08, 2026

Monday 6 8 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.7ft
        , 18s, S 170º
      • 1.3ft
        , 15s, SSE 165º
Lanai
      • 1.7ft
        , 12s, S 190º
      • 0.9ft
        , 20s, SSE 165º
Small long period readings at both buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 1.7ft
              , 15s, W 280º

Hanalei

    • 0.8ft
      , 17s, WNW 300º

Waimea

            • 0.6ft
              , 17s, W 270º

Pauwela

            • 5.6ft
              , 8s, ENE 70º
            • 2.7ft
              , 4s, NE 55º
The outer buoys show small long period westerly energy coming from the fetch in the maps of June 4 and 5 below. We shouldn't receive any of that, so only NE-ENE windswell again. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to chest 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

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