Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thursday 8 20 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.


6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion
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South shore
Barbers
      • 1.3ft
        , 12s, SSW 195º
      • 0.6ft
        , 17s, S 190º
Old swell down to 1.3ft 12s but Barbers also shows half foot 17s of a new south swell that Surfline predicts to reach 1.5ft 15s by sunset. It comes from the one day S fetch that happened on the 14th below.

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

North shore

Pauwela

            • 4.6ft
              , 8s, E 95º
            • 1ft
              , 5s, NE 35º
            • 1ft
              , 3s, NE 40º
Easterly windswell only, the biggest part of which comes from 95 degrees. Home guess for Hookipa is flat and no wind all day.

 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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