Hookipa yesterday morning.
6am Surfline significant
buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
Lanai
Out of season south swell is at the buoys, but there's an onshore flow (at least in the morning). Check the
Kihei webcam if interested,
for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
NW001
Hanalei
Waimea
New XL WNW is rising at the buoys. The maps of Jan 14 though 16 below show the fetch that generated it. As you can see, it's a pretty westerly one (direction at the NW buoy confirms that) and that means that the more you move from Hookipa towards Kahului, the smaller the size and the lower the consistency will be. Home guess for
Hookipa is around head to head high with occasionally bigger sets to start the day with, building to double to triple overhead at sunset. As usual, the wind will play the most important role. It should be calm or light offshore in the first hours of light and then turn onshore around noon.
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
