Friday 9 29 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

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

• • • • 2.5ft

        , 12s, S 175º

Lanai

• • • • 3.1ft

        , 11s, SSW 195º
      • 0.5ft

        , 14s, SSW 195º
• 
  

Good size southerly energy continues at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Hanalei

• 1.7ft

  , 11s, NNE 30º

Waimea

• 2.9ft

  , 11s, NNE 25º
• 
  
• 0.8ft

  , 13s, NNE 30º

Pauwela

• 3.2ft

  , 11s, NNE 20º
• 3.6ft

  , 8s, ENE 75º
• 4ft

  , 4s, E 85º

NNE energy continues at the buoys, specially at Pauwela. Home guess for Hookipa is chest to occasionally head high and clean conditions in the very first hours of light before strong trades start blowing pretty early today.

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

Tursday 9 28 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

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

• • • • 2ft

        , 11s, S 175º

Lanai

• • • • 2.4ft

        , 12s, S 190º
• 
  

Couple of feet 11-12s southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Hanalei

• 1.1ft

  , 14s, NNE 30º
• 0.7ft

  , 12s, N 10º

Waimea

• 2.4ft

  , 13s, NNE 25º
• 2.3ft

  , 10s, NNE 20º

Pauwela

• • • • • 4.2ft

          , 8s, E 85º
        • 1.5ft

          , 13s, N 10º
        • 1.6ft

          , 11s, N 0º

Looks like Pauwela came back online while I was away and it shows a bit of northerly energy together with a decent easterly windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is chest to occasionally head high and clean with no wind until around 9am.

 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

Almost there...

Sorry guys, I have been back on the 23rd as planned, but I got sick and don't really feel like doing the call.
I'm slowly getting better though, so it shouldn't be too long before the morning calls are back.

Meanwhile, for the hard core fans who miss their favorite blogger, this is a video put together by the Foil Drive guys at the AWSI and it shows a free flow interview with me from minute 4:30 to 12:30. Cheers.

Tuesday 9 5 23 morning call

I'm going to be traveling, the blog will resume September 23rd.

Hookipa yesterday morning.

JDFollowCam posted this video that in the second half shows a couple of the top Maui rippers: Cash Berzolla (Armstrong) and Liam Coralle (F-One).


And since I'll be gone for a while, here's a long one for you. Alan Cadiz's wingfoil state championship race in Oahu.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • • 2.8ft

        , 17s, S 180º

Lanai

• • • • 2.1ft

        , 17s, S 170º
      • 1.4ft

        , 14s, SSW 200º
      • 1.3ft

        , 12s, S 190º
    • 
      

Solid numbers at the buoys. Below are the maps of August 29 through September 1 that show the fetch that generated the 17s energy. The core of the swell was aimed east of us, lots of angular spreading involved and that usually means low frequency of arrival.

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

North shore

Waimea

• 2.9ft

  , 8s, NNE 30º

Mokapu

• • • • 2.8ft

        , 8s, ENE 60º
      • 
        
      • 1.5ft

        , 11s, N 350º
    • 
      The NW energy turned NNE at Waimea while the easterly windswell is on a steep decline at Mokapu. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to belly high and clean again in the first part of the morning.

 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

Monday 9 4 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • 2ft

      , 13s, S 190º
    • 1.2ft

      , 17s, S 185º

Lanai

• • • • 1.7ft

        , 13s, S 185º
      • 1.4ft

        , 15s, S 185º
      • 0.7ft

        , 18s, SSE 160º
• 
  

Nice mix of energies of different periods at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Hanalei

• 1.2ft

  , 11s, NNW 330º

Waimea

• 2.3ft

  , 11s, NNW 340º

Mokapu

• • • • 3.8ft

        , 9s, E 80º
      • 1.5ft

        , 11s, NE 50º
      • 1.8ft

        , 6s, NE 50º

Small NW swell seems a bit bigger this morning while the easterly windswell is still running with relatively long periods at Mokapu. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to chest high and clean with no wind until around 9am.

 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

Sunday 9 3 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

This is my test of the new three blade propeller hub from Foil Drive.

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

• • • • 2.2ft

        , 14s, S 190º

Lanai

• • • • 1.7ft

        , 14s, S 180º
      • 1.3ft

        , 17s, S 185º
• 
  

Mix of southerly energies at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Waimea

• 1ft

  , 13s, NW 315º

Mokapu

• • • • 4ft

        , 11s, E 80º
      • 3.6ft

        , 5s, NE 55º
      • 2ft

        , 8s, ENE 70º

Waimea is the only buoy still showing a bit of the small NW swell I discussed yesterday, sign that it was very small indeed. Mokapu instead shows different periods of easterly windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to belly, occasionally chest high. Bigger on eastern exposures.

 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