Friday, April 24, 2026

Friday 4 24 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 2.4ft
        , 14s, W 275º
      • 0.9ft
        , 11s, W 260º
Lanai
      • 1.8ft
        , 14s, W 260º
      • 1.6ft
        , 11s, W 275º
Westerly energy continues at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 2.5ft
              , 12s, WNW 300º
            • 2ft
              , 10s, NNE 30º

N

  • 5ft
    , 9s, NNE 30º
  • 4ft
    , 7s, NNE 30º
  • 1.7ft
    , 11s, NNW 340º

Hanalei

    • 3.2ft
      , 10s, NNE 25º
    • 1.6ft
      , 14s, W 275º

Pauwela
            • 3.7ft
              , 10s, N 10º
            • 1ft
              , 13s, NW 320º
            • 2.2ft
              , 4s, NE 45º
Northerly energy now down to 10s at Pauwela, which also shows 1ft 13s from the NW. Home guess for Hookipa is around head high to occasionally overhead.

 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

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Thursday 4 23 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.


Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 3.1ft
        , 13s, W 275º
Lanai
      • 2.5ft
        , 13s, W 280º
Westerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 4.8ft
              , 11s, N 355º
            • 2.2ft
              , 16s, WNW 295º

N

  • 6.1ft
    , 11s, NNE 20º

Hanalei

    • 5.5ft
      , 12s, N 0º
    • 1.5ft
      , 13s, NW 305º

Pauwela
            • 4.1ft
              , 13s, N 350º
            • 2.4ft
              , 11s, N 10º
            • 2.4ft
              , 9s, NNE 30º
Northerly energy continues at the buoys, slowly going down in period throughout the day. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half and clean in the early 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

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Wednesday 4 22 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1ft
        , 15s, W 280º
Lanai
      • 2.1ft
        , 14s, W 275º
      • 1ft
        , 11s, WSW 245º
      • 0.7ft
        , 12s, W 275º

Plenty westerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 4.8ft
              , 14s, NNW 335º
            • 3.4ft
              , 11s, NNW 330º

N

  • 6.5ft
    , 14s, N 355º
  • 3.8ft
    , 10s, NE 45º

Hanalei

    • 5ft
      , 14s, N 350º
    • 3.1ft
      , 12s, NW 310º
    • 2.5ft
      , 8s, NE 35º

Pauwela

            • 3.9ft
              , 14s, NNE 15º
            • 2.7ft
              , 12s, N 5º
            • 2.9ft
              , 10s, NE 50º
Both NW and NNE swells I discussed yesterday are in the water and, as predicted, the NNE one is the dominant one locally. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and half with occasional bigger sets and clean.

 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

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Tuesday 4 21 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.7ft
        , 13s, SSW 195º
      • 1.4ft
        , 15s, W 275º
Lanai
      • 1.6ft
        , 13s, WSW 250º
Barbers shows some 13s southerly energy while both buoys show some westerly energy too (see fetches maps in the north shore section below). Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency. There's definitely sets.

North shore

NW001

            • 4ft
              , 13s, WNW 300º

N

  • 2.2ft
    , 16s, ENE 60º

Hanalei

    • 2.2ft
      , 14s, WNW 285º

Pauwela
            • 4.1ft
              , 7s, ENE 60º
            • 0.8ft
              , 15s, NW 325º
            • 0.7ft
              , 11s, NNE 25º
A couple of fresh energies are going to rise throughout the day. The maps of April 18 through 20 below show the possible source fetches. Seen the westerly direction of the main energy at the outer buoys, I feel like in Maui we're going to get more of the NNE stuff from the fetch indicated by the black arrow instead. Home guess for Hookipa is around chest high with occasional bigger sets and clean with no wind in the early morning, building to overhead by the end of the day (3ft 16s from 28 degrees predicted by Surfline).

 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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