Thursday 2 5 26 morning call

Kanaha yesterday.

7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

Lanai

• • • 3.3ft

      , 13s, W 275º
    • 2.3ft

      , 9s, W 280º

Westerly wrap at Lanai. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

NW001

• • • • • • 5.6ft, 12s, NW 305º
          • 4.3ft

            , 10s, WNW 290º
          • 4.8ft

            , 8s, W 280º

Hanalei

• • 6.3ft

    , 13s, NW 315º
  • 3.5ft

    , 11s, WNW 295º
  • 3.3ft

    , 8s, NW 310º

Waimea

• • • • • • 7.3ft

            , 11s, NW 325º
          • 5.7ft

            , 14s, NW 320º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 8.2ft

            , 14s, NNW 330º
          • 3.6ft

            , 11s, NNW 330º
          • 3.8ft

            , 9s, NNW 330º

NW energy came down a bit in size and period and should continue to do so throughout the day, but it's nonetheless still pretty solid at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead plus and clean with no wind. Pipe contest live here.

 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

Wewdnesday 2 4 26 morning call

No photos from yesterday, this is the usual Mr Bennetts at Uluwatu in Bali, a spot I use to go to in summer time before Covid and most importantly before foiling. No need to go there anymore as summer downwinding is plenty fun enough for me.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

Lanai

• • • 3.4ft

      , 14s, WNW 295º
    • 3.1ft

      , 9s, WNW 285º
    • 1.8ft

      , 11s, WNW 290º

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

North shore

NW001

• • • • • • 14.8ft

            , 14s, WNW 295º
          • 2.4ft

            , 9s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

• • 9.5ft

    , 15s, NW 310º
  • 9.7ft

    , 11s, NW 325º

Waimea

• • • • • • 13.9ft

            , 14s, NW 315º
          • 4.3ft

            , 8s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 9.8ft

            , 14s, NW 325º
          • 5.5ft

            , 10s, NW 325º
          • 1.2ft

            , 6s, N 350º

Just like yesterday, the XL stormy NW swell is going to make all spots on the north shore inaccessible with the exception of the sheltered ones. Home guess for Hookipa is around triple overhead and all over the place.

 Wind map at noon (one day old prediction). 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 2 3 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

Lanai

• • • 3.8ft

      , 9s, W 275º
    • 1.6ft

      , 14s, WNW 290º
    • 3.7ft

      , 6s, WSW 255º

No southerly energy at the buoys, but plenty westerly wrap at Lanai with stormy waves on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • • • • • 15.5ft

            , 14s, NW 310º
          • 9.8ft

            , 10s, WNW 300º
          • 6.2ft

            , 8s, WNW 285º

NW101

• 22.1ft

  , 14s, WNW 300º
• 7.7ft

  , 8s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

• • 13.9ft

    , 13s, NW 310º
  • 8.6ft

    , 10s, NW 305º

Waimea

• • • • • • 14.4ft

            , 13s, NW 320º
          • 4.3ft

            , 6s, NW 305º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 4.1ft

            , 15s, NW 325º
          • 4.2ft

            , 12s, NNW 330º
          • 4ft

            , 9s, NW 315º

The outer buoys show the kind of NW energy we're about to be slammed by. This XL swell was (and still is) generated by the fetch indicated by the black arrow in the maps of Jan 30 through Feb 3 below. As you can see the fetch got extremely close to the islands, and that will give not only the size but also a stormy character to the waves, with the aggravating factor of an onshore flow after the front that passed over Maui last night. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half to double overhead and stormy in the morning increasing to triple to quadruple overhead by the end of the day. Victory at sea and dangerous conditions.

 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