Friday, November 13, 2026

Friday 11 13 26 morning call

Good video about reading bumps on a downwinder.


6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion
.
South shore
Pearl Harbor entrance
        • 0.8ft
          , 13s, SSE 160º
Very small southerly energy at PH and almost nothing on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

              • 3.9ft
                , 13s, NW 320º
NW101
  • 5.3ft
    , 13s, NW 320º

Waimea
              • 3.6ft
                , 13s, NW 315º
              • 5.7ft
                , 7s, NNE 20º
              • 2.6ft
                , 11s, NW 325º

Mokapu

              • 7ft
                , 7s, NE 50º
NW swell is on the decline, before a new one arrives tomorrow. NE windswell still up. Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a half.

 Wind map at noon (2 days 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

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Thursday 11 12 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.




6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion
.
South shore
Pearl Harbor entrance
        • 1.1ft
          , 14s, SSE 165º
Very small southerly energy at PH,  and very little on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

              • 6.9ft
                , 13s, NNW 330º
NW101
  • 9.4ft
    , 15s, NW 315º

Waimea
              • 7.7ft
                , 15s, NW 310º
              • 4.4ft
                , 13s, NW 325º
              • 5.7ft
                , 8s, N 5º

Mokapu

              • 8.7ft
                , 8s, NE 35º

              • 3.4ft
                , 5s, ENE 70º
The more westerly component coming from the fetch indicated by the black arrow in yesterday's post has arrived and shows solid numbers at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead with bigger sets and mixed with the windswell.

 Wind map at noon (1 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

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Wednesday 11 11 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.


6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion
.
South shore
Barbers
        • 0.9ft
          , 15s, SSW 200º
The relatively low NW energy temporarily allows Barber to register southerly readings, in this case almost 1ft 15s. Took me a while to catch a set on the cam, so do check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

              • 5.4ft
                , 16s, N 5º
              • 3.8ft
                , 11s, NNW 345º
NW101
  • 5.3ft
    , 15s, N 355º

Waimea
              • 4.2ft
                , 11s, NW 320º

Mokapu

              • 6.6ft
                , 7s, ENE 75º

              • 3ft
                , 3s, ENE 60º
New large NNW swell is rising at the outer buoys and it's predicted by Surfline to reach 9ft 15s at sunset. It comes from the fetch indicated by the black arrows in the maps of Oct 7 through 10 below. Seen the direction at the NW buoys, it could also be that this first pulse comes from the smaller fetch indicated by the red arrow, but the bigger energy of the black arrow fetch will be right behind. Home guess for Hookipa is around head to head and a half in the morning, building to double overhead plus in the late afternoon.

 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