Monday 10 30 17 morning call

Another double SUP foiling session yesterday, the first was pretty epic with rides from the reef to the beach at Kaa point. As the photo below shows, that's one Kilometer of flying. Kaa point is a new foiling spot (there all new!), which is a very poor surfing spot (waves are shifty and soft), but a phenomenal foiling spot since those bumps keep travelling and reforming on the inside.

The only other vessel I can think of that could ride them is a one man canoe (amazing glide), but that would follow a straight line like the yellow one. Foilers instead zig zag left and right (hence the go way faster), and in the end the distance covered is actually more than that. Plus, they're foilng and that's fun.


This is Honolua Saturday in a photo kindly shared by a shop customer.


And this is Hookipa yesterday at sunset.


5am significant buoy readings
South shore
NW001
1.3ft @ 14s from 204° (SSW)

Interestingly, the only buoy that shows southerly energy is the NW001. The surfline forecast calls for 1.2f 15s, so there should be a new low long period pulse.

North shore
NW001
4.4ft @ 9s from 16° (NNE)

Waimea
3.8ft @ 9s from 349° (NNW)

3.2ft @ 12s from 322° (NW)

Sizes and period are down from the weekend, but Hookipa should still offer up to head high relatively clean waves. Stay tuned for a beach report around 7.30am.

Wind map at noon shows a hint of trades on the north shore, but the other models call for no wind at all.


North Pacific shows two NW fetches.


South Pacific shows a fetch oriented towards central America of which we could possibly get some angular spreading.


Morning sky.