Friday 12 8 17 morning call

Spectacular day of windless waves, two SUP foiling sessions for me yesterday. I particularly enjoyed the afternoon one, since the waves were just perfect for it (small, soft and clean). Here's a couple of images from the harbor in the morning.





Today is the start of the waiting period of the Pipe Masters, follow the action here. It will preceded by the Pipe Invitational to select two more surfers to join the usual top WSL tour competitors. Check the lineup below or read this article, and you'll see that it will be a shame if they don't broadcast that (I don't think  they did the previous years). Plenty Maui surfers in it too.


5am significant buoy readings
South shore
No indication of southerly energy at the buoys, the Surfline forecast calls for 2f 14s, so there might be some waves.

North shore
NW
7.4ft @ 11s from 332° (NNW)

4ft @ 10s from 339° (NNW)

 

Waimea

7.2ft @ 13s from 334° (NNW)

4.5ft @ 11s from 334° (NNW)

 

NNW swell still still up at the buoys, very slowly coming down in size and period. Hookipa was still pretty big at sunset, even though some courageous surfers were out dodging the big sets. A couple of tow teams at Lanes too, it was probably a great day of towing due to the lack of wind.
It's gonna be the first spot I'll check this morning, stay tuned for a beach report later. In the meantime, I hope that most readers know that 7f 13s is still a fairly big size with some possible double overhead sets. West side will be going off for the third day in a row. Below is how Honoolua looked yesterday.

 

Wind model not working this morning, here's the Windguru table that shows no wind for today and very good surfing conditions until Wednesday when some NE trades will return (together with a massive NW swell).


North Pacific shows a wide NW fetch.


Nothing on offer in the South Pacific.


Morning sky.