Thursday 2 15 18 morning call

A shortboard and a longboard session for me yesterday. In the morning I didn't feel like challenging the big waves at Hookipa, so I chose a more mellow spot. Very happy with my decision, as the waves were just pure fun.


Here's the clip of one.


Mid morning the Konas started blowing and there was all kind of action at Lanes/Hookipa. This is a photo by Jimmie Hepp from this gallery.


I was shooting myself and here's what I got.
Tanner Hendrickson getting barreled while a windsurfer is sailing out. The Point was firing.


Next two is Robby Swift.




My longboard session was from 6 to 6.30pm. Just a friend and I in the wildness of the elements, kinda gorgeous really. It helped that the period was down to 12s (as the photo below shows), otherwise it would have been a bit too challenging for my tastes.


5am significant buoy readings
South shore
No indication of southerly energy at the buoys, the Surfline forecast calls for nothing.

North shore
NW101
6.9ft @ 10s from 328° (NW)

Waimea
4.8ft @ 9s from 357° (N)

4.7ft @ 11s from 322° (NW)

Pauwela
6.1ft @ 8s from 80° (E)

4.5ft @ 11s from 337° (NNW)

NW swell down to 11s locally with the addition of 6f 8s of easterly windswell will provide plenty waves at Hookipa. What will characterize the early morning session will be the wind and the rain.

Wind map at noon. The Konas should be stronger before that and lighter after that.


North Pacific shows a WNW fetch. The one to the NE of it is oriented more west to east and only a sliver of it is oriented towards us, as the map on the right shows.


South Pacific shows a fetch SE of the Tasman Sea. From that distance, IF we get anything out of it, it would be in 9 days. As a matter of fact, Surfline predicts 0.8f 16s out of that fetch on Saturday Feb 24.


Morning sky.


Still plenty rain around us at 6.25am.


Lastly, I just received an email with the schedule of the 2018 HSA contests. Happy to share it here.

Event #1 2018 BREAKWALL SHAVE ICE AT THE BREAKWALL
LAHAINA BREAKWALL

MAY 5th, 2018
(Alt dates: 5/6,12,13,19,20,26,27)

Event #2 2018 HURLEY AT THE HARBOR
LAHAINA HARBOR

July 14th, 2018
(Alt dates: 7/15,21,22,28,29, 8/4,5,11,12)

Event #3 2018 HSA HANA SURFING CLASSIC
KOKI BEACH

September 15th, 2018
(Alt days 9/16,22,23,29,30)

Event #4 2018 VISSLA / HI TECH / LOPEZ SURFBASH XXIX HO'OKIPA BEACH PARK

November 17th 2018
(Alt: 11/18,24,25)

Event #5 2018 LIKE POKE KAHULUI HARBOR CENTRAL CLASSIC
THE JETTI

December 1st 2018
(Alt: Sunday, 12/,2,8,9,15,16,22,23)

Event #6 2019 HONOLUA SURF CO. LEGENDS OF THE BAY HONOLUA CAVE
(2 Day Event, January 12th - February 3rd, 2019)

(Alternate Holding Period: 2/4 - 3/31)

Boys U12, Boys 12-13, Boys 14-15, Boys 16-17, Girls U14, Open Women & Open Longboard :
[Weekends (Sat & Sun) and holidays ONLY]

Open Men : Any Day the Bay calls