Wednesday 9 26 18 morning call

A longboard session for me yesterday. This is Christian showing a nice low and centered stance while foiling on the waist high waves at Thousand Peaks. A little mid morning onshore ruined it a bit for the surfers, didn't change a thing for the foilers.


4am significant buoy readings
South shore
W
1.9ft @ 12s from 184° (S)

1.3ft @ 17s from 138° (SE)

 

SW
1.9ft @ 12s from 147° (SE)

 

SE
1.7ft @ 13s from 173° (S)

 

Barbers

1.7ft @ 14s from 179° (S)

0.9ft @ 18s from 204° (SSW)

 

Lanai

1.3ft @ 13s from 195° (SSW)

 

Mid (12-14) period low (1.3-1.9) energy at the buoys should guarantee another non completely flat day on the south shore. The problem will be that the usual onshore wind might start earlier than usual, seen the overall southerly flow. The Ala Moana cam in Oahy shows just that and if that is happening in Maui too, today might be a day of rest. My iWindsurf.com app shows no wind yet, but it would be nice to have a visual confirmation of that. Once again, if there's a business in Lahaina that would like to host a webcam with Ozolio, please send me an email.

North shore
Pauwela

3.7ft @ 8s from 82° (E)

 

Small windswell numbers and from a too easterly direction at Pauwela, today Hookipa will be flat. And with the lack of wind, absolutely epic for snorkeling.

Wind map at noon.

North Pacific's map is very similar to the predicted one I posted 4 days ago. The fetch did form N of us and at the moment is aiming to our west. It should turn more towards us during the day though and generate a NNW swell that Surfline predicts to peak at 5.8s 11s from 335 on Saturday. I'm gonna call for a very early opening day at the Bay.
The Typhoon south of Japan is intensifying and the fetch oriented towards us today is slightly bigger and it should improve in the next few days. As a matter of fact, Surfline calls for a west swell Wednesday/Thursday next week. West swells are never to be excited about in Maui, unless you know where to go.

 

South Pacific has a strong fetch E of New Zealand aimed to our east, but we'll get some angular spreading in a week.

Morning sky.