Ola Eleogram is missing Nias and whishes there was a wave like that in Hana. To which someone commented:"there's one like that on the other side of the island!".
Which made me curious to see how long of a drive Ola has to do if he wants to go surf the Bay. 2h 45m might as well be the longest surf spot commute in Maui.
This is Restaurant recently posted by Namotu.
5am significant buoy readings
South shore
Barbers
1.3ft @ 16s from 220° (SW)
Lanai
1.1ft @ 16s from 226° (SW)
That foot might be just a foot, but it's 16s and that's a lot better than flat. There have been waist high clean waves on the south shore the last couple of days. Should be the case also today. That's what Ala Moana shows too, with the extremely rare bigger set like the one below.
North shore
NW101
7.8ft @ 12s from 357° (N)
6.8ft @ 8s from 7° (N)
Hanalei
7ft @ 10s from 345° (NNW)
5.6ft @ 13s from 344° (NNW)
Waimea
5.6ft @ 13s from 342° (NNW)
3.5ft @ 9s from 340° (NNW)
3.2ft @ 11s from 342° (NNW)
3.2ft @ 7s from 351° (N)
Pauwela
5.4ft @ 8s from 26° (NNE)
4.6ft @ 12s from 334° (NNW)
The NNW swell is breaking down in different periods and Pauwela is registering the smallest numbers, I think because of the longer travel. But there should be plenty relatively stormy waves also today. As usual, the conditions will be determined by the wind which today should be light trades on the north shore.
Wind map at noon. Possible Kihei downwinder.
That fetch screams Honolua Bay. 8f 12s from 340 predicted by Surfline on Wednesday.
The Windy maps are great because they show the intensity of the winds with the colors, but once in a while it's good to admire a classic weather map with the good old isobars. Specially when they look like that.
A tiny S fetch in the South Pacific.
Morning sky. The front has passed, cold air follows.
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