Sunday 11 25 18 morning call

A longboard and a windfoiling session for me yesterday. The waves were very unusually small for the season all day at Hookipa, consequence of that "well deserved break" that the North Pacific took in the last couple of days. Not only it was well deserved (plenty NNW swells in November), but also necessary and very temporary. As we know, in fact, starting today we're going to have an extended period of big waves.

At sunset there were some small and very inconsistent NW lines at Hookipa. This is one of the biggest waves I saw at the point.


Flat and yet crowded. I think Pavillions deserves the title of most crowded spot of the island (and the one of GP's least favorite).


4am significant buoy readings
North shore
NW101
6.3ft @ 14s from 305° (WNW)

5.7ft @ 17s from 315° (NW)

 

Hanalei

7.3ft @ 14s from 300° (WNW)

 

Waimea

5.5ft @ 15s from 315° (NW)

 

Pauwela

4.7ft @ 14s from 317° (NW)

2.7ft @ 9s from 96° (E)

1.6ft @ 6s from 82° (E)

 

Wonderful readings at the buoys. With no wind in the morning, this is going to be an excellent day of surfing on the north shore of Maui. Notice:
- the original dominant direction of the swell is around 300. At this moderate size, I don't think Honolua will have much, the girl's contest might have to wait (while the Sunset Beach one will be on for sure). Also the energy down towards Kahului will be minor. It's a day for the Hookipa's lefts.
- the NW buoy is already sensing a considerable amount of 17s energy.

- Pauwela has minimal windswell and from a direction that won't affect Hookipa at all. For a change, expect and excellent number in the early morning beach report.

 

Below is the graph of the four reported buoys. This first pulse peaked around 8f 14s at 4pm at the NW one. Applying GP's rule of thumb for the travelling time (16h @ 16s +/- 1h per 1s), the travel time of a 14s swell is 18h. So we can expect the swell to peak around 10am in Maui and stay elevated all day, before increasing to giant levels tomorrow. With much more favorable winds compared to the day after, I think they'll try to run the Peahi contest all day Monday. If so, Jaws windsurfers, your day is Tuesday.

 

South shore
Lanai

2.2ft @ 14s from 196° (SSW)

 

Lanai shows some energy and I saw some waves at Ala Moana yesterday evening, so I think it's not going to be flat again on the Lahaina side.

 

Wind map at noon calls for epic slog and surf wavesailing conditions. I might be late at work...

 

The massive gyre in the North Pacific keeps spinning. The map on the right highlights the winds that are directly aimed at us.

 

Here's the isoboars at 6am. The whole North Pacific is been stirred.

 

South Pacific has a weak S fetch.

 

Morning sky.