Saturday 1 26 18 morning call

A longboard and a windfoiling session for me yesterday. First one was at Hookipa and was one of the best of the winter, with glassy head to head and half waves. I only had time to take the shot below before leaving, but it really doesn't show how good it was.


The windfoiling session was surprisingly fun. The onshore wind allowed for shore runs (usually boring), but I managed to go across the reef and take the challenge to go over the breaking waves (still some solid head high ones) and into the bubbles without coming off the foil. The turbulence you experience in the white water is exactly like the ones on the airplane.

Norm and Bernd Roediger were out there sailing their self built dingy and towing each other on a inflatable SUP. Here's a short video that Norm took. You can hear his excitement about the beauty of the background which, undoubtedly, was a big part of the enjoyment.



So yesterday morning Hookipa was head to head and a half, Pauwela was 4ft 14s and apparently Jaws was breaking. Small, but breaking. That is a bit shocking, but we have photographic evidence of it, so the whole predicting Jaws game changes after this. This is a shot posted by Alex Aguera showing Dave Kalama foiling Jaws after 15-20 years he first foiled it with Laird with the ski-boots foil boards.



5am significant buoy readings
South shore
Lanai
3.3ft @ 13s from 266° (W)

More waves in Kihei yesterday and with such a westerly reading at Lanai, there should be something also today.

North shore
NW101
7.8ft @ 13s from 319° (NW)

5.4ft @ 8s from 14° (NNE)

3.8ft @ 10s from 353° (N)

Hanalei
6.8ft @ 9s from 347° (NNW)

5.6ft @ 14s from 300° (WNW)

3.5ft @ 11s from 306° (WNW)

3.4ft @ 6s from 9° (N)

Waimea
7.6ft @ 8s from 349° (NNW)

5.4ft @ 14s from 311° (NW)

Pauwela
7.9ft @ 9s from 345° (NNW)

4.7ft @ 15s from 314° (NW)

4.4ft @ 11s from 319° (NW)

2.6ft @ 4s from 20° (NNE)

 

Yesterday's surf session was the last high quality one for a while, as all I can see in the Windguru table is northerly winds. So why spending time commenting the buoy readings, when the conditions are going to be shitty? Plenty energy in the water and messy, stormy conditions if you still feel like surfing this morning. I can use a morning of rest.

Wind map at noon. Not good for windsurfing (at least for my taste), possibly good for windfoiling or a Kihei downwinder.


North Pacific has three fetches:
- a small westerly one centered around 190 degrees
- a bigger, but pretty weak NW one
- a near N one.
The last one will produce the most noticeable energy of the three. We can't really compare them, as we have to wait a few days of the first two energies to arrive here, while the third one is already producing 8ft 9s, as the Pauwela readings show.


Not much from the South Pacific.


Morning sky shows the classic dotted clouds that usually follow the pass of a front and indicate cold air. Waiting to destroy (verbally) the first one who complains about the weather, as this winter has had fantastic weather so far.