Tuesday 4 186 19 morning call

The funding campaign for the new Lahaina harbor webcam has raised $1640. Thanks a lot and let's keep them coming. I'm gonna start my posts with an update like this until it reaches its goal of $2,000. Please donate to the page, not to me. I have nothing to do with this campaign, other than the fact that I totally support the cause.

Another day of rest for me, here's my pick of Jimmie Hepp's gallery of the windsurfing action at Hookipa. As you can see, the new NW swell did fill in in the afternoon, although inconsistent as it is in the nature of the beginning of distantly generated swells.


4am significant buoy readings
South shore
Lanai
1ft @ 14s from 210° (SSW)

Background energy pretty steady at the buoy, shouldn't be flat today either.

North shore
NW001
4.1ft @ 12s from 307° (WNW)

Hanalei
4ft @ 14s from 325° (NW)

Waimea
3.4ft @ 14s from 312° (NW)

Pauwela
4.7ft @ 9s from 62° (ENE)

3.6ft @ 15s from 321° (NW)

2.8ft @ 6s from 50° (NE)

 

Fun size numbers at the buoys, as usual what really counts is the wind which this morning, for a change, will be calm. Below is the graph of Pauwela together with its energy Spectrum that shows some kind of small energy all the way from 270 to 105 (Maui is an island and it's open to many directions). The red spot indicates the highest energy which comes from directions between 300 and 315. Should be a fun morning, I'll report from Hookipa before 7am.

Wind map at noon. Should be calm everywhere till 9ish.


North Pacific has a couple of NW fetches, the bigger of which will give life to a swell that Surfline predicts to peak Friday night at 5ft 12s from 330.


South Pacific has a remarkably large fetch. Surfline calls for 2.3ft 14s in a week, I hope for a little more.


Morning sky.