She also posted this photo on which I commented: "Impressive. If that's what it takes to surf like you, then I stand no chances..."
Jimmie Hepp went to Hookipa despite the lack of proper waves and posted this album, out of which this is my pick.
3am significant buoy readings and discussion
South shore
Barbers
1.3ft @ 13s from 188° (S)
0.9ft @ 18s from 196° (SSW)
Lanai
1.4ft @ 18s from 193° (SSW)
1.3ft @ 13s from 188° (S)
Decent 18s numbers at the buoys, with a 13s energy in the background. Today should be a small but decent day on the south shore, check the Lahaina webcam before going. From 5am to 12pm there's a marathon, so expect traffic to be slow and no parking at Guardrails.
Thanks to the full moon, I was able to capture this wave at 4.50am.
North shore
N
N
3.5ft @ 11s from 350° (N)
Hanalei
2.1ft @ 11s from 321° (NW)
Waimea
1ft @ 11s from 326° (NW)
Pauwela
5.1ft @ 8s from 89° (E)
2.1ft @ 11s from 355° (N)
Couple of feet 11s from the N at Pauwela (and the other buoys), not sure where this is coming from, but we'll take it. Hookipa should be a bit bigger than yesterday, when it was only windswell.
Wind map at noon.
North Pacific has a small WNW fetch associated with Typhoon Hagibis which has now left Japan and is moving towards the Kuril islands in a slightly better position for our wave generation. It will not get any closer though. Meanwhile, a new low formed N of us (the third in this month), but the related fetch is pretty weak and it's too far away to really block the trades, which in turn show a windswell fetch.
South Pacific has mostly a strong fetch oriented towards Central and South America out of which we hopefully will get some angular spreading (should be similar to the current one).
Morning sky.
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