4am significant buoy readings and discussion
South shore
Barbers
2.2ft @ 13s from 210° (SSW)
Lanai
2.3ft @ 13s from 218° (SW)
With the NW swell declining, now the buoys can register the energy from the south again. Those are decent numbers and there were some waist high sets on the webcam yesterday at sunset. That should be no surprise for the readers who keep track of the fetches happened last week. I posted this collage of the maps of Oct 20 through 25 already on the 27, but here it is again.
Morning high tide is not helping, but here's a over knee high one. Check the webcam yourself before going.
North shore
NW101
5.3ft @ 10s from 353° (N)
3.9ft @ 12s from 334° (NNW)
Waimea
4ft @ 11s from 356° (N)
3.8ft @ 13s from 333° (NNW)
Pauwela
6.7ft @ 13s from 333° (NNW)
5.2ft @ 8s from 44° (NE)
Below are the graphs of the three reported buoys all of them showing a downward trend in both size and period. Pauwela is the last of the chain, so it's still up to a considerable 6.7ft 13s from 333, but that is going to slowly decline all day. Notice the shorter period more northerly energy too, coming from another source. With good size waves still in the water all along the north shore, Hookipa will be well overhead.
Wind map at noon. No chances for the last day of the Aloha Classic.
North Pacific has two NW fetches.
South Pacific has a couple of fetches too.
Morning sky.
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