Friday 11 15 19 morning call

A friend of mine recently said:"in the last couple of weeks, Maui's been looking like Bali!". That sums up perfectly how the quality of the waves on the north shore improves without the trades. That's a beauty from yesterday.


My three beach reports (6.30, 7.30 and 8am) reflect the quick rise of the swell. Here's an early photo.

Here's a later one (Paige Alms).

And here's three later ones from the epic windsurfing session: Jimmie Hepp's album.


FishBowlDiaries album.

 

 Si Crowther album.

5am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Unfortunately the Surfline buoy page (link n.11) is only showing the NW buoy at the moment I write this, so we have to rely exclusively on the webcam. This is a nice one, but check it out yourself if interested, as there's not much overall.

   
North shore
NW101
4.8ft @ 16s from 317° (NW)

Below is the graph of the only buoy available at this moment. It shows that the swell peaked yesterday and is now declining. You can shift that graph of 16h and conclude that locally the start of the morning will be pretty solid (probably still around 8ft 16s, hence Hookipa too big for most) and only show some decline in the second half of the day.


Wind map at noon. Complete lack of wind till 11. Again.


Kahului Tides
High Tide     High Tide     Low Tide     Low Tide       Sunrise   Sunset
4:30a  +2.6   2:45p  +1.4  11:02a  +1.1   9:31p  -0.2    6:38a   5:46p    

North Pacific's main fetch today is the NW one that has got pretty close. Another big swell on Sunday, even though, because of the more westerly direction, some spots on Maui might end up being smaller than the current one.

Nothing from the South.

Morning sky.