...the move of the day was made by this guy standing up on his bodyboard, putting it on the rail and throwing a 360 spin. Wait, he's got the leash on his ankle, maybe it wasn't a bodyboard. Maybe it's one of those short foamy board that are now invading the market and which I strongly refuse to even touch at the shop. "Get a real board!", is what I say to customers interested in them, before I hand them over to a less biased coworker.
The N swell didn't quite grow as much as I was expecting based on the N buoy reading (another sign of the swell missing us to our east), but there were some decent size waves, like this one pictured in this photo out of Jimmie Hepp's album of the windsurfing action at Hookipa.
4am significant buoy readings and discussion
South shore
No indication of southerly energy at the buoys, check the Lahaina webcam to see if there's any NNE wrap getting in there.
North shore
N
9.5ft @ 16s from 21° (NNE)
High Tide High Tide Low Tide Low Tide Sunrise Sunset
12:22a +1.8 11:06a +1.7 5:50a +1.0 5:52p +0.1 6:52a 5:46p
North Pacific has a strong fetch in the NW corner. 8ft 14s from 320 predicted by Surfline on Tuesday (with another bigger one right after). Honolua was a tough job for the contest director (only two contestable days in the waiting period), Pipeline will be a breeze, with plenty days to pick from.
The fetch in the Tasman Sea is still there (although a bit weaker) for the delight of the off season Fiji surfers.
Morning sky. Clouds have moved on to our east.
South shore
No indication of southerly energy at the buoys, check the Lahaina webcam to see if there's any NNE wrap getting in there.
North shore
N
9.5ft @ 16s from 21° (NNE)
5.3ft @ 10s from 353° (N)
Waimea
Waimea
4.9ft @ 9s from 6° (N)
Kahului Tides
4.3ft @ 12s from 356° (N)
3.1ft @ 15s from 28° (NNE)
Pauwela
Pauwela
5.9ft @ 15s from 19° (NNE)
Wind map at noon
4.1ft @ 10s from 12° (NNE)
2.8ft @ 12s from 356° (N)
2.3ft @ 6s from 30° (NNE)
Below is the (confusing) graph of Pauwela together with the Surfline forecast. On the first, I circled in black yesterday's N swell and in red today's NNE one and on the second I put arrows of the same colors on the forecast, so you can compare the two. In the end, it seems that both swells arrived half a day earlier than predicted by the Surfline's WW3 version, which is a trend I've observed quite often.
Today we have about 3ft 12s from the declining N swell (together with other shorter periods energies), but most importantly 6ft 15 from around 20 degrees which, judging from the N buoy reading (almost 10ft 16s!) should even increase. Hookipa probably too big for most, but with some possible epic rights at The Point. Harbor Jetty's will be pumping for the HSA contest, even though it now seems that it's gonna be a one day contest on Sunday with the division order below.
Wind map at noon
High Tide High Tide Low Tide Low Tide Sunrise Sunset
12:22a +1.8 11:06a +1.7 5:50a +1.0 5:52p +0.1 6:52a 5:46p
North Pacific has a strong fetch in the NW corner. 8ft 14s from 320 predicted by Surfline on Tuesday (with another bigger one right after). Honolua was a tough job for the contest director (only two contestable days in the waiting period), Pipeline will be a breeze, with plenty days to pick from.
The fetch in the Tasman Sea is still there (although a bit weaker) for the delight of the off season Fiji surfers.
Morning sky. Clouds have moved on to our east.
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