Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Wednesday 12 18 19 morning call

That's how big the waves were at Hookipa yesterday: mysteriously bigger than Pipeline where they called the contest off (they'll wait for next swell on Thursday/Friday). Photo by Jimmie Hepp out of this album.


4am significant buoy readings and discussion
South shore
There were no fetches a week ago, so there's pretty much no waves on the Lahaina webcam. Check it out yourself.

North shore
The Surfline buoy page (link n.11) is empty, this is the Pauwela buoy on the NOAA site. 4.3ft 13s from the NNW (how about degrees instead?) with 9.5ft 9s from the ENE of windswell on top. Hookipa is going to big, windy and stormy, look for a very sheltered place.



Wind map at noon
       


Kahului Tides
High Tide     High Tide     Low Tide     Low Tide       Sunrise   Sunset
7:40a  +2.2   9:00p  +1.1   3:24p  +0.6                       6:58a   5:50p

North Pacific's map looks a lot like yesterday: the NW fetch of two days ago is now only very partially aiming at us, as most of it is aiming at the US west coast (we might get some angular spreading). Strong windswell fetch too.


A similar fetch is east of New Zealand. Possibly tiny S pulse in a week.


Morning sky.

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