But, as predicted, there were plenty big waves to play with also yesterday. Hookipa was occasionally double mast, I picked this one from this album by Jimmie Hepp.
4am significant buoy readings and discussion
South shore
No southerly energy at Barbers, but it might be masked under the NW one. This week might have small waves from the south, as the collection of the maps from Jan 20 to 24 shows below. Checking the Lahaina webcam is the only way to find out without going there.
North shore
NW001
10ft @ 13s from 319° (NW)
Waimea
6.9ft @ 14s from 323° (NW)
2.7ft @ 13s from 325° (NW)
2.4ft @ 10s from 332° (NNW)
Pauwela
6.9ft @ 15s from 324° (NW)
Wind map at noon
Pauwela
6.9ft @ 15s from 324° (NW)
4.2ft @ 12s from 325° (NW)
NW swell holding up nicely. Below is the graph of NW001 and Pauwela, together with the Surfline forecast, which sees the swell slowly declining in the next couple of days. The decline of the size of the breaking waves will be due mostly to the decline in period. As confusing as that may sound, 7ft 15 make for bigger waves than 7ft 14, which is bigger than 7ft 13s and so on. The size is not the only thing that changes, also the power and overall hollowness goes down when the period declines.
That said, Hookipa will still have plenty size for the experts only (possibly still occasionally up to double overhead), while more protected spots down the coast will be smaller. Great wind (or lack of thereof) all morning till noon.
Wind map at noon
Kahului Tides
High Tide High Tide Low Tide Low Tide Sunrise Sunset
4:21a +2.5 3:43p +1.3 10:53a +0.6 9:43p 0.0 7:06a 6:15p
NW fetches continue to populate the western Pacific, no complains about that.
Micro fetch down south (too small for anything at all).
Morning sky.
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