Tavarua Island Resort posted this photo of perfect Cludbreak (and two lucky surfers out) on the 15th.
That's how the same swell looked on the south shore of Maui yesterday. The waves should get bigger in the next couple of days, reflecting the fact that the fetch at one point moved east of New Zealand.
Hookipa at sunset was so slow that I was mostly watching Pipeline on my phone instead. Beautiful conditions and tons of guys out.
4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
The Tasman sea swell is masked by the WNW one at the local buoys, but it's obviously still there.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency. There's waves also in Kihei, and that might be the WNW swell.
North shore
NW101
8.8ft @ 15s from 296° (WNW)
Hanalei
7.2ft @ 15s from 303° (WNW)
Waimea
6.1ft @ 17s from 310° (WNW)
Pauwela
5.2ft @ 17s from 318° (NW)
2.7ft @ 8s from 85° (E)
The WNW swell picked up at Pauwela according to what predicted yesterday (Surfline 12h late instead) but the buoy readings don't tell the whole story. The consistency, in fact, will be very low even at Hookipa, which will have well overhead sets (possibly double plus) but plenty lulls in between. Even more inconsistent down the coast. I will post a beach report by 6.30, hopefully.
Wind map at noon (the other ones can be found at link n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column).
North Pacific fetches map (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner):
the low that made for the current WNW swell has now gained strength again and is starting to spin nicely creating a new fetch from a much better NW direction (8ft 14s from 322 predicted by Surfline Wednesday night).
South Pacific fetches map (about 7 days travel time from east of New Zealand):
Morning sky.
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