Sunday 4 5 20 morning call

Hookipa at sunset had plenty double overhead sets. This is a photo of a smaller one that I took from the car when I pulled over for a couple of minutes around 6.30ish. Kinda blown out, as the trades blew strong enough for kiters and windsurfers to go out.


This is the new sign that could be seen yesterday on some beach accesses: if people will keep hanging out at the beach they will close to access to the ocean completely on Tuesday. I'm a bit pessimistic on this one. Please help distribute the message as much as you can.


4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Lanai
1.3ft @ 12s from 225° (SW)

That is a very questionable reading at Lanai only. Based on the lack of fetches a week ago, I would expect the be flat to tiny, but instead, once again, there's still surprisingly some sets like the one below. I'm liking this tendency! As usual, if interested, check the Lahaina webcam for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore
NW101
6.3ft @ 12s from 333° (NNW)

Hanalei
6ft @ 13s from 339° (NNW)

Waimea
6.3ft @ 13s from 324° (NW)

Pauwela

4.5ft @ 13s from 331° (NNW)

4ft @ 8s from 77° (ENE)

Below are the graphs of NW and Pauwela together with yesterday's predictions: my dotted line was pretty much spot on (compare the red circles), while the Surfline one was the usual 12 hours late (that's enough, I'm gonna send them an email, so hopefully they can fix that).
The swell has peaked during the night, but with all the upstream buoys holding up around 6ft, it should hold pretty steady throughout the day, with a slight size decrease due to the diminishing period.
4.5ft 13s should provide with waves of size average around head and a half at Hookipa and the lack of wind until 10am should make for excellent conditions.


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 nearby low NW of us has re-gained intensity and now has a decent fetch again. Almost 6ft 11s from 213 predicted by Surfline on Wednesday, but that seems a bit generous (and late again).


The most important effect of that low, even more than the waves, is going to be the lack of trades, as illustrated by the Windguru table below.


South Pacific fetches map (about 7 days travel time from east of New Zealand):
one fetch deep in the Tasman Sea and another SE one.


Morning sky.