Thursday 4 9 20 morning call

Yesterday morning was kinda glorious. I had the gopro with me and here's a dramatic shot on a right. I should have been grabbing rail in that hollow pocket behind me.


Enough in the pocket on this one.


Those waves didn't even make the cut for the vlog n.3 of the Surfing at the time of the Corona Virus series (9 minutes). It features brief interviews with Niccolo' Porcella and Josh Bogle.


4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
No southerly energy at the local buoys, check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency (there's not much).

North shore
NW101

6.2ft @ 11s from 323° (NW)

5ft @ 10s from 340° (NNW)

Hanalei

4ft @ 9s from 327° (NW)

2.7ft @ 12s from 320° (NW)

1.9ft @ 11s from 323° (NW)

Waimea

3.6ft @ 10s from 325° (NW)

3.5ft @ 12s from 314° (NW)

Pauwela

4.2ft @ 9s from 320° (NW)

2.9ft @ 12s from 316° (NW)

Here's Pat Caldwell's description of the fetches responsible for the waves in the next few days:
Sunday into early Tuesday 4/5-7, a short fetch aimed at Hawaii over the 305-330 degree band from the long-lived, nearby low. NOAA NW Hawaii buoys 51001 and 51101 over the past 24 hours to mid day 4/8 showed the 10-14s band remaining about the same though the dominant direction has slowly veered from 305 to 325 degrees.
Surf is predicted to trend up from 320-345 degrees mid Thursday to levels near the April average by late afternoon. The peak of the event is estimated for mid Friday from 330-360 degrees above average. Heights should hold at least average to Saturday morning, then steadily decline from 330-360 degrees into Sunday as a new event picks up.

Below is the collage of the maps of April 5 through 8 that will help follow.


Waves at Hookipa today will be again in the head high range with likely bigger sets. I'll probably post a beach report later this morning.

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):
I circled those three very weak fetches not to leave the map depressingly empty, but it sure isn't a good day of wave generation for Hawaii. The nearby low pressure is lifting to the north, but it's soon to be replaced by another nearby one.


South Pacific fetches map (about 7 days travel time from east of New Zealand):
a small but intense fetch associated with cyclone Harold could produce some waves for us. Surfline only has 1.8ft 12s on Sunday, while Pat Caldwell put 2ft 14s in his table. I'm with him.
Btw, the first damage of the Cyclone reported on the social media is the destruction of the judges tower in front of Cloudbreak. Gonna be harder to lineup.


Morning sky.