This is the email yesterday I sent to the address of the Mayor: Mayors.Office@co.maui.hi.us
Subject: please start opening again the beach parks before 7am as it used to be.
Hi Mayor,
I'm a strong supporter of everything you've done so far to contain the
spread of the virus. At the same time, I don't see any reason not to
start opening the beach parks before 7am again.
The early morning surfers at Hookipa are forced to cross the Hana
Highway sometimes in the dark and with winter swells approaching, that
is going to get more and more dangerous. It's only a matter of time
before an accident will happen.
Also the surfers at Kanaha are complaining because of the
inaccessibility of the park in the early hours.
Thank you very much.
Please send a similar one if you think that the parks should start opening earlier than 7am again. The more emails the better, so I will now start my posts with a reminder like this until that happens.
This is Hookipa yesterday morning. Kai Barger aggressively approaching the lip.
That resulted in a wide spray fan.
Later on the windsurfers went out and this is my pick of the Fish Bowl Diaries album.
At that time I was instead shooting my favorite wave wingfoiler Dylan Fish.
4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
Lanai
Couple of pulses are expected to arrive during the weekend and the 17s reading at Lanai could be the first one, even though the direction is not what expected. Here's how Pat Caldwell described the evolution of the fetch:
The first pulse was generated by a gale to severe gale, low-pressure system south of New Zealand 9/17 that took a NE track allowing a better aim of seas towards Hawaii. Given the better aim at Hawaii and similar location, duration, and magnitude than recent sources that produced above average south swells, this one was notched up in the forecast. Readings from the PacIOOS/CDIP American Samoa buoy 9/21-22 suggested the event filled in by midday Friday. The NOAA southern Hawaii buoys 51002 and 51003 do show wave energy in the 16-20 second band late morning 9/25 that suggests the event filled in overnight Friday into Saturday above average. This event should peak late Saturday as a new event adds to the mix.
We'll check the second one tomorrow, below is the collage of the maps of September 17, 18 and 19.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
N
4.1ft @ 12s from 11° (NNE)
Pauwela
NNW swell still decent at the buoys, today it's predicted to be on the decline all day. There should still be at least head high waves at Hookipa to start with.
Wind map at noon (the other ones can be found at link
n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column).
Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue:
angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: apparent direct aim,
but out of the great circle ray map, so not 100% sure).
North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner
of the North Pacific):
Morning sky.
1 comment:
Please make your request to the Mayor specific: open the gate at 5 am. Some of us on dawn patrol are hardworking people who must be at work and our only time to surf is dawn. This includes county employees at fire department, at public works, even at county attorney's office.
Also please note that Maui County has created a serious danger.
There are sometimes 100 cars jammed onto the edge of the highway with no room to open a door or unload a surfboard. I see little children trying to get out of their cars with highway traffic zooming by at high speed.
And the gate opens at no regular time at all, sometimes as early as 6:30, sometimes not until 7:30. So it it impossible to plan a safe arrival.
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