Tuesday 10 27 20 morning call

I'm gonna use this sequence to show the size of the waves at Hookipa yesterday morning. Kelson Lau and Skyler Lickle dropped into a bomb tandem surfing on a 10 foot longboard. Looked good at the takeoff...


Bit too much on the rail mid face...

Skyler checking the remarkable size of the wave at the bottom, while Kelson had to abandon ship. Leash obviously snapped, which, in hindsight, was probably a good thing for the integrity of Kelson's leg. Good effort, I'm sure they had fun.

6am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
1.1ft @ 18s from 218° (SW)

Lanai
0.9ft @ 18s from 213° (SW)

The long period SW energy I pointed out yesterday is now around 1ft 18s. That should give inconsistent decent sets once in a while. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW101
5.3ft @ 11s from 343° (NNW)

Hanalei

4.9ft @ 9s from 8° (N)

4.4ft @ 11s from 327° (NW)

Waimea

3.9ft @ 12s from 326° (NW)

2.3ft @ 11s from 334° (NNW)

2.1ft @ 9s from 344° (NNW)

Mokapu

3.1ft @ 11s from 19° (NNE)

3ft @ 9s from 40° (NE)

NW swell is now around 3-4ft 11-12s locally and will continue to gradually decline throughout the next few days. Hookipa will still have waves probably in the head to over head high range. I reported Mokapu also, as there's been plenty NE fetches, so eastern exposures will have waves too.

Wind map at noon .The other ones can be found at link n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column (click on animation of the 10 meter 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):

South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):

Morning sky.