8.30am

Hookipa has the mix of swells described in the call and the waves are breaking in disorganized fashion, but there's little wind at the moment, so some of the peaks look fun if you're in position. Head to head and a half. 

6.7

Sunday 1 31 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
No southerly energy at the buoys.

North shore
NW101
4.8ft @ 13s from 351° (N)

Pauwela

6.4ft @ 8s from 67° (ENE)

4.1ft @ 14s from 338° (NNW)

3.4ft @ 6s from 68° (ENE)

2.6ft @ 12s from 354° (N)

Below is Pauwela's graph that shows that the NW swell peaked yesterday and today it will be on the decline. Easterly windswell came down a notch too, but it's still pretty strong. There's also a bit of N 12s energy and the mix of all of the above (plus the wind) will make for not particularly clean conditions and irregular breaking patterns. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half.

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).
N/A

Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked).
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.

Saturday 1 30 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

7am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore

No southerly energy at the buoys. The Lahaina webcam is down, there shouldn't be much at all. Below is Ala Moana.

North shore
NW101
6.7ft @ 15s from 313° (NW)

Pauwela

7.1ft @ 8s from 69° (ENE)

5.6ft @ 15s from 331° (NNW)

NW energy picked up as predicted, home guess for Hookipa is head and a half to double, wobbly for the interaction with the windswell.

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).
N/A

Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked).
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.

9.45am

Hookipa has a horrible mix of nw sets (occasionally overhead), wind and windswell. 

1.5

Friday 1 29 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday, photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

6-7am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Lanai
1.2ft @ 13s from 195° (SSW)

Smidget of leftover SSW energy at Lanai. The Lahaina webcam is still down, probably not flat but barely. Hard to tell from Ala Moana, as it still seems mostly a windswell wrap over there.

North shore
NW001
6.4ft @ 16s from 311° (NW)

Pauwela

6.7ft @ 9s from 83° (E)

3.8ft @ 14s from 10° (N)

New long period NW energy will be slowly rising locally all day (10 degrees direction at Pauwela is incorrect, because it's influenced by the still strong easterly windswell). Below are the maps of Jan 23 though 27 that show scattered fetches just offshore the Asian continent. The one in the Kamchatka corner on the 26th was the strongest and it generated today's swell.

Below are NW001 and Pauwela's graph and the Surfline forecast (late, as usual). Notice how there has been low NW energy at the outer buoy since a couple of days (fetches of the first days of the above map collage), but that was hard to notice locally, because of the elevated easterly windswell. Today's swell is bigger instead and it should be well noticeable, specially later in the day.

Home guess for Hookipa is for mixed up waves probably in the head to head and a half range. Early morning rain calmed the wind a bit, there might have been semi-clean conditions, but it's supposed to blow also today. The wind maps server has undergone a "catastrophic disk malfunction", but hopefully will be back online soon.

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).
N/A

Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked).
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.

Thursday 1 28 21 morning call

No photos from yesterday, here's another shot from that magic Saturday Jan 16 at Honolua. Kauli Vaast by OneMoreFoto.

6am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
1.7ft @ 14s from 215° (SW)

Lanai
1.4ft @ 14s from 210° (SSW)

Tasman Sea swell getting smaller at the buoys, the Lahaina webcam is still down, but there should still be small waves on that side (knee to thigh is my guess).

North shore
Pauwela

7.6ft @ 10s from 85° (E)

5.2ft @ 7s from 77° (ENE)

Only easterly energy at the buoys, getting even more east that it's been. Home guess for Hookipa is chest to head high, while eastern exposures will be bigger.

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).
N/A

Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked).
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.

Wednesday 1 27 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

6am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2ft @ 16s from 213° (SW)

Lanai
1.9ft @ 16s from 212° (SW)

Couple of feet 16s still at the buoys, drove to Lahaina yesterday and it looked smaller than that (around waist high with occasional bigger sets), but there's definitely something in the water. The Lahaina webcam is still down. Ala Moana in Oahu seems to have mostly refracted windswell.

North shore
Pauwela
6.5ft @ 9s from 68° (ENE)

Hilo
9ft @ 10s from 76° (ENE)

Easterly windswell down a bit at Pauwela, still very high south of us at Hilo. Home guess for Hookipa is chest to head high and blown out. Next significant NW swell on Friday.

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).
N/A.

Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked).
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.

Tuesday 1 26 21 morning call

No photos from yesterday, this is is yet another amazing shot from Honolua on Sat Dec 16. Luke Walsh by OneMoreFoto.

5am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2.1ft @ 16s from 217° (SW)

Lanai
2.4ft @ 16s from 210° (SSW)

Nice readings at the buoys from that Tasman Sea swell. The Lahaina webcam seems to be down this morning, but there should definitely be some waves on that side.

North shore
Pauwela
8.1ft @ 10s from 71° (ENE)
4.4ft @ 6s from 72° (ENE)
2.8ft @ 12s from 18° (NNE)

Hilo
11.3ft @ 10s from 71° (ENE)

All about the easterly windswell. 8ft 10s will make for some big waves on the eastern exposures, a little smaller at Hookipa (home guess is head high and blown out), seen the direction.

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).
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.

9am

Last pauwela reading was 8.2ft @ 9s from 70° (turning more east) and hookipa is smaller than I thought. Head high and blown out. Only a few guys out at pavilions. 

2.5

Monday 1 25 21 morning call

Yesterday Jackson Bunch was practicing aerials and barrel rides on the shore break of the other Bay.

This is pretty much as good as Paia Bay gets, thanks to the ESE trades that were hitting it with a quite offshore angle.

Here's how I often describe it to the Hi-Tech rental customers: "it's a random bobbing of water lumps that move up and down in front of you and that, occasionally and very briefly, can become steep enough for you to catch. And if you manage to catch one, you usually have no idea of what's gonna happen down the line".
As I said , yesterday it was much better than usual.


Hookipa looked pretty wild and challenging. Ricardo Campello barely made it over this one.

It reminded me of  that jet-ski that flew over the waves in Oahu, but without the consequences.

Victor Fernandez laying it down.

Jimmie Hepp posted this album from which I picked this photo.

Meawhile Steve Tobis was doing this at the harbor.

6am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Lanai
1.3ft @ 20s from 206° (SSW)

Low long period SSW swell is at the Lanai buoy, below are maps of Jan 18 through 20 that show the relatively strong fetch in the Tasman Sea.

Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency (this last one will be particularly low).

North shore
NW101
3.6ft @ 13s from 284° (WNW)

Pauwela

7.8ft @ 9s from 68° (ENE)

5.2ft @ 7s from 74° (ENE)

3.4ft @ 14s from 329° (NW)

2.8ft @ 12s from 344° (NNW)

The declining small leftover NW energy will be hardly noticeable in the ocean as the dominant swell will be those almost 8ft 9s from the ENE. The wind will be on it pretty strong again, gonna be hard to find a sheltered place. Home guess for Hookipa is head and an a half or more and blown out.

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).
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.

Sunday 1 24 21 morning call

No photos from yesterday, this is an old photo from an Indo trip (seems like ages ago) with post processing by Jason Hall.

4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
No southerly energy at the buoys, check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency (knee high and clean at the moment).

North shore
NW101
7ft @ 15s from 314° (NW)

Pauwela

7.1ft @ 9s from 55° (ENE)

6.8ft @ 16s from 327° (NW)

Below is Pauwela's graph showing that the large NW swell peaked  yesterday (light blue line), but it should stay at around 6-7ft 15-16s all day with a slow decline trend. No decline in the easterly windswell instead (dark blue line), which, together with the wind, made the conditions on the north shore poor everywhere yesterday. Today the wind should still be strong, but starting from an ESE direction, so early morning could be allright before it slowly fills in in the late morning.
Home guess for Hookipa is head and a half to double.

Old school weather map shows the strong high pressure to our NNE and the bunch of isobars running across the island indicating the strong ESE trades.

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).
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.