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.
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.
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.
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