Monday 4 26 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2ft @ 14s from 198° (SSW)

Lanai

1.4ft @ 16s from 207° (SSW)

1.4ft @ 14s from 229° (SW)

Check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency. There's some good ones today.

Most likely source for them is the angular fetch (blue circle) you see in the maps of April 19 and 20 below.


North shore
Waimea
1.5ft @ 14s from 288° (WNW)

Pauwela

4.2ft @ 8s from 73° (ENE)

3.6ft @ 6s from 68° (ENE)

1.1ft @ 3s from 84° (E)

0.9ft @ 13s from 336° (NNW)

Small waves spell continues. Home guess for Hookipa and eastern exposures is around head high. Good wind conditions for the first few hours of light.

Forecast and energy spectrum of Pauwela from this PACIOOS page.

Wind map at noon. The other ones can be found here (click on animation of the 10 meter column).

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