Sunday, April 18, 2021

Sunday 4 18 21 morning call

No photos from yesterday. This was posted by Garret McNamara with the caption:"Imagine getting caught inside by this one"... Obviously Nazare, photo by Hugo Silva.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers

1.4ft @ 11s from 230° (SW)
1.3ft @ 9s from 215° (SW)
1.1ft @ 18s from 206° (SSW)

Lanai

1.3ft @ 18s from 201° (SSW)
1ft @ 9s from 206° (SSW)
1ft @ 12s from 194° (SSW)
0.8ft @ 14s from 185° (S)

As I suspected when I posted the source fetch maps, this Tasman swell is staying at very low levels. Check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore
N
6.1ft @ 9s from 333° (NNW)

NW001
7.2ft @ 9s from 350° (N)

Waimea
4.1ft @ 9s from 359° (N)

Pauwela

3.2ft @ 11s from 348° (NNW)
2.8ft @ 10s from 343° (NNW)
2ft @ 6s from 24° (NNE)

Relatively short period NNW energy continues at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is around head high and relatively clean conditions, even though I feel a bit of trades flow.

We might get more perfect morning glass again starting tomorrow, based on this outlook from this NOAA page:
Moderate to fresh northeast to east trade winds will persist into tonight, then shift out of the southeast and diminish through the first half of the week as a weakness in the ridge develops to the north. This pattern shift will translate to a land and sea breeze regime developing along the coasts for most areas beginning early Monday.

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.



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