Friday 5 7 21 morning call

No photos from yesterday. Robby Naish posted this cool shot of him riding a SUP board with the wing. The one time I tried that, it was immediately clear to me that a windsurf sail would have been a lot better to slog and to stay upwind, so I proceeded to install a couple of stick-on inserts on the deck in order to be able to attach a mast foot. I only had a chance to do one session with that setup on the waves before my hands demanded the period of total rest that it's still ongoing.

I can confirm that the slogging part was a lot better than with the wing. On the wave, I couldn't ride as freely as Robby in this shot, but overall it felt like a better option. Slogging with the wing was  inefficient and unpleasent, the wing makes sense if you're foiling (or if the wind is strong and you can plane on a much smaller board than a SUP). That's my feedback, at least.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
1.2ft @ 12s from 193° (SSW)

Lanai

0.8ft @ 12s from 197° (SSW)

Tiny southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
Pauwela
6.2ft @ 8s from 61° (ENE)

Short period ENE energy went up at Pauwela, home guess for Hookipa and eastern exposures is belly to head high.

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.