Monday 5 31 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday at sunset had inconsistent sets up to shoulder high.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
1.2ft @ 20s from 201° (SSW)

Lanai

2.1ft @ 14s from 189° (S)

The Lanai reading is good, the Barbers one is promising, but what counts more is what the webcam shows, so check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW001
4.3ft @ 12s from 325° (NW)

Hanalei
2.5ft @ 13s from 316° (NW)

Waimea
2.4ft @ 13s from 325° (NW)

Pauwela

3ft @ 8s from 83° (E)

1.8ft @ 13s from 329° (NW)

"New NW swell on the rise all day" I wrote yesterday. It should have been "New NW swell on the extremely slow rise all day". The same slow rise will continue today. Below are the maps of May 26 through 31 that show the fetch that was never particularly intense nor perfectly oriented towards us, but it had some decent moments (for this time of the year, at least) towards the end of the period.

Consequently, the swell will be bigger on Tuesday/Wednesday. Below are the graphs of NW001 and Pauwela together with the Surfline forecast. Home guess for Hookipa is for inconsistent sets up to possibly head high. No wind till around 10am.

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.