Wednesday 5 26 21 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2.3ft @ 15s from 198° (SSW)

Lanai

2.3ft @ 17s from 188° (S)

Good size southerly energy at the buoys. Below are the maps of May 18 through 22 that show the fetch (that originated in the Tasman Sea) now to the east of New Zealand. Without having to find its way through the myriad of Polinesian islands (like a Tasman Sea swell), the consistency will be much greater, but still in relative terms. In fact, we're still talking about a 7 days trip, in which the sets have more time to separate from each other compared to a north swell generated in a place that only requires 3-4 days of travel, for example.

Check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency. Beautiful set at upper Breakwall.

North shore
Hanalei
2.1ft @ 11s from 316° (NW)

Waimea
1.5ft @ 11s from 307° (WNW)

Pauwela

3.4ft @ 9s from 77° (ENE)

1.5ft @ 4s from 82° (E)

1.2ft @ 12s from 324° (NW)

Tiny NW energy at the buoys, the dominant energy will still be the ENE windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to chest high with possible bigger sets.


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.