Friday, June 18, 2021

Both surfing and foiling were fun yesterday on the south shore.


5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2.2ft @ 16s from 189° (S)

Lanai

2.2ft @ 17s from 194° (SSW)

Second day of the long period south swell. The numbers at the buoys are good, check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore
Pauwela

3.8ft @ 7s from 79° (ENE)
2.1ft @ 5s from 64° (ENE)

Small windswell only at Pauwela, home guess for Hookipa is around waist high at Pavillions.

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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