Hookipa yesterday mid afternoon. That's when I decided to go for session/discipline n.4 of the day. 
Here's a little update about my fingers, since some of you asked me about them.
I
did the percutaneous release of three fingers on May 20th. When I did
that, the tendons of those fingers were already inflamed (they had been
for months before that). The procedure releases the A1 pulley of the
sheath, but it obviously doesn't cure the inflammation, it only prevents
it to get worse because of no more clicking and friction between
tendons and sheaths.
Then I had to wait three weeks before I
could get cortisone injections (which I did on June 10th) to bring the
"old" inflammation down. A few days after that, my fingers felt a lot
better, almost normal. I'm still trying to go easy on them, but
yesterday I just went with the flow and ended up scoring fun sessions all over the island. At the end of the day, I had a big
smile on my face... a magic sunset and a hot tub with friends were the
proper ending to a special day.
I'll give my hands aproper rest
during the month of August, when I decided to do a road trip on the
mainland. My car and studio will be available, hit me up if interested.
Hookipa yesterday late afternoon.
These photos make it look a lot better than it really was.
Although the swell peaked during the morning, there was still some size. But the shape was quite poor.
Launching a wingfoiler at Hookipa with the high tide and a short period swell is quite treacherous. That is a Cabrinha wing which, IMO, has the best handles: wide and stiff. I'm modifying the handles of my new F1 Strike 4.2 and I'll make a video about that.
6am Surfline
significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
1.9ft @ 13s from 181° (S)
0.4ft @ 22s from 184° (S)
Lanai
0.3ft @ 22s from 185° (S)
Decent 13s southerly energy readings at the buoys, but what's noticeable is the very low 22s energy, sign of the long period swell that we're going to receive in the second half of this week. We'll look at the fetch tomorrow. Check the Lahaina or Kihei webcams if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
N
3.1ft @ 9s from 11° (NNE)
Pauwela
Still 3ft 9s at the buoys, home guess for Hookipa is around head high with decent conditions as the wind seems light this morning.
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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