This photo was taken at Kanaha yesterday. Wingfoilers can go upwind more than windsurfers. The use of a harness adds 5-10 degrees more (and rests your arms at the same time). I've been using a harness since day 2. Day 1 I didn't have it (because it was a borrowed wing), but I missed it right away. Absolutely key to reduce the stress to my bad fingers.
4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
Lanai
1.7ft 13s at Lanai is already a decent reading, the 18-20s energy at both buoys show the start of a new small long period swell that should slowly pick up throughout the day.
Here's how Pat Caldwell described the evolution of the fetch:
The next event on tap locally is expected to slowly fill in Thursday 7/22. It was generated by a fast-moving, broad, storm-force system S to SE of New Zealand 7/14-15. The aim was much higher at the Americas, making angular spreading the dominant source, which leads to more straight S component.
Below are the maps of July 14 though 16 that will help follow.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
Pauwela
The small 11 and 16s readings might be from tropical storms Felicia and Guillermo and, as anticipated on this blog about 5 days ago, are not going to do anything at all to our north shore. But the 8s ENE windswell is still up and will continue to be so for several days
ahead. Home guess for Hookipa is chest to shoulder high and sloppy.
Bigger on eastern exposures.
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, yellow: possibly over the ice sheet) 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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