Saturday, March 19, 2022

Saturday 3 19 22 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
No southerly energy at Barbers. Check the Lahaina and Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore
NW101

4.5ft @ 12s from 324° (NW)
3.7ft @ 10s from 352° (N)

Hanalei
5.4ft @ 13s from 319° (NW)

Waimea

4ft @ 14s from 322° (NW)
2.4ft @ 13s from 327° (NW)

Pauwela

4.4ft @ 14s from 318° (NW)
4.4ft @ 8s from 85° (E)
3.4ft @ 6s from 86° (E)

NW swell peaked during the night and today is going to be up all day, although with a declining trend. Below are the graphs of NW001 and Pauwela together with the Surfline forecast which was a bit high with a peak of 5.3ft 14s. Home guess for Hookipa is for head and a half with possible bigger sets.


Forecast of Pauwela from this PACIOOS page.


Wind map at noon
. The other ones can be found here.


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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