This section hit by Jackson Bunch during the contest yesterday at Hookipa shows the extremely challenging conditions: pretty much a giant mess due to the overlapping of two strong swells: a long period NW and a short period NNE.
6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Pearl Harbor Entrance
- 1.1ft, 14s, S 170º
Lanai and Barbers are recording only NW energy, Pearl Harbor shows 1ft 14s of southerly energy. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested,
for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
NW001
- 3.3ft, 13s, NW 320º
Hanalei
- 5.7ft, 13s, NW 320º
- 4.7ft, 9s, NNE 20º
Waimea
- 5.4ft, 13s, NNW 330º
- 4.8ft, 7s, NNE 20º
Mokapu
- 4.6ft, 9s, NNE 20º
NW swell peaked yesterday and today will be on the decline before another solid NW swell will start arriving tomorrow and peak on Wednesday at 7.7ft 14s from 330 according to Surfline. You can see the fetch on today's map below. NNE swell still offering just short of 5ft 9s. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half and still with irregular breaking patterns.
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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