Saturday 12 31 22 morning call

Thank you Russell for the donation.

The last week of the year is when I remind the readers that they can show their appreciation for the work done during 2022 with the Paypal button on the right or via my venmo account @Giampaolo-Cammarota. Thank you.

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

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

North shore
NW001

• 6.9ft

  , 13s, WNW 295º

Hanalei

• 8.5ft

  , 13s, NW 310º

Waimea

• 5.3ft

  , 14s, NW 320º
• 1.8ft

  , 9s, NW 310º

It feels like it's been 6ft 14s for weeks and today it's no exception. Home guess for Hookipa is head and a half to double and relatively clean in the first hours of light.

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.

Friday 12 30 22 morning call

Thank you Roy, Surfball, Eric, Amar, Alex and Geoff for the donations.

The last week of the year is when I remind the readers that they can show their appreciation for the work done during 2022 with the Paypal button on the right or via my venmo account @Giampaolo-Cammarota. Thank you.

Hookipa yesterday morning.

Hookipa at sunset.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 1.4ft

  , 9s, S 170º

Barbers

• 2.1ft

  , 7s, S 190º

Tiny southerly windswell at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW001

• 6.8ft

  , 14s, NW 310º
• 4.2ft

  , 11s, NW 315º

Hanalei

• 8.3ft

  , 13s, NW 310º
• 4.4ft

  , 11s, NW 305º

Waimea

• 7.7ft

  , 13s, NW 315º
• 2.4ft

  , 11s, NW 315º

As predicted, the Hanalei and Waimea buoys picked up a foot or two compared to yesterday. Home guess for Hookipa is around double overhead and relatively clean in the first hours of light.

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.

Thursday 12 29 22 morning call

I went on my paypal account and found a bunch of recent donations that I wasn't notified of. Here's the list of readers that donated and that I thank very much for the support: David, Dmitri, Shep, Michelle, Joe, Jake, David, Kristofer, Michael, Francesco, Semi, Jan and Dan.

Also thanks to Zach who donated with Venmo (which I prefer, since Paypal charges a fee).

The last week of the year is when I remind the readers that they can show their appreciation for the work done during 2022 with the Paypal button on the right or via my venmo account @Giampaolo-Cammarota. Thank you.

No photos  from yesterday, this amazing shot was posted by OneMoreFoto.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 1.9ft

  , 8s, SSE 160º

Barbers

• 3ft

  , 7s, S 190º

Only windswell at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW001

• 6.8ft

  , 14s, NW 305º
• 2ft

  , 11s, WNW 285º

Hanalei

• 6.3ft

  , 14s, NW 305º
• 3.5ft

  , 11s, WNW 300º

Waimea

• 6.5ft

  , 12s, NW 315º

Mokapu

• 3.2ft

  , 9s, E 90º

The steady supply of NW energy that has characterized the last couple of weeks continues at the buoys, this time from a more westerly direction. Below are the maps of December 25 through 29 that show the fetch that generated it.

This is the Surfline forecast for Maui's north shore calling for 4ft 13s for today and 6ft 14s for tomorrow. Original mean direction was around 300 degrees and that means that most spots will be sheltered by the upstream islands and the West Maui Mountain (Hookipa instead has a shadow line of 305 and will get more than the spots down the coast towards Kahului). At the same time, the fetch was quite wide, so the more northerly components will have a easier time reaching our shores.

Home guess for Hookipa is a challenging one, probably around head and a half and clean (no wind the whole morning).

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.

7.15am hookipa is barely head high and with light trades.

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Wednesday 12 28 22 morning call

Thank you Greg and Valerio for the donations.

The last week of the year is when I remind the readers that they can show their appreciation for the work done during 2022 with the Paypal button on the right or via my venmo account @Giampaolo-Cammarota. Thank you.

Hookipa yesterday morning.

Hookipa in the afternoon. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

Hookipa at sunset.



5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 1.9ft

  , 8s, S 180º

Barbers

• 3.2ft

  , 8s, SSE 165º

Small southerly windswell at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW001

• 5.2ft

  , 12s, NW 315º
• 2.5ft

  , 16s, NW 305º

Hanalei

• 5.1ft

  , 11s, NW 325º
• 2.5ft

  , 17s, NW 310º

Waimea

• 3.8ft

  , 11s, NW 310º
• 1.6ft

  , 15s, NNW 335º

Mokapu

• 3.4ft

  , 6s, E 80º

Below are the maps of December 23 and 24, which I already posted on the 26th. This time I added a yellow arrow to indicate the new long period low energy that is at the buoys today, which won't do too much today, but it will become the dominant energy for a few days starting tomorrow.

Today we'll deal mostly with the remaining 11-12s energy coming from the fetch indicated by the black arrow instead. Home guess for Hookipa is for head to head and a half and once again clean in the windless early morning hours.

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.

Tuesday 12 27 22 morning call

Thank you David, Taka and Matthew for the donations.

The last week of the year is when I remind the readers that they can show their appreciation for the work done during 2022 with the Paypal button on the right or via my Venmo account @Giampaolo-Cammarota. Thank you.

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

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

North shore
NW001

• 5.1ft

  , 11s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

• 5.8ft

  , 13s, NW 325º
• 3.3ft

  , 10s, NNW 330º

Waimea

• 4.1ft

  , 13s, NW 325º
• 2.8ft

  , 9s, NNW 335º

After what feels like a couple of weeks of big waves, the buoys are now down to moderate levels and will continue to slowly decline throughout the day. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half and clean in the early morning.

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.