Friday 12 30 22 morning call

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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.