Saturday 12 10 22 morning call

Browsinho's way of enjoying the strong easterly wind. Photo by FishBowlDiaries.

4-5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 1.2ft

  , 15s, SSW 200º
• 0.8ft

  , 13s, SSW 200º

Barbers

• 0.9ft

  , 13s, SW 235º

Small SSW energy at the buoys. Below are the maps of December 1 through 5 that show the small fetches that probably generated it.

Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW101

• 1.1ft

  , 12s, NNW 340º

Hanalei

• 1.1ft

  , 13s, NNW 330º

Waimea

• 1.6ft

  , 13s, NNW 335º

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Mokapu

• 6.2ft

  , 10s, E 85º
• 5.3ft

  , 8s, ENE 75º

Hilo

• 9.7ft

  , 10s, E 80º

Tiny NNW energy at the upstream buoys, while the dominant energy remains the elevated easterly windswell (Hilo almost 10ft 10s). Home guess for Hookipa is around head high and windy.

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.