Kane and the birds flying yesterday at sunset.
5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Lanai
- 0.8ft, 15s, SSW 210º
Barbers
- 0.6ft, 15s, SW 220º
The buoys show some of the small long period SW swell we discussed yesterday.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested,
for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
NW001
- 13.2ft, 17s, NW 310º
Hanalei
- 3.9ft, 18s, NW 310º
- 4.3ft, 11s, NW 325º
Waimea
- 3.5ft, 13s, NW 320º
- 1.6ft, 18s, NW 310º
New long period NW swell is rising at the buoys. Below are the maps of November 28 through 30 showing the fetch that generated it.
Below is the Surfline forecast for the next two days. The swell is predicted to peak at 7ft 16s tomorrow morning. The NW buoy reading suggests a bigger and earlier peak during the night instead.
Home guess for Hookipa is particularly difficult this morning. Based on Waimea's readings, the leftover NW energy (probably around 3ft 13s locally) should still be dominant in the first hours of light and offer sizes of head high or a little more (once again, with no wind). After that and throughout the whole day, the new long period swell should fill in (not as much down the coast, as the dominant direction is around 300-310) and by sunset it should have completely taken over with double overhead plus sets.
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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