Tuesday 12 20 22 morning call

Morgan and a couple of others took advantage of a break in the rain to windsurf Hookipa mid day.

At the same time, a couple of OC-1's timed a reverse Maliko run perfectly.

6-7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
No southerly energy at the buoys, but there will be plenty Kona's windswell and junky conditions. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW001

• 16.3ft

  , 16s, NW 325º
• 10.7ft

  , 10s, NW 325º
• 5.5ft

  , 7s, NW 310º

Hanalei

• 13.1ft

  , 15s, NNW 330º
• 12.9ft

  , 13s, NW 325º
• 10.8ft

  , 10s, NW 320º

Waimea

• 13ft

  , 14s, NW 325º
• 7.1ft

  , 12s, NW 325º
• 9ft

  , 9s, WNW 295º

Extra large stormy NW energy is at all the buoys. Below are the maps of December 17 through 20 that show the fetch that generated it, indicated with a black arrow (the red arrow instead indicates the much more distant fetch that generated the next big NW swell predicted to arrive Thursday).
This fetch was extremely close and that's why we see all those different periods arriving simultaneously. That'll give the swell a character of storminess that will make it unsurfable almost everywhere on the north shore.

Below is the Surfline forecast showing an afternoon peak at 14.4ft 15s.

Forget about Hookipa, the Kahului harbor cam shows tiny waves, the best rideable waves on the north shore will be at Paia Bay... and that tells you enough about the conditions today!

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.