Tuesday 12 27 22 morning call

Thank you David, Taka and Matthew for the donations.

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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.