Wednesday 12 14 22 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Well more than the head and a third I called in the morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 2ft

  , 13s, S 170º
• 1.1ft

  , 10s, SSW 200º

Barbers

• 1.7ft

  , 14s, S 180º

Nice southerly energy at the buoys. Below are the maps of December 6 though 9 that show the fetch that generated it.


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

North shore
NW001

• 5.4ft

  , 9s, E 80º
• 2.8ft

  , 6s, ESE 105º
• 1.4ft

  , 11s, N 355º

Hanalei

• 5.9ft

  , 9s, ENE 70º
• 1.4ft

  , 12s, NNW 330º

Waimea

• 2.3ft

  , 13s, NNW 340º
• 3.6ft

  , 8s, NNE 20º

Mokapu

• 6.4ft

  , 10s, ENE 65º
• 2.5ft

  , 13s, N 10º

The mix of NNW and NE energies continues. Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a half and finally not too windy. Today is going to be the last of a very long streak of trades. After that, the north Pacific is going to turn into full winter mode with powerful lows getting close enough to the islands to completely shut down the trades and even bring some konas. Couple of weeks at least with no trades.

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.