Friday 1 13 23 morning call

Browsinho on a massive wave at Jaws yesterday. Photo by FishBowlDiaries.

Blog author tackled slightly smaller waves instead.

7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 1.6ft

  , 12s, SW 235º
• 1.9ft

  , 9s, S 170º

Barbers

• 2.3ft

  , 9s, SSE 160º
• 2.9ft

  , 7s, SSE 155º

Small southerly energies at the buoys. Below is the map of January 6 (7 days ago) showing the angular spreading fetch that could be the possible source of the longer period energy.

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

North shore
NW001

• 6.2ft

  , 14s, N 355º

Hanalei

• 8.8ft

  , 13s, N 350º
• 4.2ft

  , 10s, NNW 340º

Waimea

• 5.8ft

  , 15s, N 350º
• 5.2ft

  , 13s, N 350º
• 4.7ft

  , 11s, NNW 340º

XL NW swell came down at the buoys and now is definitely NNW, almost N. I think Hookipa will still be too big in the morning, possibly surfable in the late afternoon.

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.