Friday 2 10 23 morning call

Stormy Pavillions yesterday.

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

Hanalei

• 9.5ft

  , 10s, ENE 70º
• 3.8ft

  , 13s, N 355º

Waimea

• 6.1ft

  , 8s, NNE 20º
• 3.7ft

  , 12s, NNW 340º
• 2.2ft

  , 14s, N 0º

Mokapu

• 10.5ft

  , 10s, E 80º

Hilo

• 11.4ft

  , 11s, ENE 75º

Moderate NW-N energy is at Hanalei and Waimea, but the raging windswell will top the heights and the very strong trades will blow out pretty much everything. Home guess for Hookipa is head and a half, much bigger on eastern exposures.

In the past, I used to write that the only ones who could enjoy these conditions were the people doing downwinders. Thanks to the advent of foiling, I can now enjoy doing that too and be exposed to some of the wildest oceans conditions I've ever been into. A lovely mix of adrenaline and fear out there.

I've been trying the unassisted paddle version (unsuccesfully), the Foil Drive assisted paddle version (successful by definition, but still slow for my standards), but for me nothing beats the speed and maneuverability that a wingfoil setup with a tiny 2.8 wing and a 525 front foil can offer.

To each his own, I honestly would much prefer the glassy conditions we had before this bout of strong winds, but in the meantime I do take advantage of them when they're here.
Maui is a multi-discipline heaven.

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.