My guess is that Kane sneaked in to catch a wave at Hookipa on one of the many downwinders he's been doing lately. A few days ago I saw him being chased and filmed by a helicopter while he was flying down the coast. Can't wait to see that clip. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.
6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Lanai
- 2.7ft, 8s, S 170º
- 2.1ft, 6s, SSE 150º
- 0.7ft, 18s, SSW 200º
In addition to southerly windswell, Lanai shows 0.7ft of long period energy from 200. Below are the maps of February 21 and 22 that show the fetch that generated it.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency. Definitely some waves today.
North shore
NW001
- 10.5ft, 9s, ENE 65º
- 3.3ft, 13s, NE 35º
Mokapu
- 7.6ft, 8s, ENE 60º
- 3ft, 13s, NE 55º
- 4.5ft, 6s, E 80º
Mokapu shows 3ft 13s of NE energy from the angular spreading fetch I posted yesterday, topped with 7.6ft 8s of additional NE energy. Below is this morning's weather map that shows the intensity of the 1041 mbar high pressure that is sitting to our north. The thing will keep generating strong trades for all this week, before a long due change in the weather pattern should happen in the weekend. As a result, Surfline calls for even bigger easterly windswell, peaking at 13ft 11s tomorrow. That is if I read that forecast correctly... they have a knack for making things worse.
Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a half and windy. Bigger on eastern exposures.
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.
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