Thursday 2 9 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

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

• 10.4ft

  , 9s, ENE 60º
• 2.7ft

  , 11s, E 90º
• 1.1ft

  , 17s, NNE 20º
  
  

Hanalei

• 3.4ft

  , 13s, NNW 330º
• 7ft

  , 6s, ENE 65º
• 3.8ft

  , 11s, ENE 70º

Waimea

• 5.2ft

  , 6s, NE 40º
• 2.2ft

  , 13s, NW 325º
• 1.1ft

  , 11s, NNE 15º

Hilo

• 9.3ft

  , 9s, E 90º

The old NW swell is down to 2-3ft 13s and it's going to keep diminishing throughout the day. A new swell is due today and that 17s reading at the NW buoy could be the start of it, despite the reported direction which is heavily influenced by the strong easterly windswell. Below are the maps of February 6 though 8 that show a couple of relatively compact fetches (black and yellow arrow) that generated NW energy that will arrive in the next few days.

Below is the Surfline forecast for the next couple of days showing the new swell rising during the day and peaking around 6ft 16s at sunset.


Hookipa and the whole north shore in the morning will have mostly windswell energy in the water. Home guess for it in the morning is around head to head and a third and windy, very windy (check the wind map below).

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.