Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Wednesday 2 22 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

  • 4.3ft
    , 8s, SSE 165º
  • 1.3ft
    , 12s, WSW 250º

SSE windswell at Lanai. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW101

  • 12.9ft
    , 10s, E 90º

Hanalei

  • 8.6ft
    , 10s, NE 55º
  • 2.2ft
    , 13s, WNW 300º

Mokapu

  • 7.4ft
    , 10s, ENE 65º
  • 5ft
    , 8s, E 80º

Only traces of NW energy leftover at Hanalei, while the easterly windswell keeps raging. Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a third peaky mushy windy waves.

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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