Thursday 3 9 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday mid day.

Some epic windsurfing happened between 2 and 3pm. The sailors were at Middles and I had the perfect angle from the lookout, but my camera had a wrong white balance setting and I couldn't figure it out quickly enough, so these shots all have a blue tint. Better than nothing, I think.

In the morning I did a downwind run with the Kona wind. Not a successful one.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Lanai

• 6.6ft

  , 11s, W 275º
• 4.1ft

  , 15s, WNW 295º
• 3.7ft

  , 7s, W 280º

Plenty W to WNW wrap at Lanai, but it's probably very stormy. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore
NW001

• 13.3ft

  , 14s, NW 310º
• 11.6ft

  , 11s, NW 320º
• 5ft

  , 6s, WNW 295º

The previous reading at the NW buoy was 16.7ft 14s so expect the XL swell to be pumping all day locally. As I pointed out yesterday, the kona wind will clean up the faces, but this swell is stormy by nature and the wind should clock to a more westerly direction in the second half of the day and that will make the conditions even worse. So hit it early and find a sheltered place, as it'll be too big in the direct exposure spots (including Hookipa, of course).

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.