Sunday 4 30 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 0.9ft

    , 18s, SSW 210º

Lanai

• • 1ft

    , 18s, SSW 200º
  • 1.3ft

    , 12s, S 190º
  • 0.9ft

    , 14s, SSW 205º
  
  New 18s southerly energy is at the buoys. Below are the maps of April 23 and 24 that show the fetch that generated it. This is not the much bigger swell that will start arriving Tuesday (we'll check the fetch then), but it does mark the start of a week of elevated surf on the south shore.

Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• 2.8ft

  , 11s, NNW 330º

Hanalei

• 2.3ft

  , 10s, N 355º
• 0.7ft

  , 13s, NNW 345º

Waimea

• 2.9ft

  , 10s, NNW 330º

Mokapu

• • 2.1ft

    , 11s, N 5º
  • 3.1ft

    , 6s, ENE 60º
  • 2.5ft

    , 4s, ENE 60º
• 
  NW energy is pretty marginal, while the easterly windswell hasn't picked up quite yet. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to shoulder high.
  

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.

Saturday 4 29 23 morning call

Kaa yesterday.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 1ft

    , 12s, SW 215º
  • 0.7ft

    , 14s, S 190º

Lanai

• • 1.9ft

    , 13s, S 185º
  • 0.9ft

    , 10s, SW 220º
  
  

The buoys show a mix of a couple of southerly energies. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• 4.5ft

  , 11s, NW 325º

Hanalei

• 2.2ft

  , 12s, NW 325º

Waimea

1.6ft, 12s, NW 320º

Mokapu

• • 4.6ft

    , 6s, NE 50º
• 
  

The NW buoy went up a bit and it's showing 4.5ft 11s from 325. Below are the maps of April 27 through 29 that show the fetch that generated it. It was large but not intense, hence the short period which loses energy quick while travelling. So don't expect nothing particularly big locally. Looks still tiny on the Sunset Beach cam. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to chest rising to possibly chest to shoulder by sunset. Trades are back.

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.

Friday 4 28 23 morning call

Kanaha yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 1.1ft

    , 14s, S 180º

Lanai

• • 2.4ft

    , 14s, S 170º
  • 1.3ft

    , 10s, SSW 200º
  
  

Big difference in the readings at the two buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• 3.2ft

  , 11s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

• 2.6ft

  , 13s, NW 310º
• 1.7ft

  , 8s, N 355º

Waimea

• 1.9ft

  , 13s, NW 315º
• 2.5ft

  , 8s, NNW 340º

Small NW to N energies at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is chest to shoulder high and pretty clean in the morning.

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.

Thursday 4 27 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 1.9ft

    , 12s, S 180º
  • 2.6ft

    , 7s, NW 315º
  • 0.9ft

    , 17s, S 180º

Lanai

• • 1.2ft

    , 17s, S 175º
  • 1.5ft

    , 10s, WNW 295º
  • 1ft

    , 11s, SSW 210º
  
  Roughly one foot 17s of southerly energy from the fetch we discussed yesterday is at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
  

North shore

NW001

• 3.6ft

  , 14s, WNW 300º
• 2.5ft

  , 10s, NW 320º
• 1.8ft

  , 8s, N 0º

Hanalei

• 2.5ft

  , 11s, NW 320º
• 2.8ft

  , 9s, NNW 340º
• 1.3ft

  , 14s, NW 310º

Waimea (back online!)

• 3.7ft

  , 10s, N 350º
• 1.1ft

  , 15s, NW 310º
• 0.4ft

  , 7s, N 350º

A mix of closely and remotely generated NW energies of different periods is at the buoys. Below are the maps of April 22 through 25 that show the fetches that generated them. Nothing particularly intense, but they should provide moderate size waves for the next few days.

Home guess for Hookipa is head high or more and clean with no wind or light offshores for most of the morning.

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.

Wednesday 4 26 23 morning call

Kaa in the morning (photo by Art Wible). While the rest of the foiling world keeps evolving towards tighter carving turns, foam hits, aerials and 360's, here in Maui the massive Barracuda style boards movement is, IMO, slowing down the evolution of the local talents. Thank you Eddie Ogata for sticking to the shortboard style of riding.

Eddie is a great visual inspiration when I foil, but the guy I have in mind the most is Adam Bennetts. Barracuda boards are great for taking off while downwinding (the other alternative being the use of a Foil Drive), but you can't do what Mr. Bennetts does with them.


Hookipa at sunset, after the onshores turned it to junk.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 1.9ft

    , 13s, S 175º

Lanai

• • 1.5ft

    , 13s, S 175º
  • 0.8ft

    , 18s, S 190º
  
  Decent 13s southerly energy at both buoys, while Lanai also shows almost a foot of 18s energy. Below are the maps of April 19 and 20 showing the fetch that generated it. Surfline shows a peak tomorrow around 1.5ft 15s. If you're paying attention to the fetch maps of the last few days, you know that there's the biggest south swell of the early season on the way (3ft 17s in a week).
  

Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• 4.5ft

  , 9s, NNW 330º
• 1.2ft

  , 13s, NW 305º

Hanalei

• 3.9ft

  , 10s, NW 320º
• 1.4ft

  , 8s, NNW 335º

Mokapu

• • 2.8ft

    , 10s, N 350º
  • 2.7ft

    , 6s, NNE 20º

  
  NW energy down in size and period, plus the onshore flow probably will give the waves an added character of storminess. Home guess for Hookipa is for around head high and possibly a bit stormy looking despite the lack of wind in the first hours of light.
  
  

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.