Saturday, April 22, 2023

Saturday 4 22 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

8am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 1.3ft
      , 13s, S 185º

Lanai

    • 1.5ft
      , 17s, S 190º
    • 1.6ft
      , 13s, S 180º

New long period southerly energy is at Lani. Below are the maps of April 14 through 16 that show the not particularly well oriented but very wide fetch that generated it.


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


North shore

NW001

  • 5.7ft
    , 14s, NW 315º

Hanalei

  • 3.1ft
    , 17s, WNW 300º
  • 2.7ft
    , 9s, NW 315º

Mokapu

    • 3.2ft
      , 8s, ENE 65º

  • New long period NW energy is at the buoys. Below are the maps of April 18 though 21 that show the fetch that generated it.

    The Sunset beach cam shows good size.

    Surfline calls for the swell to rise all day to 3ft 15s at 6pm. Home guess for Hookipa in the morning is around head high and rising.

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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