Saturday 4 8 23 morning call

This is a comparison between two F-one foils: Escape 630 vs 530 (both with chopped tails). Dedicated to the few that will watch the whole 17 minutes.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• 1ft

  , 11s, S 170º

Lanai

• 1.3ft

  , 11s, SSE 160º
• 1.7ft

  , 6s, SSE 160º
• 0.4ft

  , 17s, SW 220º

Small southerly energies at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Mokapu

• 3.9ft

  , 8s, E 85º
• 3ft

  , 5s, E 80º

Easterly windswell is on the decline, as are the trades for the weekend. Today will be proper flat on the north shore. A little something on the easterly exposures.

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.