Thursday, April 13, 2023

Thursday 4 13 23 morning call

Hookipa in the morning was quite stormy.

It cleaned up for the windsurfers mid day. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.


Looked stormy again at sunset. Albee Layer.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 0.9ft
      , 13s, S 175º

Lanai

    • 1.4ft
      , 13s, S 180º

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

North shore

N

  • 8.1ft
    , 9s, NE 55º
  • 1.9ft
    , 12s, NNE 30º

Hanalei

  • 7.1ft
    , 9s, NE 50º
  • 3.4ft
    , 6s, NE 55º

Mokapu

  • 7.1ft
    , 10s, NE 35º
  • 3.6ft
    , 6s, ENE 70º
  • 1.4ft
    , 8s, NE 45º

Pretty high 9-10s energy from the NE continues, home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half.

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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