Friday, May 19, 2023

Friday 5 19 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday at sunset.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 1.6ft
      , 14s, S 175º
    • 1.5ft
      , 11s, S 180º

Lanai

    • 2ft
      , 13s, SSW 195º

    • 0.8ft
      , 15s, SSW 205º

Both buoys show long period SSW energy, but the southerly flow of the wind will affect the conditions. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

N

  • 3.1ft
    , 10s, N 10º

Hanalei

  • 2.9ft
    , 10s, NNE 20º

Waimea

    • 3.1ft
      , 9s, NNE 15º

Small short period NNE energy continues to decline also today. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to shoulder high and no wind 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.


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