Monday 5 1 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 1.5ft

    , 15s, SSW 195º
  • 3.1ft

    , 7s, S 170º
  • 1.6ft

    , 12s, S 180º

Lanai

• • 2ft

    , 15s, SSW 210º
  • 0.9ft

    , 12s, S 170º
  
  

First pulse of long lasting (all week) long period energy went up to 2ft 15s at Lanai. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• 4.1ft

  , 17s, W 280º

NW101

• 4.5ft

  , 17s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

• 4.7ft

  , 7s, ENE 75º
• 1.3ft

  , 18s, NW 315º
• 1.7ft

  , 10s, NW 320º

Waimea

• 1.2ft

  , 20s, NW 325º
• 3ft

  , 7s, NE 40º
• 1.2ft

  , 11s, NNW 340º

Mokapu

• • 5.1ft

    , 6s, ENE 60º
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New long period WNW swell rose at the NW buoys. Below are the maps of April 27 through 30 that show the fetch that generated it. It started in a position around 300 degrees, but then it moved more like 310-320. Surfline calls for 2ft 18s at sunset today and almost 5ft 14s tomorrow evening.

Home guess for Hookipa is waist to chest high in the morning and head high possibly bigger at sunset.

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.