Thursday, May 04, 2023

Thursday 5 4 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 3.8ft
      , 15s, S 190º

Lanai

    • 3.1ft
      , 15s, SSW 195º
    • 1.5ft
      , 13s, WSW 255º

South swell showing around 3ft 15s at the buoys. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

N

  • 5ft
    , 13s, N 350º

Hanalei

  • 4ft
    , 13s, NNW 330º

Waimea

  • 3.4ft
    , 11s, NNW 330º

Mokapu

    • 7.4ft
      , 6s, E 80º

    NW swell turned more north and the N buoy shows that it's going to keep doing that. Easterly windswell is on the way up. Home guess for Hookipa is head to occasionally 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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