Tuesday 5 2 23 morning call

Hookipa in late afternoon was showing rising long period sets of the NW swell.

Before that happened Dan Taylor of Destination 360 and I did a SUP foiling downwinder. He was on a barracuda board, I was on a 5.0 with the Foil Drive. I'm trying to get back into this discipline which I virtually abandoned about a year ago, in favor of the much faster wing downwinders. The difference in speed is still there (yesterday I was on a 925, while I could have been on a 525 with the wing), but it's a different kind of challenge, much more physical and with a different read of the bumps. Here's a short video he took with a head mounted camera. Super hard thing to do, as all you want to do during a downwinder is to stay focused on the bumps in front of you instead of filming your buddies.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 3.6ft

    , 17s, NW 310º

Lanai

• • 2.3ft

    , 15s, SSW 205º
  • 1.1ft

    , 18s, SSW 210º
  • 1.5ft

    , 13s, S 190º
  
  

The Tahiti swell that was streamed live by Surfline is showing at the buoys while the first smaller pulse continues to be in the water. Below are the maps of April 25 through 30 that show the fetch that generated it. Six days of waves generation mean a long lasting swell that should peak tomorrow well overhead for most spots.

Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• 6.8ft

  , 15s, NW 305º

NW101

• 8.5ft

  , 15s, NW 305º

Hanalei

• 7.4ft

  , 15s, NW 305º

Waimea

• 5.9ft

  , 17s, NW 310º

Mokapu

• • 4ft

    , 8s, ENE 65º
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The NW swell we discussed yesterday came in pretty strong at all the buoys. With a direction of 305 expect the sets to be inconsistent, particularly down the coast towards Kahului. Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a half with occasional double overhead sets in the mix and clean conditions for most of the morning thanks to light SE winds caused by the approaching weak front you can see in the satellite picture at the end of the post.

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.