Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Tuesday 5 9 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

    • 2.2ft
      , 13s, S 180º
    • 0.7ft
      , 18s, S 185º

Lanai

    • 2.6ft
      , 11s, SSE 150º
    • 1.2ft
      , 18s, S 170º

While the very long lasting south swell is dissipating, but still with some energy in the water, a new small long period one appeared at the buoys. Below are the maps of May 2 to 3 that show the angular spreading fetch that generated it. Expect extremely low consistency in the long period sets, but there should also be a bit of leftover shorter period energy from the previous swell.


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

North shore

Hanalei

  • 5.1ft
    , 8s, ENE 65º
  • 0.8ft
    , 12s, N 10º

Waimea

  • 3.7ft
    , 7s, NNE 30º
  • 0.8ft
    , 12s, N 355º

Mokapu

    • 5.7ft
      , 8s, ENE 70º
    • 1.1ft
      , 13s, NNE 20º

Only easterly windswell on the north shore also today. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to belly high.

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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