Saturday 7 29 23 morning call

Tomorrow there's the Molokai to Oahu race. This is a photo from a past edition won by Travis Grant who caught a big wave at China Walls. No waves instead this year, but a record number of foilers.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion.

South shore
Barbers

• • 1ft

    , 13s, SSW 200º

Lanai

• • 1.2ft

    , 13s, S 170º
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  • 0.5ft

    , 17s, S 180º
  
  

Both buoys show a foot 13s of southerly energy, while Lanai also has half foot 17s. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Mokapu

• • 4.9ft

    , 7s, ENE 75º
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Only easterly windswell on the north shore also today. Home guess for Hookipa is knee to waist 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.