Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Wednesday 8 23 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.


5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
        • 3.5ft
          , 7s, SSE 160º
        • 1.8ft
          , 12s, S 170º
        • 0.5ft
          , 18s, S 175º

Lanai
        • 1.7ft
          , 13s, S 185º
        • 0.6ft
          , 18s, S 175º

Small 12-13s plus even smaller 18s energies at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

Mokapu

        • 2.7ft
          , 14s, ENE 75º
        • 4.2ft
          , 7s, ENE 70º

Hillary swell went up to almost 3ft 14s at Mokapu. Home guess for Hookipa waist to occasionally chest high. Bigger on eastern exposures.

 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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