Saturday, October 21, 2023

Saturday 10 21 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.


Hookipa at sunset.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
          • 1.8ft
            , 14s, S 175º
Lanai
          • 1.4ft
            , 13s, S 180º
          • 0.7ft
            , 15s, S 180º
Small southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

    • 4.5ft
      , 12s, N 0º
  • 2.5ft
    , 9s, N 355º

Hanalei

    • 5.2ft
      , 12s, N 0º
    • 3.5ft
      , 8s, NNE 20º

Waimea

    • 4.5ft
      , 10s, N 0º
    • 3ft
      , 13s, N 350º

Pauwela

    • 5.3ft
      , 9s, N 0º
    • 2.5ft
      , 12s, NNW 340º

Two different periods of northerly energies in the water will make the breaking patterns a bit confused. Home guess for Hookipa is around  head and a half with no wind in the morning.

 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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