Tuesday 10 17 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

Hookipa in the afternoon. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • • • 1.2ft

          , 17s, SSW 200º

Lanai

• • • • • 3ft

          , 15s, S 190º

Both buoys show long period energy southerly energies. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

• • 8.9ft

    , 19s, NNW 340º
  • 3.1ft

    , 12s, NW 325º
  • 2.9ft

    , 9s, NNW 330

Hanalei

• • 4.7ft

    , 22s, NNW 330º
  • 6.1ft

    , 12s, NNW 330º

Waimea

• • 3.5ft

    , 22s, NNW 330º
  • 4.1ft

    , 13s, NNW 330º
  • 1.9ft

    , 9s, NNW 340º

Pauwela

• • 4.7ft

    , 13s, NW 325º
  • 2.3ft

    , 22s, NW 320º
  • 3.4ft

    , 11s, NNW 340º

A giant NW swell will be on the rise adding on top of the existing energy. Below are the maps of October 14 though 17 showing the fetch that generated it. Extreme winds and acting upon existing seas are the reason for the extremely large size. Pauwela is only sensing 2.3ft 22s of this new swell, but with 9ft 19s at the NW buoy, you can expect the swell to rise all day in the local water. Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead but likely still surfable and clean with no wind in the morning until around 10am. Too big for anything and light onshore in the afternoon.

 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