Thursday 11 30 23 morning call

No photos from yesterday, this is Kai Lenny's latest Jaws edit.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

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No southerly energy at Barbers. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • 5.2ft

    , 14s, NW 320º
  • 4.3ft

    , 11s, N 10º

Hanalei

• • 5.2ft

    , 13s, NW 320º
  • 4.9ft

    , 9s, ENE 65

Waimea

• • 3.8ft

    , 14s, NW 320º
  • 3.5ft

    , 8s, NE 40º

Pauwela

• • 8.3ft

    , 10s, E 85º
  • 2.5ft

    , 14s, NW 315º
  • 2.3ft

    , 4s, E 90º

NW swell only showing 2.5ft 14s at Pauwela while a strong easterly windswell shows 8.3ft 10s. Home guess for Hookipa is around head high. Bigger on east facing shores.

 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

11 29 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
No southerly energy at Barbers. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • 3.2ft

    , 15s, NW 320º

Hanalei

• • 4ft

    , 9s, NE 40º
  • 2.3ft

    , 15s, NW 310º

Waimea

• • 3.4ft

    , 9s, NNE 20º
  • 0.9ft

    , 17s, NW 305º

Pauwela

• • 4.6ft

    , 9s, NNE 30º
  • 3.1ft

    , 5s, E 90º
  • 0.5ft

    , 17s, N 0º

New moderate long period NW swell is rising at the upstream buoys and will do so also locally throughout the day (Surfline calling for 2.6ft 16s by the end of the day). Below are the maps of November 25 through 28 that show the fetch that generated it (black stick). It also shows the much closer and smaller low that generated the 4.6ft 9s from 30 degrees that will be the dominant energy in the water in the morning (red stick). Home guess for Hookipa is chest high in the morning, possibly bigger in the afternoon. The daily fetch map down below shows a local low that formed just north of the islands  killing the trades and bringing some rain.

 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

Tuesday 11 28 23 morning call

I guess Ian Walsh followed the big NW swell in California, as he posted this incredible drop on his Instagram account.

4am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • • • 3ft

          , 7s, SSE 160º
        • 2.7ft

          , 5s, SSE 160º

Only SSE windswell at Barbers. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

Hanalei

• • 5.1ft

    , 9s, N 10º
  • 3.4ft

    , 12s, NW 315º

Waimea

• • 4.6ft

    , 13s, NNW 330º
  • 2.7ft

    , 9s, NNE 15º

Pauwela

• • 4ft

    , 13s, NNW 330º
  • 4.2ft

    , 11s, N 10º
  • 2.8ft

    , 7s, ENE 65º

NW swell disappeared at the NW buoys, but it still lingers at the local ones for another day. Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a half and clean conditions due to the light offshores 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

Monday 11 27 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

Large crowd of wingers at Kanaha with JDFollowCam in the midst of it.

7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • • • 0.8ft

          , 17s, SSW 200º

With the NW energy going down, Barbers now shows some long period SSW energy. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

• • 3.5ft

    , 13s, NNW 330º
  • 3.5ft

    , 10s, N 350º
  • 4.1ft

    , 8s, NNE 15º

Hanalei

• • 5.5ft

    , 13s, NNW 330º
  • 4.6ft

    , 11s, NNW 330º
  • 4.6ft

    , 7s, NE 50º

Waimea

• • 6ft

    , 14s, NW 320º
  • 3.2ft

    , 10s, NNW 330º
  • 2.9ft

    , 6s, NE 35º

Pauwela

• • 4.3ft

    , 14s, NW 325º
  • 4.4ft

    , 12s, NNW 330º
  • 2.4ft

    , 7s, E 80º
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After three days of pumping waves the NW swell is now down to more manageable levels. Home guess for Hookipa is head to head and a half.

 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

Sunday 11 26 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday still had some monster waves.

FishBowlDiary posted a couple of albums of the Jaws windsurf action on the 24th. This one is from this album.

This one is from this other album.

7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

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No southerly energy at Barbers, but plenty waves on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • 9ft

    , 13s, NW 305º

Hanalei

• • 7.5ft

    , 14s, NW 310º
  • 2.9ft

    , 11s, NW 315º
  • 3.2ft

    , 9s, NNW 340º

Waimea

• • 8.9ft

    , 13s, NW 320º
  • 4.6ft

    , 17s, NW 320º
  • 2.2ft

    , 10s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • 8.1ft

    , 15s, NNW 335º
  • 2.9ft

    , 9s, NNW 340º
  • 1.6ft

    , 8s, E 80º

XL NW swell on its slow way down but still showing pretty solid readings at the buoys. Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead plus.The WSL Haleiwa  has been called on. Not sure what coverage the will have on this page.

 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