Friday 11 10 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday. Photo by Jimmie Hepp from this album.

Downwinding conditions were excellent. I stopped by the Hookipa lookout to catch Kane in one of his runs. That's how much you can lean into a cutback in a downwind run, if you're as good as him.


I also took this shot of Pavils. Looks a lot better than it was.

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

• • • • • 0.8ft

          , 15s, S 185º

Very small long period southerly energy at Barbers (Lanai still down). Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

• • 1.9ft

    , 14s, NNW 345º

Hanalei

• • 1.1ft

    , 15s, NNW 340º

Waimea

• • 1.1ft

    , 17s, NNW 345º

Pauwela

• • 5ft

    , 9s, ENE 75º
  • 2.6ft

    , 6s, E 80º
  • 0.7ft

    , 17s, NNW 335º

The second, more distantly generated pulse of NNW energy (see yesterday's discussion) is rising at the buoy, but not looking particularly impressive. Surfline calls for 4ft 14s at sunset, but it looks unlikely with only 2ft 14s at the NW buoy. Home guess for Hookipa is around head high in the morning (mostly ENE windswell), possibly overhead 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