Friday 11 24 23 morning call

Kaa yesterday.

5am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

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

North shore

NW001

• • 17.1ft

    , 17s, NW 305º

Hanalei

• • 16.3ft

    , 20s, NW 325º
  • 4.4ft

    , 13s, NW 325º

Waimea

• • 14.4ft

    , 20s, NW 325º
  • 2.6ft

    , 12s, NNW 335º

Pauwela

• • 13.9ft

    , 20s, NW 315º
  • 2.6ft

    , 11s, NNW 345º
  • 2.3ft

    , 9s, E 80º

Giant NW swell is at the buoys. Below is the single biggest buoy reading I've ever seen: 20.7ft 21s at 1.50pm yesterday at the NW101 buoy.

Let's see what kind of fetch made such a huge swell. Below are the maps of November 21 through 23. Strong wind and large fetch, but the aim was more towards the mainland, so I'm very surprised to see such big numbers locally. I guess the angular spreading played a big role. The whole Maui's north shore will be a closeout, the only surfable place will be the Kahului harbor (or Paia Bay at your own risk). I can already see lots of jet-skis heading out of the harbor, get ready for plenty photos from Jaws on the social media and I hope OneMoreFoto will go to Honolua instead.

 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