Friday 11 3 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

Hookipa at sunset.


Foil Drive announced the Gen2. Email me if you want to order one through Hi-Tech.


The Aloha Classic didn't run yesterday. It probably will today, streaming on the IWT Youtube page.

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

• • • • • 0.8ft

          , 15s, SW 215º

Lanai

• • • • • 0.8ft

          , 17s, SW 225º

Both buoys show the start of a new SW swell. Below are the maps of October 25 though 28. The fetch was first in the Tasman Sea, then moved SE of New Zealand.

Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore

NW101

• • 4.4ft

    , 11s, NNW 335º

Hanalei

• • 3.6ft

    , 12s, N 350º

Waimea

• • 3.7ft

    , 11s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • 2.5ft

    , 12s, NNW 335º
  • 2.7ft

    , 8s, NNW 340º

NW swell declined significantly and Pauwela only shows 2.5ft 12s. Home guess for Hookipa is around head high and clean in another windless 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