Friday 12 8 23 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers

• • • • • 1.2ft

          , 15s, S 185º

Small southerly energy at Barbers. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

• • • 5.1ft

      , 13s, NW 325º
    • 4.3ft

      , 9s, NNW 345º

Hanalei

• • 2.6ft

    , 13s, N 10º

Waimea

• • 2.3ft

    , 11s, NNW 340º
  • 1.7ft

    , 13s, N 0º

Pauwela

• • 4.2ft

    , 10s, E 95º
  • 1.6ft

    , 13s, N 10º
  • 1.8ft

    , 11s, N 5º

NW swell of the past few days is trickling down locally, but the NW buoy already shows the next one that will arrive tomorrow (with possible first sets at sunset tonight) and reach 7.7ft 13s according to Surfline. Below are the maps of December 5 through 8 that show the relatively close fetch that generated it. Home guess for Hookipa is waist to head high and clean with no wind for most of the morning. Possible increase in size at sunset.

 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