Monday 12 18 23 morning call

No photos from yesterday. OneMoreFoto posted this shot of Honolua.

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

• • • • • • 1.3ft

            , 11s, S 185º
          • 0.7ft

            , 20s, SW 225º

Barbers shows the start of a long period SW swell. Below are the maps of December 10 through 14 that show the fetch that generated it. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

N

• • • 9.1ft

      , 14s, NNE 20º
    • 4.3ft

      , 6s, NNE 25º

Waimea

• • • 6.5ft

      , 13s, NNE 20º
    • 6ft

      , 8s, N 5º

Pauwela

• • • 10.7ft

      , 14s, NE 35º
    • 8.3ft

      , 11s, NNE 25º
    • 2.6ft

      , 7s, NNE 20º

NE energy just bumped up in period at Pauwela. Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead plus and stormy. Same size also on the Waiehu side, never seen a wave break so far out on the webcam.

 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