Monday 12 25 23 morning call

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Kanaha yesterday.

6am 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

NW101

• • • 7.5ft

      , 13s, NNW 330º
    • 2.4ft

      , 9s, NNW 340º

Waimea

• • • 4.5ft

      , 14s, NNW 335º
    • 2ft

      , 12s, NNW 345º
    • 1.3ft

      , 9s, N 0º

Pauwela

• • • 5.6ft

      , 14s, NNW 330º
    • 2ft

      , 11s, NNW 330º
    • 2.6ft

      , 8s, ENE 65º

Long period NW swell arrived as predicted and was a beauty. Today it should stay fairly steady with a very slow downward trend. Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead and no wind in the early 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