Sunday 12 31 23 morning call

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Kanaha yesterday.

Maui has an incredible variety of spots and conditions for all kind of different water sports. Haven't seen photos of Honolua, but it must have been pumping the last couple of days.

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

• • • • • • 0.8ft

            , 12s, S 180º

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

North shore

NW101

• • • 10.2ft

      , 16s, NW 305º

Waimea

• • • 6.2ft

      , 18s, NW 310º
    • 3.2ft

      , 15s, NW 315º
    • 4ft

      , 12s, N 10º

Pauwela

• • • 6.2ft

      , 17s, NW 320º
    • 4.9ft

      , 12s, NNE 15º

New XL NW swell rose during the night and will continue to rise throughout the day. Below are the maps of December 27 though 31 that show the fetch that generated it (waves for days). Home guess for Hookipa is double overhead plus and light southeasterlies 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