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It's quite common that a forecast for strong kona turns out to be light instead because of clouds and rain. And when the kona is light, the whole north shore has excellent conditions. This is Waiehu side.
Hookipa was like this pretty much all day.
This kid looks like's he's having the time of his life.
Look at him, still smiling/screaming inside the barrel.
The size was very variable between head high and double overhead plus, but they all had perfect shape thanks to those 5 knots of offshore wind.
6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
- 2.7ft, 6s, SW 235º
North shore
NW101
- 11.1ft, 11s, NW 325º
- 7ft, 7s, NW 310º
Waimea
- 5.5ft, 13s, NNW 330º
- 5.3ft, 10s, NW 325º
- 2.5ft, 8s, NW 320º
Pauwela
- 5.2ft, 12s, NNW 345º
- 4.8ft, 11s, NNE 15º
- 3.7ft, 9s, E 95º
Mix of periods at the buoys, but if the wind will still be light kona, it'll be very good again. Today it's predicted to be lighter wind than yesterday, but who knows, sun and no rain might actually do the opposite. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and half to double. Eastern exposures still probably fun.
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
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