Wednesday 2 14 24 morning call

FoilGP Ep.3: what happens when you chop a wing and general considerations about A/R and wing span.

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

• • • • • • 1.2ft

            , 13s, SW 215º
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          • 0.8ft

            , 8s, SSW 195º

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

North shore

NW101

• • • 5.3ft

      , 6s, SW 220º
    • 1.4ft

      , 12s, WNW 285º

Waimea

• • • 3.3ft

      , 9s, NNW 345º
    • 1.3ft

      , 4s, WNW 300º

Pauwela

• • • 3.4ft

      , 8s, NNW 340º
    • 2ft

      , 11s, N 350º
    • 1.6ft

      , 6s, NNW 340º

Small short period NNW to N energies at Pauwela also today. Home guess for Hookipa is around chest high and clean with light kona wind. Tomorrow things are going to be completely different with massive waves (check the fetch on today's map) and northerly wind.

 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