Sunday, April 21, 2024

Sunday 4 21 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday.

7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
    • 0.5ft
      , 15s, SSW 210º

Lanai
    • 1.1ft
      , 11s, S 180º

Small southerly energy at the buoys.Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

          • 5.9ft
            , 12s, N 0º

          N
          • 6.9ft
            , 12s, N 350º

          Waimea
          • 4.6ft
            , 13s, NNW 330º
          • 2.9ft
            , 10s, NNW 335º
          • 1.9ft
            , 8s, N 350º

Pauwela

          • 3.2ft
            , 13s, NNW 335º
          • 2.5ft
            , 10s, N 0º
          • 2.6ft
            , 6s, NNE 25º

The outer buoys show mostly northerly energy while the local ones show also a small NW swell. Below are the maps of April 16 though 19 that show the fetches that generated both swells (black stick for the N, red stick for the NW). Home guess for Hookipa is around head high or more from the NW swell in the morning and building to head and a half or more throughout the day due the arrival of the north swell.

 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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