Thursday, April 25, 2024

Thursday 4 25 24 morning call

No photos from yesterday. This is the start of my downinder last Tuesday. After that, I decided to take a break to hopefully heal a painful episode of sciatica. Photo by Sofie Louca.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
    • 1.5ft
      , 15s, SSW 205º

Lanai
    • 1.8ft
      , 15s, SSW 200º

The numbers at the buoys are decent, but not much on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

          • 5.1ft
            , 8s, E 95º
          • 3ft
            , 13s, NW 305º

Hanalei

  • 6.3ft
    , 8s, E 90º
  • 2.2ft
    , 14s, WNW 290º

Waimea

          • 3.7ft
            , 7s, NE 50º
          • 1.5ft
            , 14s, WNW 300º

Pauwela

          • 8ft
            , 8s, E 80º
          • 2.8ft
            , 5s, E 80º
          • 0.9ft
            , 14s, NW 310º

As anticipated, the small NW swell in the water is having very little effect locally. The easterly windswell went up to a dreamy (from the downwinders point of view) 8ft 8s, but it's now coming from 80 degrees and as such won't completely hit our north shore. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to head high and stormy. Bigger on eastern exposures.

 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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