Tuesday 4 16 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday at sunset.

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

• 2.3ft

  , 18s, S 175º

Waimea

• 1.4ft

  , 17s, SSE 160º

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New long period southerly with a touch of east energy at the buoys. Below are the maps of April 8 through 10 that show the fetch that generated it.

Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • • • 8.8ft

        , 11s, NNW 340º
      • 3.9ft

        , 6s, NNW 335º

Waimea

• • • • 5.6ft

        , 13s, NNW 330º
      • 2.8ft

        , 7s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • • • 5.5ft

        , 12s, NW 320º
      • 1.6ft

        , 8s, E 85º
      • 1.9ft

        , 6s, N 350º

NW swell came up nicely yesterday evening (see pictures above), but didn't quite reach the 8ft 12s Surfline prediction for this morning. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half to double and clean wind conditions in the 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