Thursday 12 26 24 morning call

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Hookipa yesterday.

7am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

No southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

• • • • • • 14ft

            , 17s, NW 320º

NW101

• 14.8ft

  , 16s, WNW 300º

Hanalei

• • 6.8ft

    , 17s, NW 315º
  • 2.8ft

    , 11s, NW 315º

Waimea

• • • • • • 4.9ft

            , 18s, NW 310º
          • 2.6ft

            , 10s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 2.3ft

            , 18s, NW 315º
          • 3ft

            , 11s, NNW 335º
          • 3.2ft

            , 7s, ENE 70º

New XL NW swell is rising at the buoys. Below are the maps of Dec 22 through 25 showing the fetch that generated it. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half and clean in the morning, building to triple overhead plus at the end of the day (Surfline calls for 11ft 19s).

 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