Thursday 12 5 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.


Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

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

• • • 0.4ft

      , 20s, SW 220º

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Lanai shows the start of a new long period southerly swell. Below are the maps of Nov 28 to Dec 2 to show the fetch that generated it. It should get bigger tomorrow and throughout the weekend.


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

North shore

NW101

• • • • • • 14.2ft

            , 10s, NNW 330º
          • 5.3ft

            , 12s, NW 320º

Hanalei

• 7.6ft

  , 13s, NW 320º

Waimea

• • • • • • 6.2ft

            , 12s, NW 325º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 4.7ft

            , 12s, NNW 330º

Moderate size and period NW energy continues at the buoys and the NW buoys suggest a possible increase in size of the short period component tomorrow. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and half to occasionally double and favorable winds.

 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