Wednesday 12 18 24 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

5am 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

• • • • • • 12.3ft

            , 16s, NW 305º

Hanalei

• • 9.6ft

    , 15s, NW 320º

Waimea

• • • • • • 9ft

            , 17s, NW 310º
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          • 0.4ft

            , 29s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

• • • • • • 5.7ft

            , 18s, NW 320º
          • 2.3ft

            , 13s, N 0º
          • 2.8ft

            , 9s, E 95º

XL NW swell is at the buoys and will keep building all day locally. That 0.4ft 29s reading at Waimea could easily be a glitch, but I reported it because if it's not, it's the highest period reading I've ever seen at a buoy! Below are the maps of Dec 15 through 18 with the fetch that generated it. Home guess for Hookipa is around double to triple overhead plus.

 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