Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Wednesday 1 22 25 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning. First one is Kai Lenny.


6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Lanai
      • 1.2ft
        , 13s, SW 235º

Very small southerly energy at the buoys, but onshore flow. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 10.5ft
              , 9s, NNW 330º
            • 6.2ft
              , 15s, NW 320º
            • 4.9ft
              , 6s, NNW 345º

Hanalei

    • 5.5ft
      , 15s, NW 325º
    • 2.6ft
      , 11s, NW 325º
    • 3ft
      , 9s, NE 40º

Waimea

            • 3.7ft
              , 15s, NW 320º
            • 2.6ft
              , 11s, NNW 340º
            • 2.3ft
              , 8s, NNE 30º

New NW swell is rising at the buoys (15s readings). The maps below of Jan 18 through 21 show the fetch that generated it. The front associated with that low is now over the islands and will cause a Kona flow for most of the day. Home guess for Hookipa is around head and a half to double possibly building to bigger sizes towards the end of the day. Conditions should be excellent, as long as it's light Kona.

 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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