Sunday 2 9 25 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

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No southerly energy at the buoys, but there could be some sets. This time of the year, not seeing southerly energy at the two south facing local buoys doesn't mean there really isn't, as the NW energy often covers up the smaller swells from other directions. I wrote this mostly because there has been a fetch down under that probably generated a small south swell of which the small but long period forerunners could already be in our water (with very low consistency). Below are the maps of Feb 3 through 7 that show it.

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

North shore

NW001

• 5.9ft

  , 12s, WNW 300º

NW101

• • • • • • 5.7ft

            , 12s, NW 320º

Hanalei

• • 5.6ft

    , 13s, NNW 330º
  • 2.4ft

    , 11s, NE 55º

Waimea

• • • • • • 6.7ft

            , 13s, NW 325º
          • 3ft

            , 11s, N 350º

NW energy rebounded up again at the buoys. I'm uncertain of the source, as the NW buoys show two different directions (300 and 320). Below are the maps of Feb 5 through 8 that show a source from 320 (black arrow) and a more westerly one from 300 (red arrow). It's probably a mix of the two. Home guess for Hookipa is around double overhead and no wind 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