Thursday, April 17, 2025

Thursday 4 17 25 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.3ft
        , 13s, S 190º

Lanai
      • 2ft
        , 14s, S 185º
Small southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW101

  • 6.6ft
    , 11s, NW 320º
  • 3.3ft
    , 13s, NW 315º

NW001

            • 4.3ft
              , 14s, NNW 335º
            • 6.5ft
              , 9s, NW 315º

Hanalei

    • 3.6ft
      , 9s, ENE 65º
    • 1ft
      , 13s, NW 320º
    • 0.4ft
      , 15s, WNW 285º

Waimea

            • 2.2ft
              , 8s, NE 45º
            • 0.7ft
              , 13s, N 350º
            • 0.4ft
              , 15s, WNW 295º

Pauwela

            • 3.6ft
              , 8s, ENE 65º
            • 1.9ft
              , 5s, ENE 60º
            • 0.7ft
              , 12s, ENE 65º
The NW buoys show rising NW energy, but that should only arrive tomorrow, while today there's very little energy in the water locally. Home guess for Hookipa is flat to waist high with occasionally bigger sets.

 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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