Thursday, May 29, 2025

Thursday 5 29 25 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.5ft
        , 17s, S 190º
      • 1.3ft
        , 13s, SSW 195º

Lanai
      • 1.3ft
        , 18s, S 180º
      • 1.2ft
        , 13s, SSW 195º

      South swell showing small 17-18s readings at the buoys. Check the
       Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 3.1ft
              , 13s, NNW 330º
            • 3.7ft
              , 8s, N 350º
            • 1.7ft
              , 11s, NNW 330º

Hanalei

    • 2.6ft
      , 8s, N 350º
    • 1.3ft
      , 14s, NNW 335º
    • 1.6ft
      , 7s, NE 50º

Waimea

            • 1.7ft
              , 12s, NW 320º
            • 0.8ft
              , 14s, NNW 330º
            • 0.9ft
              , 10s, N 350º
Small out of season NW swell will be rising all day. Below are the maps of May 27 through 29 that show the fetch that generated it. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist high in the morning, gradually building to head high or more throughout the day (Surfline calls for 3.6ft 13s at sunset).

 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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