Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Wednesday 5 28 25 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.6ft
        , 14s, SSW 200º

      • 0.8ft
        , 22s, SSW 210º

Lanai
      • 1.6ft
        , 14s, SSW 195º
      • 0.8ft
        , 10s, S 170º

Small southerly energy at the buoys. The 22s reading at Barbers indicates the start of a small long period swell coming from the fetch shown in the maps below of May 20 through 22. 2ft 16s predicted by Surfline for tomorrow.

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

North shore

NW001

            • 0.7ft
              , 12s, NNW 335º

Hanalei

    • 2.2ft
      , 8s, NE 50º
    • 0.5ft
      , 13s, NNW 345º

Waimea

            • 1.6ft
              , 8s, N 0º
            • 1.5ft
              , 6s, NNE 25º
            • 0.6ft
              , 14s, WNW 290º

Traces of tiny NW energy at the buoys with a touch of short period North and fading easterly windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist high with occasional 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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