Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Wednesday 6 18 25 morning call

Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 2.1ft
        , 14s, S 185º

Lanai
      • 1.7ft
        , 14s, S 185º
      • 0.9ft
        , 18s, SSW 195º

The buoys show two southerly swells: a 14s one and a rising 18s one. The maps of June 9 through 12 below show both fetches (red arrow for the first and black for the second). Surfline calls the new one at 2ft 16s tonight and 2.5ft 15s tomorrow.

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

North shore

Mokapu

            • 6.1ft
              , 8s, ENE 75º
            • 6.1ft
              , 5s, ENE 70º
Elevated ENE windswell only in the water. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist high with occasional bigger sets. Bigger on eastern exposures.

 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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