Friday, January 16, 2026

Friday 1 16 26 morning call

I had a picture of Hookipa yesterday morning, but I deleted it by mistake. The wind maps were wrong and the onshores didn't pick until noon, so it was actually very clean all morning.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore

No southerly energy at the buoys, but plenty waves on the cam (probably a wrap). Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 11.6ft
              , 15s, NNW 335º
            • 7.6ft
              , 11s, NW 320º
            • 2.4ft
              , 7s, NNW 330º

NW101

    • 14.8ft
      , 14s, NNW 330º
    • 2ft
      , 6s, N 355º

Waimea

            • 12ft
              , 14s, NW 315º
            • 6ft
              , 10s, NW 320º
            • 3.9ft
              , 8s, NNW 330º

Pauwela

            • 12ft
              , 14s, NW 325º
            • 4.2ft
              , 8s, NNW 335º
            • 2.3ft
              , 6s, N 350º
The third XL swell in a week is at the buoys. The north shore will be big and dangerous everywhere, other than sheltered spots. Home guess for Hookipa is around triple overhead and stormy.

 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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