Monday, February 23, 2026

Monday 2 23 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday morning.



Hookipa yesterday afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.3ft
        , 13s, SSW 210º
Lanai
      • 1.5ft
        , 13s, SSW 195º

      • 0.4ft
        , 20s, SW 230º

Very small southerly energy at the buoys. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

NW001

            • 6.8ft
              , 17s, NNW 335º

N

  • 7.5ft
    , 16s, N 0º

Hanalei

    • 3.2ft
      , 18s, NNW 340º

Waimea

            • 2.1ft
              , 18s, N 0º

Pauwela

            • 6.8ft
              , 9s, ENE 60º
            • 4.6ft
              , 6s, NE 35º
            • 1.4ft
              , 18s, NNE 20º
Two swells on the rise today. They come from the fetches indicated in the maps of Feb 19 through 23 below (red arrow: NW, black arrow NNE). The biggest and the one that will rise earlier locally is the NNE one, which Surfline predicts to be 8.5ft 16s at sunset (vs 2.3 18s of the NW one). Home guess for Hookipa is around head high plus in the morning building to double to triple overhead at sunset. Unfortunately the wind will be cross onshore and that will make the conditionsvery 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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