Monday, May 18, 2026

Monday 5 18 26 morning call

Hookipa yesterday late afternoon.

6am Surfline significant buoy readings and discussion. South shore
Barbers
      • 1.5ft
        , 15s, SSW 200º
      • 1.8ft
        , 11s, S 170º
Lanai
      • 2.4ft
        , 15s, SSW 200º
      • 0.8ft
        , 20s, SSW 205º
      • 1.4ft
        , 11s, SSE 160º
  • SSW swell filled in nicely with some sets on the cam. Check the Kihei webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.

North shore

N

            • 0.8ft
              , 16s, NW 305º

Hanalei

    • 0.8ft
      , 14s, WNW 285º

Waimea

            • 0.7ft
              , 15s, NW 315º

Pauwela

            • 4.4ft
              , 9s, ENE 75º
            • 4.9ft
              , 5s, E 80º
            • 0.2ft
              , 14s, WNW 290º
The buoys show a tiny amount of new NW energy, but not enough to be noticed in the water, so also today it's going to be mostly about the easterly windswell. Home guess for Hookipa is around waist to chest high.

 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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