Head high, relatively cold and windy.

forecast 10 14 14

4am main swell buoy readings:
Hanalei
5ft @ 7s from 59° (ENE)

3.1ft @ 11s from 310° (WNW)

0.7ft @ 18s from 18° (NNE)

waimea bay
2.9ft @ 6s from 32° (NE)

2.9ft @ 11s from 326° (NW)

2.7ft @ 7s from 27° (NNE)

0.7ft @ 18s from 19° (NNE)

maui north shore
3.9ft @ 8s from 76° (ENE)

3.8ft @ 11s from 322° (NW)

2ft @ 6s from 64° (ENE)

1.2ft @ 4s from 80° (E)

west lanai
2.6ft @ 13s from 202° (SSW)

1.1ft @ 7s from 170° (S)

 

1ft @ 5s from 169° (SSE)

I'm writing this at 5.30 and the wind is already blowing at 15 at Hookipa. Not sure if you're gonna see a photo/report from it later, I might go look for small cleaner waves somewhere else.

Trade winds forecasted to lighten up a bit the next couple of days, before going all over the place because of tropical storm Ana, which will be right on top of Maui on Monday Oct 20, as the forecasted weather map below shows.

 

Take a look at the windguru forecast also (link n.16 on the right) and remember a GP rule that has NO exceptions: whenever you see the color red/purple in the wind strength, wind related sports are going to suck.
Check the amount of rain forecasted for Monday too...

Out of here. Have fun in the sun everyone!

Still solid head high with overhead sets.
Not much wind at the moment, but the shape is poor because of the overlapping windswell.

10 13 14 forecast

5am main swell buoy readings:
Hanalei 4.3ft @ 7s from 63° (ENE)

4ft @ 13s from 309° (WNW)

3.3ft @ 9s from 39° (NE)

2ft @ 11s from 319° (NW)
waimea 4.3ft @ 13s from 318° (NW)

3ft @ 6s from 32° (NE)

2ft @ 9s from 344° (NNW)

0.9ft @ 4s from 35° (NE)
maui

4.6ft @ 8s from 76° (ENE)

4.3ft @ 13s from 321° (NW)

2.5ft @ 11s from 325° (NW)

2.1ft @ 5s from 62° (ENE)
lanai 2.7ft @ 13s from 243° (WSW)

1ft @ 5s from 161° (SSE)

0.7ft @ 6s from 170° (S)

0.6ft @ 3s from 167° (SSE)

 

NW swell went down a bit, but it's still there. Mix of periods and directions as the buoys show.
Trade winds shouldn't be too strong, could be a fun day with surfing and windsurfing on the north shore.
Report from Hookipa in a bit.

Have fun in the sun (until it lasts... weekend gonna be gone) everyone

Still well overhead with the windswell induced sub-peaks. Wind is 5-10 at 6.45 and i still haven't decided where to surf.

4am main swell buoy readings:
Hanalei 5.4ft @ 13s from 318° (NW)
waimea  4.4ft @ 13s from 322° (NW)

3.7ft @ 10s from 333° (NNW)
maui 4.4ft @ 8s from 81° (E)

6.6ft @ 13s from 320° (NW)
lanai 2.6ft @ 15s from 223° (SW)

The NW swell is still here and today the trade winds should be back to a moderate force.
Unfortunately, the Maui County @ 2km wind forecast is not available. That's a bummer, because that is by far the most reliable wind forecast for the next 24h.

There's still a fair bit of southwest swell as well, but it looks pretty sloppy with the early morning high tide on the webcam.

The photo below shows the winds of the east pacific and in the lower left corner there's a typhoon that will go right over Japan. Finger crossed for Fukushima.

This one instead is uncle Robby Naish as pictured by Jimmie Hepp (look him up on facebook if you need a photo shoot).
I promised Jimmie to do a bottom turn like that and he's going to take a picture of it. Wish me luck... that's as close as you can fit a sail in the pocket of a wave!

Hookipa report/photo coming up later.

Have fun in the sun everyone, also because there's some nasty weather forecasted for next weekend...

4am buoy readings:
Hanalei 8.6ft @ 14s from 305° (WNW)
waimea 7.6ft @ 14s from 322° (NW)
maui north 7.3ft @ 14s from 319° (NW)
lanai 3.1ft @ 15s from 253° (WSW)

Yesterday both Jaws and Honolua were breaking and with the buoys still up, I don't think they're going to be flat today either...
Lahaina was head high +

Moderate trade winds today, overall it's gonna be another great day of action in da woda!

Have fun in the sun everyone!

PS. I added a list of link of meteo websites. Those are the websites I check to formulate my forecast.
PPS. If you have a report from somewhere, feel free to add it as a comment. Here's what an ideal report needs to have:
- timestamp
- spot name
- wave size (please use body parts like "head high")
- number of people
- wind conditions
Of course a report like "the bay is firing" is good enough... also because you know it's gonna be packed (like today will) if it's firing...

Hookipa is almost maxed out (few guys out at middles).

4am buoy readings:

Hanalei (welcome back online!!!): 7.3ft @ 15s from 313° (NW)
waimea: 6.4ft @ 17s from 317° (NW)
maui: 5.3ft @ 15s from 319° (NW)
lanai: 2.9ft @ 17s from 229° (SW)

So the first winter caliber swell of the season arrived. We had at least a couple of other swells before this, but this one is the first that really had a winter feel to it (read: the channel between Hookipa and Lanes occasionally closed out).

As predicted, Jaws broke (thanks Levi for the photo!) but no one was out. It will be definitely bigger later today and tomorrow for the second pulse of this swell.

Peahi on Oct 9. Photo by Levi Siver

The fact that the swell has two pulses is quite evident in the Waimea buoy graph below.

And if you want to know why it has two pulses, try to figure it out yourself by looking below at the weather maps of the storm that generated it. Good luck.

What to do today?
North shore is going to be windy, so not so good for surfing. Not so good for windsurfing either for me, since I prefer very light wind.

Yesterday it was the opening day for Honolua Bay too, and it looked pristine, so going west is an option. Today gonna be packed though.

I'm actually thinking south, but that Lanai buoy reading is too suspicious. Can't tell if it's the Tasmanian swell or the wrap of the nw swell. The Lahaina webcam will tell... once there will be light!

Anyway, this is my little help. Keep checking the blog during the day, because, like yesterday, I may add photos and reports during the whole day.

Have fun in the sun everyone!

it's officially winter

Well, seems this blog has come back to life, but don't get used to posts like this, because the focus will still be on the morning forecast/report.

It was a fantastic day in Maui.

Below are the photos I took in between sessions. Enjoy.

one lonely and probably crazy longboarder was out there

Levi

that's how Levi loads up for the top turn. His hands were wide on the bottom turn, now are very close together and he's going to widen them again to shoulder width when he unloads the turn.

the spray is the result

Levi

Sara on a wave that is three times overhead for her

Bernd sailed amazing

very occasionally, even Levi wipes out. That was a good one.

Fiona on another triple overheader. I was impressed by how much she improved.

Kai eyeing a dreamy section

Jazz. That didn't end well.

Bernd flew over the whole damn section

Kai on another bomb

Paolino si e' spataccato oggi!

Morgan

Morgan

good day at the office for Nico