The light but sailable wind pattern continues here on Maui. The overall set up for trade winds is pretty weak which led to really light winds up until mid- to late-afternoon on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, those with the patience to hang around the beach all day until the later afternoon were rewarded with a [...]
I get kind of amused reading comments in Windsurfing Magazine from people tired of seeing photos and articles of “perfect” conditions in Maui. They want photos and articles about “real world” conditions. It’s gotten pervasive enough that some board companies even make boards called “real world” wave boards.
What many people don’t realize about Maui windsurfing [...]
Wind has been a bit up and down the last few days, yesterday more so than Monday. My prediction for wet weather on Monday didn’t really come to pass. Turned out to be a beautiful sunny day at the beach, starting out with lightish winds that then later amped up to pretty strong, averaging around [...]
Trade winds bumped a sail size or two yesterday over what it’s been doing the last several days and the waves started a downward trend. The midday session at Kanaha turned out to be the best with a combination of wind in the 5.0 to 5.3 range and still an occasional head-high set once in [...]
Light wind and fun north shore surf continue to be the dominant theme on Maui the last few days. We’ve had a couple of back to back north swells in the head high range to even over head high at Kanaha. Winds are light enough to be either unsailable for most Maui quivers or requiring [...]
Wave season has begun, and Hookipa got it’s biggest swell yet this week with overhead conditions on Monday and Tuesday. Here’s video from yesterday with some good sets still available to the likes of Francisco Goya, Levi Siver, Keith Teboul, Junko Nagoshi, Kai Lenny, Mark Angulo and more.
Winds were a little bit windier today at [...]
Light trades have returned to Maui the last couple of days, accompanied by a small northwest swell. Kanaha yesterday was 5.7 and a bit shadowed for the waves, but there were some occasional fun sets at both Lowers and Uppers. Hookipa was the place to be – better suited to getting the northwest swells than [...]
September in Maui is a transition month in my opinion. The summer trade winds get a bit less consistent and we start to see the first hints and advanced scouts of the north shore swells that we all look forward to in autumn, winter and spring.
This past week we’ve already begun seeing these transition signs [...]
A small, mellow September day at Hookipa.
Video from Friday of Gaastra/Tabou guys Matt Pritchard and Jazz Glickenhaus maximizing the fun on a small, mellow Hookipa day.
Wind has continued to be on light and onshore on the north shore the last few days. Sailable, but requiring bigger sails and boards. Kihei has had the strongest winds on the island as is typical [...]
