Mixed bag of sailing these last several days on Maui. Saturday brought a little stronger wind than Friday – barely/marginally powered on 5.3. A lot of work to make it up to the mellow, waist-high, crowded waves at Uppers.
After being a bit underpowered the previous two days on 5.7 and 5.3, the wind made up it for it on Sunday with sizzlin’, smokin’, howlin’ winds – maxed out on my 4.5. 4.0 would’ve worked fine. Pretty bumpy, messy surf, but some still some waves to ride, just nothing very clean.
Harsh sailing on Maui today. Fun in a bucking bronco kind of way. Wave faces that only a momma could love – sloppy, choppy, bumpy and bouncy. Wild and erratic 4.5. Great conditions if you’re a chiropracter looking to drum up business.
We should get another day of wind tomorrow – anybody’s guess as far as quality and strength. Then Wednesday and Thursday they’re saying winds are supposed to go light and southeast as a tropical storm passes to the south of the Hawaiian islands. Sounds like trade winds should return on Friday and we should be getting some new north swells throughout this week as well.
Uppers Kanaha was absolutely epic today
Epic at uppers ? Yesterday ? You gotta be kiding…