Couple of marginal light wind days the last couple of days here on Maui. Not enough wind to get me and the extra 10 pounds I put on over the past week up and planing so I didn’t get to the beach. Winds in the mid- and occasional upper-teens were enough to get some people out on the water to take advantage of the north swell, but there was a whole lot of sloggin’ goin’ on from what I could see.
Looking into the future, looks like our trade winds are going to disappear for a few days as we come under attack from a series of cold fronts working their way down across the Hawaiian island chain, pushing the high pressure ridge south on top of us and ushering in a period of light and variable winds.
The first of several large to extra large surf episodes should kick in tomorrow too. According to Hawaiian surf forecasting guru Pat Caldwell:
Outlook through Monday Dec 7: fresh northwest swell fills in along north facing exposures tonight reaching double overhead with higher sets Wednesday. Surf will likely exceed advisory levels Thursday with sets possible reaching 25 feet or greater.There is strong potential for warning level surf over the weekend into early next week.
The Monday – Tuesday time frame is looking like a good potential for a seriously big Jaws-potential event. Still a bit early to predict but it looks like trade winds might fill back in on Tuesday, coinciding with this super, extra large wave event. If that happens, Hookipa will most certainly be closed out and Kanaha will likely be as well. Whether it’s sailable or not, it’s definitely setting up to be a jaw-dropping display by mother nature.
