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chophop



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:17 pm    Post subject: Maui winds Reply with quote

A few months ago there was a post talking about the lack of wind on Maui. The poster said that they only got a maximum of one day of wind in a row never more than that. HAs the wind situation on Maui gotten better? Has the wind been blowing? Will there be a fall wave sailing season with wind? Question
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keycocker



Joined: 10 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No one knows but the wind has been blowing. The Aloha is going on at the end of Oct. It always has wind, along with the AWT for many years.
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victor



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

according to the archives it's been around 20 all this week.
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keycocker



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Me on 4.7 with a good swell.
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chophop



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So has the wind on Maui returned to a more or less normal windy pattern?
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uchida



Joined: 06 Apr 2002
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just got back from a 2 week trip. Sailed every day except one. 5.4 every time except one day on a 4.6 for a couple hours. 77 ltr JP freestyle wave. Sailed Kanaha daily except 3 times at Ohukai in Kihei. Very nice head high+ bump at lowers since Tuesday. The wind began to drop on Thursday. Yesterday at Kanaha was dead to everyone except the slalom guys on real big boards and sails. I went to Kihei and sailed 5.4 for 2 hours. The weather forecaster, Guy Hagi, says variable light winds with hot muggy conditions for the next week. There seems to be a storm to the northeast of Maui that will shut down the trade winds. There is large surf due to hit Maui today. It was major waves on Oahu yesterday. When I left last night everyone was anticipating the first real waves of the season. Bummer I had to leave.
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victor



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you can usually add 4-5 knots to what the windalert forcast says
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keycocker



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

20 right now in Kihei
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daKine



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been here for a month and it has been the lightest I have seen in 20 years. Twenty years ago Maui got over 300 trade wind days a year, now it gets under 200 (maybe way under). Cimate changed is real and the trade wind pattern is being affected. To sail the light trades today I will need a 100 liter board and a six meter. I'll probably go surfing cause the waves are good on both shores.

http://news.yahoo.com/trade-winds-drop-hawaii-gets-muggy-080531040.html
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3.7_Maui



Joined: 20 Jul 2012
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:04 pm    Post subject: On Golden Pond - Follow Up Reply with quote

This year on Maui has been on golden pond - all year long!

No winter at all --- rain, ran, rain - a few crappy on-shore days with rain
spring - nada - glassy, slogging on big board/sail mostly
summer - half of July was o.k - the rest glassy/hot/humid

windsurf shops on Maui - report worst in history
Hurricane activity in Pacific off the charts - off year or global warming 4 ever?

good news - tiger sharks back to eating sea food
good news - snorkeling best in history - glassy/calm
good news - Hookipa summer fun - big surf and kinda enough wind on 9-11

Aloha - Ya'll
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