We've seen quite a variety of wind conditions here on Maui the last three days. Saturday's wind could be be characterized as "brutal" with strong, gusty winds, very easterly and offshore with some hellacious chop. Sunday was also pretty strong.
By contrast, today was very light and mellow, at least on the north shore. Overall the winds today were very northerly, meaning pretty light conditions prevailed at Kanaha. Timing was crucial. I got there around 1:00, when it looked like a nice mellow 5.0, but within a half hour it dropped down into the low teens and stayed there. So, even though I rigged up my 5.7 it was a slogfest.

Kanaha was amazingly deserted today. Most people were probably over in Kihei which does get stronger wind when it's as northerly as it was today.

Looking into the future, it looks like things will likely get funky this week. Even the forecasters dont seem to be too sure what's going to happen. We've got remnants of former hurricane Hector meandering into our trade wind belt, sure to put a damper on them. We also have hurricane Ioke to our south though its track isn't forecast to come anywhere near us. Reading the forecast discussion, it sounds like winds will likely turn southeasterly later in the week. This typically means unsailable conditions here on Maui. It also looks like we've got a good chance of getting some heavy rain.