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Pokai Bay in Oahu is an exposed beach and reef break that has reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the east northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west northwest. There are left and right breaking reefs. It's often crowded here. Watch out for sharks and rocks.

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Overall Pokai Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Pokai Bay surf quality by season and Pokai Bay surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Hawaii - Oahu surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Pokai Bay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Pokai Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Lahilahi Point	2 mi
Second closest break	Maili Cloudbreak	2 mi
Third closest break	Sewers (Maili)	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Klausmeyers	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Maili Point	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Pokai Bay:
Closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	227 mi
Second closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	296 mi
Third closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	301 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	301 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 2 Buoy	311 mi
Tide stations nearest to Pokai Bay:
Closest tide station	Waianae, Oahu Island, Hawaii	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Waianae, Pokai Bay, Oahu Island, Hawaii	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Haleiwa, Waialua Bay, Oahu Island, Hawaii	12 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay Oahu Island, Hawaii	16 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Pearl Harbor Entrance, Bishop Point, Oahu Island, H	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Pokai Bay:
Closest ski area	Mt Ashland (United States)	2502 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Shasta (United States)	2508 mi
Third closest ski area	Stover Mountain Ski Area (United States)	2523 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Royal Gorge (United States)	2546 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	2546 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Pokai Bay:
Closest city location	Wai'anae (United States)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Ma'ili (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Makaha Valley (United States)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Makaha (United States)	2 mi
Fifth closest city location	Nanakuli (United States)	4 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Pokai Bay is Dillingham Airport (HDH) in Usa Oahu Isl., 15 km (9 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Pokai Bay is Honolulu International Airport (HNL), also in Usa Oahu Isl., 31 km (19 miles) away.
• Third is Kaneohe Bay Mcaf Airport (NGF) in Usa Oahu Isl., 44 km (27 miles) away.
• Molokai Airport (MKK) in Usa Molokai Isl. is 118 km (73 miles) away.
• Lihue Airport (LIH) in Usa Kauai Isl. is the fifth nearest airport to Pokai Bay and is 132 km (82 miles) away.