Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be real with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for any real surf. We got a long stretch of tiny, weak waves and not much to get excited about. If you're desperate for a wave, you're gonna have to be patient.

Right now and for the next week and a half, it's all about ankle-biters. We're looking at waves around 1ft from the WNW. The energy is weak, with combined swell energy readings mostly in the 20s to 80s. There are some clean, glassy periods on Monday morning, but with waves that small, it's not worth paddling out unless you're on a longboard and just want to float. The water temp is a warm 81°, which is about normal for this time of year. There's a bit of a long-period swell on Thursday the 20th coming from the SW with an 18-second period, but the size is still only 1ft, so it's all show and no go.

The beginning of next week gets even smaller, dropping to about 0.3ft. There's almost no energy at all. It's a real flat spell. From the 24th through the 27th, we're looking at basically nothing. A few of these days have clean conditions with light offshore winds, but you could water-ski behind a rowboat and find more push. This is a normal dry spell for us.

Now, here's the one glimmer of hope. Mark your calendars for the afternoon of Friday, August 28th. The models are hinting at a pulse of SW groundswell that finally has some size to it. We're looking at a 4ft swell with a 12-second period, and the combined energy jumps up to 546. That's moderate wave energy, the first we've seen in a long time. The winds are forecast to be glassy, which will make it clean as a whistle.

This swell builds into Saturday morning, hitting 5ft from the WSW with the same strong energy reading of 546. It's still glassy. This is the standout of the whole period. The swell direction is a bit off the optimum for A-Bay, which prefers a more direct WNW, but this is the biggest, cleanest surf we'll see. Saturday afternoon stays solid at 5ft with the same strong energy (522) and those clean, glassy conditions.

After that, it fades fast. Sunday drops back to 3ft, and then we're back into the small stuff for the rest of the forecast at the beginning of September.

So, the call is simple. The surf is tiny and unrideable for the next ten days. Don't waste your time. But keep that window from Friday afternoon through Saturday open. It's not going to be epic, but it will be the best we get. For beginners, that 5ft swell on Saturday might be a bit much, but for the more experienced, it'll be the only time worth getting wet. Just about every other day, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer.

Stay patient, and I'll see you out there when the water's moving.

Rusty

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