Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee, because I’ve been staring at the charts for A-Bay, Anaehoomalu Bay, and it’s a rough outlook. We’re in for a long stretch of basically nothing.

The whole 16-day window, starting Thursday the 20th of August, is a bust until the very end. The first real sign of life doesn’t pop up until around the 3rd and 4th of September. That’s a solid week-plus of flat water.

Early on, Thursday 20th through Sunday 23rd, we’ve got a tiny 1 ft to 2 ft of SW to W swell. The period is long from the SW on Thursday morning – 18 seconds – but the energy is weak, with readings of 87 or lower. The wind is light and cross-on, so the surface is just rippled and messy. Water temp is about 82°, dead normal for the time of year.

Then from Monday 24th, it’s a dead zone. The swell drops to zero on many days, with occasional 0.5 ft to 1 ft of west swell and energy figures in the single digits. Even when the wind goes glassy, there’s nothing to ride.

The only light at the end of the tunnel is Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th of September. We start to see a west swell build to 2 ft to 3 ft, with a period of 15 to 16 seconds. The energy finally climbs into the moderate range – 127, 165, and up to 206 – so there’s some real power. The swell direction is west, and this spot is exposed to WNW, so that’s a good match. The wind is light onshore or glassy, which is massive for clean conditions. The best session looks like Friday afternoon the 4th: glassy, 3 ft of west swell, 206 energy. That’s the standout. This is a reef and point break, so that long-period west swell is going to wrap in nicely, and the glassy wind will make it clean. But we’re talking about a forecast more than a week out, so it’s a promising look, not a sure thing.

Outside of that, it’s a long, quiet wait. For a spot that’s usually consistent, this is a dry spell, but it won’t be like this forever.

Rusty.

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