El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and let’s talk about the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a frustrating stretch for us here. Honestly, the swell window looks okay, but the wind gods are just not playing nice. We’ve got a lot of choppy, messy, onshore conditions to sift through, and the best waves are going to be hard to find. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, the pickings are slim.

We start off on Wednesday the 5th with some waves, but they’re not going to be any good for surfing. There’s a solid 5.6ft of swell from the NE, but a cross-on wind makes it pretty choppy. The water is warm, though, at 73.8°, which is pretty normal for this time of year. The energy is moderate (303), but the shape is all over the place. This is not a day to get excited about.

Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th are more of the same, with wind straight onshore and the surf staying around 5.2ft to 5.9ft. It’s just going to be bumpy and hard to ride. We’re seeing moderate energy in the 350-400 range, so there’s push there, but it’s all wasted with that onshore breeze. You’d be fighting it the whole way out and then fighting it again on the wave.

The weekend comes in with a bit more size. Saturday the 8th pushes up to 6.6ft, with strong energy (469), but the wind is still on it hard from the N/NW. This is a case where the size and the conditions just don't line up. It’s going to be a messy, blown-out 6ft, which is not fun for anyone. Sunday and Monday stay in that 5.6ft to 6.2ft range, with onshore winds and moderate energy. It’s just a lot of whitewater and closed-out walls.

The middle of the week shows a slight drop in size, down to around 4.6ft to 4.9ft, and the wind backs off a little to a cross-on direction. It’s still not clean. The energy is dropping too, into the low 200s and 100s. This stretch from the 12th to the 13th is looking pretty weak and messy. The swell is still coming from the NE, but it’s a short-period windswell, around 6-7 seconds, which doesn't help with the shape at all.

Then we get a pulse of energy around the 14th and 15th, with the swell building back up to 5.9ft and the energy jumping back to the 350 range. But again, the wind is just relentless from the north. It’s the same story: onshore, choppy, and poor. It’s frustrating to see the energy come up but not be able to use it. We get a slight drop in wind speed on the 17th, but the swell is also dropping, down to 4.6ft with weak energy (187). It’s not going to make a difference.

The last couple of days, the 19th and 20th, see the swell fade to 4.3ft and then drop off to a tiny 2ft, with a longer period of 10 seconds on the 20th. The energy is weak, under 156, and the wind is still on it. It’s a sad end to a poor run.

The only break on the map is El Comedor (Big Island), a consistent, expert-level reef. It’s exposed to the north, which is exactly where this swell is coming from. The direction is right, but that onshore wind is the killer. This wave is never going to be good in these conditions. It will just be a stormy, jumbled mess of a wave.

Because of the strong onshore winds and the beach/reef setup, this whole period is looking more like a kite-surfing show than a surfing one. For us paddle surfers, there is simply nothing on offer. This entire 16-day window is a bust for surf quality. The swell is there sometimes, but the wind ruins every single day. It’s a long stretch of poor conditions, with not a single standout day in sight. Keep the board in the car, but maybe don't even bother driving to the beach.

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