Hakalau Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this is a lean stretch for Hakalau. The river mouth setup is a fairly consistent spot, but over the next 16 days there’s basically nothing that’s really worth paddling out for. The first real surf shows up on Sunday afternoon, August 2nd, with a 6.2 ft swell from the east-northeast, but it’s a short-period 8 second groundswell that’s just not putting any shape into the waves. The water’s sitting at 80.2°, which is about where it should be for this time of year, so no worries there. But the combined energy is only 644 (moderate) and the wave comment says it’s marginal. That’s the best of a pretty poor bunch, and it’s not saying much.

We’ve got a long gap of poor conditions from Monday, August 3rd, all the way through to the end of the outlook. The swell stays small, mostly under 5 ft, and the wind is more often than not cross-onshore, which ruins any chance of clean waves. The period is short and the combined energy drops into the 100–200 range (weak) for a lot of the days. There’s a bit of a bump in energy around August 11th (587, moderate) and again on August 16th (952, moderate), but those are still paired with cross-onshore winds, no real quality, and the wave comments are all “poor surf conditions” or “marginal.” The best wind windows are direct onshore, which won’t give you anything clean.

The rare highlight—if you’re desperate—is early morning on August 16th (Sunday) when the swell hits 5.6 ft from the northeast, with around 8 seconds period and a combined energy of 952 (moderate). That’s the biggest, most energetic swell on offer, but it’s still onshore wind and the period is too short to hold open faces. It’s a beach-and-reef setup here, so with that kind of chop, honestly, this looks more like a kite day than a surf day.

Bottom line: Hakalau is not cooperating. Nothing in the 16-day window is worth getting excited about.

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