Hakashita Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cookin’.

The first few days are a total dud. Friday the 21st through Sunday the 23rd is just weak, tiny slop with crummy wind. No reason to get wet.

Monday the 24th is where it starts to shift. Hakashita (reef) gets a pulse of energy with a 3 ft to 8 ft SE swell rolling in. The period is a very long 17 to 20 seconds – that’s true groundswell. The combined wave energy is moderate to strong (1360 in the morning, up to 3604 by afternoon). The wind is light and mostly side or side-onshore, so it won’t be glassy, but there is real power. This is not a beginner wave at 8 ft.

The day to circle on the calendar is Tuesday the 25th. That’s the stand-out. Early morning, we have a clean 16 ft SE swell with a 17-second period, wind coming from the NNE at 9 mph as a clean cross-offshore breeze. The combined energy is a massive 12910. This is a full-on groundswell event. By the afternoon, it pushes to 20 ft SE with a 16-second period, but the wind picks up to 16 mph cross-shore. This is for experts only – if it’s over 8 ft, beginners should stay on the beach. Water temp is about 84°, which is average for the time of year.

Wednesday the 26th sees the leftover 18 ft swell getting torn apart by strong onshore wind and rain – a messy, lumpy nightmare. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th are still big (around 11 ft to 8 ft) but are onshore and choppy. Not good.

The weekend of the 29th and 30th drops off to tiny, weak 4 ft to 4 ft SE swell with short periods and messy wind. Not worth it. Then we hit a long, bleak run from the 31st of August through the 5th of September of mostly poor conditions with rain and onshore wind.

Looking way out to Thursday the 3rd of September and Friday the 4th of September, there’s another interesting blip. Thursday morning the 3rd shows a 4 ft easterly swell with a ridiculous 22-second period. That’s an incredibly long-period groundswell, which can be magic on a reef. The combined energy is moderate (2500). By afternoon, it builds to a 10 ft E swell with a 20-second period and a combined energy of 6787. Friday the 4th is still solid at 11 ft dropping to 8 ft, though the wind turns more side-onshore. This is a long way off, so keep an eye on it.

So, the one king wave in this whole outlook is Tuesday the 25th of August – biggest, cleanest swell of the bunch. The potential dark horse is Thursday the 3rd of September for that super-long period groundswell.

Rusty.

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