Halawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you, mate. We are looking at a pretty bleak stretch here for Halawa. There are no good windows in this 16-day outlook, and I can’t recommend a single session that’s worth paddling out for. The wind is a constant issue, staying cross or cross-onshore from the east through the entire period, which is going to keep things lumpy and chopped up.

The first real bit of swell arrives around Wednesday, August 26. The morning sees a short-period 5 ft pulse out of the ENE, but the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-shore from the same direction, and the wave comment says it all: “poor surf conditions.” The combined energy is moderate (189), but with that wind, it’s messy. That afternoon, the swell drops right back to 1 ft. A bigger pulse hits Friday, August 28, with 6 ft from the ENE and 249 energy, but again – that fresh cross-shore wind ruins any chance of clean waves.

Saturday, August 29, has the biggest wave heights, with 7 ft in the morning and 6 ft in the afternoon, both out of the ENE. The energy is solid (307 and 247), but we are still stuck with a fresh cross-shore breeze. That’s too big for beginners, but with onshore wind, even experienced surfers won’t find any shape. Around Monday, September 1, the swell builds to 7 ft and the energy hits 610, but the wind shifts to cross-onshore, making it lumpy and choppy. That’s borderline kite-surfing conditions, not a paddle session.

Water temps are about average for this time of year.

There is a lone clean-looking window on Wednesday, September 9, with a hint of cross-off wind from the ESE at 16 mph and a 5 ft short-period ENE swell, but that is almost two weeks out and carries low confidence. Even then, it’s a weak, short-period swell (6 seconds), and with such a long wait, I wouldn’t hold my breath.

So, in short: no standout days. It’s a gap of nearly the whole 16 days. Halawa is reef and river, and normally it can pick up some fun NNW groundswell with S offshore winds, but that optimum direction and wind window doesn’t show up at all here. The only positive is that troughs like this don’t last forever – forecasts can change, and this area often turns on when the wind swings. But for now, leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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