Halawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a paddle. We've got a solid run of days where the conditions are just going to be messy and the surf is mostly small and weak. It’s one of those stretches where you might be better off finding something else to do, because there’s not much to get excited about.

The first bit of the forecast is a write-off. We're starting off on the 9th with some cross-shore winds and poor surf at Halawa. The energy is weak, sitting at 241, and the swell is a short-period 4ft. The water temp is about average for this time of year, coming in at 80°F, so nothing crazy there. The whole first week, through to the 15th, is just poor. The winds are mostly cross-shore, the swell is small, and the wave energy is often weak, dipping to numbers like 72, 53, or 93. There's a bit of a pulse on the 11th with a 5ft, 11-second swell, which pushes the energy to 494, but it's still all cross-shore and choppy, so it's not going to be any good. The only slight glimmer is Tuesday the 15th morning, where a light breeze and a smaller, 4ft swell might make it a 1 out of 10, but that’s still a long way from being a recommendation.

After that, get ready for a proper blank spell. From the 16th right through to the 21st, the surf just dies. We're talking ankle-slashers, a mere 0.7ft to 2ft, and the energy numbers crater down into the teens and twenties. The winds stay up in the 18-22 mph range, keeping things lumpy, so it’s not even worth looking at. That's a solid six-day gap of absolutely nothing on offer, which is more normal for this area but still a bummer.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but it's a long way off. Right at the end of the forecast window, on the 22nd and 23rd of September, things start to look a bit more interesting. There's a new, longer-period swell from the NNW, with a period of 12 seconds, and the energy climbs back into the low-to-mid 200s – 264 to be exact. The size is still small, around 3ft, but that longer period means there's more push behind it. But here's the catch: the wind is still forecast to be a fresh cross-shore, which will chop it up. It's not a slam dunk, but it's the only period where the swell direction is finally lining up with what Halawa wants (NNW). It's promising for that date, but with that wind, it’s still going to be a battle. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but I wouldn't be booking a trip around it just yet.

Rusty

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