Halawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Halawa (Molokai) has in store for us over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you, this is a tough one. The first week is a real write-off.

We kick off on Wednesday the 2nd of September, but don't get excited. The wind is howling from the east at 22 mph, blowing straight across the break. Combine that with a short-period, 8-second wind swell, and you've got nothing but lumpy, messy cross-chop and "poor surf conditions." The raw energy is there, but it's just ugly. This messy pattern, with strong cross-shore winds and short-period, low-quality ENE swell, carries on all week. The energy builds into a serious pulse on Friday the 4th, but it's a 14-second period groundswell coming from the same direction, and the wind is cross-onshore at 22 mph. It's going to be a bumpy, blown-out mess. Not worth a paddle.

About the only glimmer of hope in the first week comes on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th. The wind drops to a moderate 16 mph, and while it's still cross-shore, the swell period gets up to a nice 13 and 12 seconds. It's still pretty rough, so it'll only be for the keen and the well-paddled.

Now, if you’ve been waiting, the most promising-looking window is around Tuesday the 8th of September. The wind swings around to a cross-offshore from the ESE, blowing at 12 mph in the morning, and the wave comment says "clean." The swell settles a bit to a 6 to 7 ft pulse from the ENE, with a 10-second period. That's a manageable size. It won't be pumping, but it'll be the cleanest and most rideable surf of the whole run. The water temp is sitting at a very average 80°, nothing unusual.

After that brief peek of potential, we slip back into the same old pattern. The wind picks up again by Wednesday the 9th, the swell drops off, and we get another long stretch of poor, wind-affected conditions until the end of the outlook.

To be honest, mate, the whole 16-day window looks bleak. If you're desperate, try Tuesday the 8th of September at dawn for the cleanest conditions, but don't expect a classic. The rest of the time, the consistent strong cross-shore wind turns most of these waves into a battlefield. This stretch of coast looks more interesting for a kite session right now than a surf. There are long gaps here with nothing to recommend.

Rusty, signing off.

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