Halawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, I'm looking at this and it's a tough one. The whole 16-day stretch is pretty much a write-off for anyone trying to get a decent paddle. The wind is locked in from the east and east-northeast, blowing a solid 12 to 22 mph, and it's almost always cross-shore or cross-onshore. That's going to chop up any wave that tries to form, making it lumpy and messy. The water temp at the start is sitting at a pretty normal 79° for this time of year, so that's not the issue.

The first real swell we see kicks off on Saturday, July 11th, and it's just not friendly. Halawa is a reef and river mouth setup that likes a clean north-northwest swell, but we're getting a short-period, 7 ft east-northeast swell. That's a lot of energy (420) but with a gnarly cross-shore wind, it's going to be a washing machine. This trend continues all the way through the next week. The swell height bounces around between 0.7 ft and 8 ft, but the wind never lets up.

Around midday on Wednesday, July 15th, we get a brief flicker of something different. The swell drops right off to 2 ft, but it swings around from the west with a very long period of 15 seconds. The combined energy is weak (333), but that long period and the direction change is interesting. The problem is the wind is still pumping from the east at 16 mph, so it's cross-shore. It's a tease, really. The same thing happens again on Thursday morning, July 16th, with a 2 ft, 14-second westerly swell, but again, the wind ruins it.

The days just roll on from there. The wind stays strong, the swell is a mix of short-period east-northeast slop and a few weak, long-period westerly pulses that are barely registering. There's no period where the stars align. The swell is never big enough to overcome the chop, and the wind never drops to a clean offshore. For a spot like Halawa that needs the right conditions, this is a total dud.

There is not a single standout option in this whole 16-day window. If you're a kitesurfer, this east-northeast breeze and the lumpy conditions might look fun, but for a paddle surfer, we're looking at a blank run. It's one of those stretches where the forecast can change, but as it stands, I'd be finding something else to do.

Rusty.

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