Halawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – what we’ve got on the table for this stretch is a bit of a rough one. For the next couple of weeks, the wind is gonna be the main story, and it ain't a good one for clean waves. We’re looking at a solid run of poor surf conditions, right from Friday the 10th of July all the way through to Saturday the 25th. There isn’t a single day in this 16-day window that’s actually worth paddling out for a proper session.

Halawa is the only break we’re tracking here, and it's a reef/river setup that can be fun when it’s on. But the problem is the persistent cross-shore wind. From Friday morning the 10th, it’s an ENE breeze at 19 mph, and it just doesn’t let up. The water temp is sitting at 79°, right about normal for the time of year, but you won’t be enjoying it with that lumpy cross-chop. The swell is small-to-middling, starting around 6 ft on Friday from the ENE with a short period of 7 seconds, and the combined wave energy is moderate at 397. But "poor surf conditions" is the phrase on every single forecast block.

It doesn’t get any better through the weekend. Saturday and Sunday the 11th and 12th keep the same story: 7 ft to 8 ft of short-period ENE windswell, with energy climbing to 716 on Sunday, but it’s all cross-shore chop. By Monday the 13th, we’re still stuck in the same pattern. The wind finally eases a touch on Tuesday the 14th – dropping to a moderate 16 mph – and we get a weird little spike of long-period groundswell from the west at 2 ft with a 16-second period. The energy is 241, but it’s only for the afternoon, and the wind is still cross-shore, so it’s just a tease.

From Wednesday the 15th right through to Saturday the 25th, it’s the same deal. The swell direction stays stuck in the ENE to E, the period is between 6 and 8 seconds (short period windswell), and while the size fluctuates between 1.0 ft and 7 ft, the wind never turns clean. It’s cross-shore, 12 to 22 mph, day in, day out. The energy levels bounce from a weak 54 up to a moderate 534, but with that wind, the surf is always described as "poor."

Honestly, for this stretch, the setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, especially on those days with 7 ft-plus and fresh breeze. For a surfer, there’s just no standout window here. The only glimmer is that with ENE swell, Halawa is exposed to it, but without offshore or glassy wind, it’s a washout. Keep the board in the car, but don’t expect anything good for at least two weeks.

Rusty.

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