Halawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I've had a proper look at the charts for the Halawa area, and I gotta be straight with you – it's a pretty grim run ahead. We're staring down the barrel of a 16-day window with no real standout sessions, which is a real bummer.

The whole forecast is plagued by cross-shore winds, mostly from the east and east-northeast, blowing at 12 to 22 mph. That wind is just going to mess up the surface, creating a lumpy cross-chop that's no good for anyone. There's barely a whiff of that clean offshore wind we'd be praying for. The water temp is about what you'd expect for this time of year, nothing wild there.

Wednesday 15th July kicks things off with a tiny 2ft W swell (343 combined energy), but it's a late-afternoon low tide affair with a 15-second period groundswell that would be better suited to a point break. With the cross-shore breeze, it's a write-off.

We go through a long, flat run. Thursday 16th through to Tuesday 21st is a total washout. The swell is tiny, the period is short and messy, and the wind is just as bad. The energy is weak, with values like 193 and 136. You're not gonna want to paddle out for any of it.

The pattern finally changes a little around Wednesday 22nd July, but not for the better. The swell picks up a touch to 4ft, but it's from the ENE with a short period of 7 seconds, and the wind is still a fresh 19 mph cross-shore. It's just a messy, choppy affair.

The back half of the month, from Thursday 23rd July through to the 30th, is a bit of a mixed bag of similar conditions. You'll see some spikes in swell size, like Sunday 26th July with a 6ft ENE swell and Monday 27th July with a 6ft ENE swell, but the period is still short (6-7 seconds) and the wind is always cross-shore. The energy is moderate (264 and 372), but the quality is just not there.

The only real standout in the whole period – and I use that term loosely – is Tuesday 28th July. The morning shows a 5ft ENE swell with a very long 13-second period, and the combined energy is a strong 909. That's got some grunt behind it. But, and it's a big but, the wind is still a moderate 16 mph cross-shore, so it's not going to be clean. It's a big, powerful, lumpy wave. For the experts only, if they're feeling brave. The afternoon drops off to a tiny 1ft NNW swell.

Honestly, mate, there's nothing here that gets me excited. The wind is just relentless. For a setup like Halawa, a reef/river break, you'd want that clean offshore wind from the south to make it work, and we're just not getting it. With the constant cross-shore winds and short-period, messy swell, this looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer for the entire 16 days. Keep your board in the shed and wait for a better forecast.

Rusty.

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