Harbor House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Yeah, look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and sad around here. We’ve got a sixteen-day window, and honestly, there’s nothing on the table that’s worth getting excited about. It’s a real bummer.

We’re looking at a stretch where the swell is just tiny, the winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the energy is weak. It’s the kind of forecast that has you checking the calendar more than the surf report. There’s a good run of days with absolutely nothing, just small, choppy, blown-out lumps. We’re talking several days of this before we even get a whiff of something with a bit more push.

Harbor House (Big Island) is the only spot on the list, and it’s a breakwater, so it needs a particular kind of swell to work. It’s inconsistent at the best of times, so this kind of flat spell is pretty normal. The water temp on Monday the 10th is at 86°, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real chance of anything surfable doesn’t show up until around Saturday the 15th. We’ve got a little bump of 3 ft from the SE, but it’s short-period stuff, around 5 seconds, and the wind is a cross-onshore 16 mph. It’s not going to be pretty. The combined energy is a weak 48. It’ll be lumpy and hard to paddle into.

There’s a bit more on offer around Monday the 17th and Tuesday the 18th, with the period stretching out to 8 seconds and then up to 13-15 seconds by the 18th. That longer period is a plus, as it’ll have more push, but the size is still tiny, around 1 ft. It’s the kind of swell that might offer a rare clean wave at a spot like this, but it’s not something you’d build a day around. The energy is still in the weak-to-moderate range (44).

The strongest energy we see all period is on Wednesday the 19th, with a combined energy of 66, but that’s still not saying much. The swell is a weak 1 ft from the E with an 11-second period. It’s promising, but that’s about it.

Going into the second week, things get a bit more interesting in theory, but it’s a long way out. Around the 23rd and 24th, the swell bumps up to 2-3 ft with very short, 4-second periods. That’s just wind chop, not real surf. For a breakwater setup like Harbor House, this looks more like a session for the kite surfers than for us paddle surfers.

So, in short: there are no good surf options in this entire 16-day window. It’s a blank run. But hey, that’s the nature of this place when it’s inconsistent. It doesn’t tend to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change, so keep one eye on it for the end of the month. But for now, find something else to do with your mornings.

Rusty.

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