Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a look what we've got in the water for the next couple of weeks.

Alright, straight up, the coming days are a bit of a slow burn. Swell energy is moderate, in the 700 to 800 range, but the wind is just a bit messy for the most part. The real window is short, but there's one session that stands out.

Our main spot is Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls, a reef break that needs a good SSW direction to really line up. It's an advanced wave, and it's fairly consistent, but don't be surprised if it gets a little localised there.

Thursday, August 13th afternoon is your best bet. The swell is 4ft from the SSW, with a period of 15 seconds. That's proper groundswell energy, and because it's a reef, those long-period lines will wrap in nicely. The wind is dead calm. Glassy. It's going to be clean as a whistle. The combined swell energy sits at 707 (moderate), but with that direction and those conditions, it'll be the pick of the fortnight. Crowds are possible at this spot, so get in early if you can.

The rest of the first week is a write-off for quality. Wind is mostly cross-onshore or variable, holding things back. Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th have clean-ish looking conditions with cross-offshore winds and some smaller S swell (3ft to 3ft), but the period drops off, and the energy fades into the 300s. It’s there, but nothing to write home about.

Then we hit a rough patch. From Sunday the 16th right through to Wednesday the 21st, the swell drops below 3ft and the periods become inconsistent. Wind is all over the place, with some storms popping up. It’s a proper gap of low-quality days. Don’t bother paddling out unless you’re desperate.

Things start to stir again in the second week. Sunday, August 23rd see a pulse of 3ft to 3ft from the SSW at 15 seconds, but the wind is still cross-onshore. The energy bumps back into the 400s, but the conditions are marginal.

Finally, on Monday, August 24th afternoon, a real glimmer. The swell is small, 2ft from the SSW, but the period is a very long 17 seconds. The wind goes glassy again. The combined energy is moderate at 431, but for a reef setup, that long period is a beautiful thing. It’ll be clean and lined up. Worth a session if you’ve got a log or a fish.

From there, the tail end of the outlook shows another short window on Wednesday, August 26th afternoon with glassy conditions and 3ft swell, but the direction is a bit more SSW, and the quality isn’t quite as high as the 24th.

Sum it up: The best session is Thursday afternoon, August 13th. There’s a promising but less certain shot on Monday afternoon, August 24th too. The rest of the first week and the start of the second are pretty average.

Keep an eye on the sky. The forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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