Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the next couple of weeks for the South Shore. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, not gonna lie. The waves are gonna be there, but they’re gonna be small and take a little work to find the right sandbar. This isn't a week for heroics, it’s a week for getting the log out and enjoying a mellow session.

The stretch from Saturday the 15th through Tuesday the 18th is going to be tiny. We're looking at knee-to-waist-high sets from the south, with the swell energy in the low to mid 300s. Saturday afternoon actually looks the most interesting, with a moderate offshore breeze and the energy jumping up to 309. It’s still small, but clean. There’s also a chance of heavy rain that afternoon, so keep the poncho handy. The rest of that run has some cross and onshore winds, especially Sunday and Monday, which will put a bit of chop on things. The period is around 13-14 seconds, which is okay, but there’s just not a lot of push behind it.

We hit a real flat spell from Wednesday the 19th through Monday the 24th. This is the gap I was talking about. The swell drops off to knee-high or less, with a couple of days of glassy conditions on Wednesday afternoon, but the energy is down in the 180s. Not much to get excited about. There’s a long-period pulse showing up on the 20th, but it's only 1.6ft, so that's not even worth paddling out for.

Now, let's talk about the light at the end of the tunnel. Starting Tuesday the 25th, the energy starts to build again, with readings in the mid-300s. Wednesday the 26th is when things get a bit more interesting. The energy jumps way up to 582 in the morning and hits 730 by the afternoon, which is some proper moderate wave energy. The swell is still small, around 3ft, but it’s coming from the SSW, which is the optimum direction for this spot. There’s the potential for a clean, lined-up reef wave here at Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls (Big Island). The period on Wednesday afternoon is a very long 18 seconds, which means it’ll have some real power behind it. The wind is light and cross-on, but the size is so small it shouldn’t be an issue.

Thursday the 27th looks like the other standout. The morning has light onshore wind, but by the afternoon it goes glassy with that 16-second south swell and a solid 3.3ft. The energy stays strong in the 560s. This is likely the best combination of size, power, and clean conditions we’re going to see. After that, Friday the 28th and into the weekend, it just fades back down into the 200s and 100s. It looks like another small stretch coming up, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

So, if you want to get wet, aim for the 26th and 27th. It won't be big, but it'll be the cleanest and most powerful swell in the whole window. Everything else is a bonus.

Stay stoked.

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