Honokohau Harbour Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's cut through the noise and talk about what's on offer for the next couple of weeks. We're looking at a pretty quiet stretch overall, with a real standout window that's a long way off but worth keeping an eye on.

The water is sitting at 82°, which is a touch warmer than what we usually get for this time of year, so you can leave the thicker rubber at home.

The forecast kicks off with a bit of a dud. Friday the 14th has a tiny 1.0 ft swell from the WNW with a period of 11 seconds, but the weak combined energy (37) and poor surf conditions mean it's not worth suiting up. We get a brief spike of energy on Friday afternoon with a 5 ft NNE swell, but it's a short-period 7-second wind swell and the conditions are just ordinary. That pattern of messy, marginal surf and poor conditions lingers through the weekend and into the following week. The combined wave energy bounces between 0 and 393, but the wind is never doing us any favours, and the commentary is consistently "poor surf conditions" or "marginal surf forecast." It's a long, blank stretch.

Now, the real standout. Mark your calendars for Tuesday the 25th of August. Tuesday morning looks like the pick of the entire forecast. Honokohau Harbour is set to see a clean 2 ft swell from the SSW with a long-period 16 seconds (groundswell). The combined energy jumps to 308, which is a solid moderate level. The wind is forecast to be glassy, and that's a massive deal – it means the surface will be like a mirror. This is a consistent reef break, so it'll handle that long-period groundswell nicely. The morning is the go, as the afternoon trends back toward marginal conditions with a cross-shore breeze. This is far out, so keep an eye on it, but it's the only real beacon of quality in the whole run.

After that, the end of the month looks like it's back to small, weak, and onshore. Nothing else really jumps out as a solid option.

Rusty

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