Surf Forecasts:
Honokohau Harbour surf forecast from 10 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 11 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 19s period, SW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 15 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period, WNW swell with 406 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Friday 10 Jul, 5PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Honokohau Harbour this week:
The surf forecast for Honokohau Harbour over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 10) at 5PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 6s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Honokohau Harbour in the next 16 days are 0.9m 16s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 15) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 5s period and expected on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5PM (Fri 10th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Sat 11th Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 19s |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Wed 15th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 16s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Honokohau Harbour over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the next couple of weeks at Honokohau Harbour.
Overall, it’s a patchy outlook. We’ve got some small windows of clean surf, but a lot of the time the conditions are just ordinary or poor. The best waves are going to be small and you’ll need to pick your moments carefully. The water temp is sitting at 81°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – feels like a bath.
We’re starting off on Friday the 10th with a tiny 3 ft swell from the NNE, but it’s got a short period of only 6 seconds and the morning is blown out. The afternoon turns glassy, but the wave energy is weak (97), so it’s really just small, clean slop. Not much to get excited about.
Saturday the 11th is a bit more interesting. The morning is still marginal, but Saturday afternoon is the first real standout. A 2 ft groundswell from the SSW rolls in with a long 18-second period, and the wind goes glassy. The energy is moderate (380), and the conditions are clean. This is the best the first week gets – small but clean and lined up.
Sunday the 12th afternoon offers a similar 2 ft SW swell with a 16-second period and clean, cross-offshore wind. It’s surfable, but not as good as Saturday. The energy is moderate (426).
From Monday the 13th through to the end of the week, it’s pretty grim. Onshore and cross-onshore winds ruin most of the sessions, with swell hanging around 2 ft to 3 ft but poor quality. The combined energy is moderate (between 344 and 591), but the wind just chops it up. Not worth paddling out for.
We hit a gap of poor conditions from roughly the 13th all the way through to the 24th. There’s a small, glassy window on the afternoon of the 19th with a 2 ft SSW swell at 12 seconds, but it’s very weak (183) and just ordinary.
The real standout is a long way off, on Friday the 24th of July. A 2 ft SSW groundswell with an 18-second period, and the wind is dead calm, glassy. The energy is solid (377) for that size. It’s small, but it’ll be clean and lined up. Saturday the 25th morning is also a beauty – same 3 ft SSW swell, 16-second period, and glassy calm. That’s your best bet of the whole forecast, but it’s two weeks away, so keep an eye on it.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Warm (max 26°C on Mon morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 18 | SW 14 | W 16 | W 17 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | W 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 60 | 60 | 184 | 157 | 207 | 309 | 264 | 258 | 248 | 229 | 217 | 162 | 194 | 267 | 351 | 406 | 400 | 380 | 360 | 355 | 268 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | glassy | on | glassy | glassy | on | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 1:13PM0.73m | 00:28AM0.20m | 2:01PM0.79m | 1:35AM0.19m | 2:48PM0.83m | 2:33AM0.20m | 3:32PM0.84m | 3:28AM0.22m | 4:15PM0.83m | 4:20AM0.24m | 4:56PM0.79m | 5:14AM0.27m | 5:34PM0.72m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:44PM0.12m | 6:14AM-0.06m | 9:33PM0.08m | 7:06AM-0.08m | 10:16PM0.05m | 7:57AM-0.08m | 10:56PM0.03m | 8:47AM-0.06m | 11:34PM0.02m | 9:37AM-0.03m | 00:10AM0.02m | 10:28AM0.02m | 00:44AM0.02m | ||||||||
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 | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
 | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | SW 16 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | SW 14 | NNE 7 | W 17 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | W 14 |
| kJ | 60 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 110 | 60 | 110 | 258 | 125 | 104 | 88 | 41 | 194 | 61 | 351 | 406 | 400 | 380 | 360 | 355 | 268 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | W 13 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | NNE 5 | W 16 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 |
| kJ | 73 | 76 | 184 | 157 | 207 | 309 | 264 | 50 | 248 | 229 | 217 | 162 | 19 | 267 | 61 | 43 | 57 | 41 | 50 | 61 | 54 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 13 | W 14 | SSW 10 | W 14 | W 14 | W 13 | S 12 | S 12 | W 12 | W 12 | WNW 19 | W 18 | W 16 | SW 14 | SSW 17 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 16 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 10 |
| kJ | 55 | 37 | 37 | 62 | 63 | 55 | 41 | 25 | 47 | 26 | 72 | 162 | 131 | 189 | 200 | 113 | 134 | 169 | 83 | 84 | 46 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | N 6 | SSE 5 | NNE 7 | — | — | SSW 11 | — | SSE 6 | — | — | SSW 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 8 | 118 | — | — | 45 | — | 11 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 16 | 45 | 31 | 0 |
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