Honokohau Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey gang, Rusty here with the rundown on Honokohau. Water temp is holding around the 80°F mark, right where it should be for this time of year.

Let’s be honest, the first week and a half looks dead. From now until the 21st of September, you are looking at a big fat stretch of nothing. It’s all crummy cross-shore wind and lumpy soup. No swell to speak of. Save your energy.

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd September – Something on the Horizon
Things finally start to look a bit different. Winds are still a messy moderate breeze off the shore, but the swell is pushing up to 7ft to 8ft out of the East. The energy in the water is getting into the moderate zone (over 800). The comments talk about tricky tides, so it’s still a gamble, but at least it's surfable.

Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th September – The Only Real Window
This is it. The swell holds at a solid 7ft from the East with good energy numbers (in the 600s-800s). The wind swings to a cross-offshore direction, cleaning the waves right up. It’s still a breezy 12 to 18 mph wind, but seeing the word 'clean' after all that chop is a huge relief. This is your best bet. That 2m East swell is big enough that beginners will be in over their heads, but for everyone else, it's game on. Honokohau can get busy, and that's definitely true here.

Thursday 26th September – Back to Sleep
It dies off quickly, dropping to 3ft from the East and the energy plummets. It’s all over.

Sunday 28th September – The Late Long-Shot
Look way out at the end of the run, the 27th and 28th. We see a spike from a new direction: a long-period groundswell from the NNW cranking with a period over 18 seconds. The energy numbers are gigantic (over 2000). The swell is about 5ft. The catch? The wind is still messing with it. At a reef and point like this, a long period NNW can be a funny customer—it can make the waits between sets huge and the wave shape might not be ideal. It's a long way off, so it's a "check it" but don't bank on it.

Rusty.

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