Surf Forecasts:
Honolii Beach Park surf forecast from 31 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 5 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period, ENE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 5 Sep, 11PM (local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period, ENE swell with 2,303 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Friday 4 Sep, 5PM (local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with ENE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Honolii Beach Park this week:
The surf forecast for Honolii Beach Park over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 04) at 5PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.9m and 13s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Honolii Beach Park in the next 16 days are 2.5m 13s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Sep 05) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.5m 9s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 03) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5PM (Fri 4th Sep) | 6ft (1.9m) 13s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Sat 5th Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) 13s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Sat 5th Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) 13s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Honolii Beach Park over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for the next couple of weeks.
Honestly, it's a pretty grim run for Honolii Beach Park. For the first few days, we're looking at a lot of rain and messy onshore wind. The swell is there, around 5ft to 6ft from the NE, but it's all short-period windswell (8 seconds) and the wind is just ruining it. The energy is weak to moderate (336) and the reports are calling it poor. Not much to get excited about right now.
The whole first week of September is a write-off. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the conditions are just poor. There's a bit of a lift on the afternoon of the 4th of September – the wind drops to glassy, and we get a nice 6ft swell from the ENE with a much longer period of 13 seconds. That's a proper groundswell. The energy jumps up to a strong 1274, and the report says "expect very good surf conditions." But even then, it's only a score of 3/10 in the rating, so it's not going to be a classic. That's probably the best session of the whole run, but it’s a pretty low bar.
After that, we get a few days in early September where the swell builds to 8ft to 8ft from the ENE, still with a decent 12-13 second period. The energy is strong (1844-1994), but the wind is on it. It's a bit cross-onshore on Saturday morning, and by Sunday afternoon, we've got a 16 mph wind making it choppy. The waves are going to be big and unruly, and with the wind, it's going to be a battle. The water temperature is 81°, which is about normal for this time of year.
The second week doesn't offer any hope. The swell drops, the period shortens, and the wind goes all over the place. The energy drops right off, and the reports are consistently poor. We're basically looking at a nine-day gap from the 7th of September all the way through to the 15th with nothing worth paddling out for.
The break is a river mouth, so it can handle a bit of swell, but with no decent windows and the wind being a constant problem, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing over this whole period.
So, to sum it up: the best bet is to try and sneak a session on the afternoon of the 4th of September when the wind goes glassy, but don't get your hopes up. Everything else is a skip.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 25°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 306 | 461 | 458 | 403 | 356 | 339 | 453 | 373 | 223 | 593 | 609 | 527 | 509 | 1269 | 1496 | 1821 | 1960 | 2268 | 1949 | 1747 | 1517 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 4:45PM0.66m | 6:01AM0.69m | 5:09PM0.58m | 7:08AM0.69m | 5:30PM0.49m | 8:36AM0.69m | 5:31PM0.41m | 10:18AM0.73m | 11:35AM0.79m | 10:36PM0.33m | 12:30PM0.85m | 00:01AM0.40m | |||||||||
Low Tide | 10:59AM0.21m | 11:16PM0.02m | 11:53AM0.30m | 11:50PM0.02m | 1:12PM0.38m | 00:34AM0.04m | 4:04PM0.41m | 1:39AM0.06m | 3:12AM0.07m | 7:13PM0.28m | 4:44AM0.04m | 7:33PM0.23m | |||||||||
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 | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | — | 6:36 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — |
mm | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 |
| kJ | 306 | 353 | 458 | 403 | 356 | 339 | 453 | 373 | 223 | 593 | 470 | 406 | 509 | 1269 | 1496 | 1821 | 1960 | 2268 | 1949 | 1747 | 1517 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | E 9 | S 9 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 9 | E 12 | E 13 | E 13 | SSW 10 | N 8 | SSE 9 | SE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 30 | 44 | 2 | 40 | 38 | 48 | 396 | 439 | 258 | 196 | 219 | 277 | 187 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 9 | S 12 | E 15 | ESE 12 | SE 11 | E 14 | E 13 | SE 11 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | S 10 | S 13 | S 13 | N 12 | NNE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | N 11 | N 10 | E 16 |
| kJ | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 64 | 102 | 167 | 194 | 111 | 41 | 17 | 170 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 21 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 8 | E 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 461 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 609 | 527 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 99 | 99 | 93 | 5 | 94 | 5 | 5 | 99 | 5 | 178 | 2 | 93 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 84 | 85 | 57 | 57 |
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