Hulihee Palace Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's talk about your local wave, Hulihee Palace. It's a reef break, intermediate level, and it's a spot that's very consistent, meaning it's always trying to work. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting at 81°F.

Honestly, looking at the next 16 days, it's a bit of a slow burner. There's a long gap of flat, poor conditions right from the start. For the first few days, from Monday the 3rd through to the morning of Friday the 7th, we're just seeing tiny, weak swell with a combined energy barely cracking 100. It's a real struggle. For the first week, the surf just isn't there. The best we see in that first week is a brief moment on Tuesday afternoon the 4th with glassy conditions, but still only 2ft of swell. It's an almost 8-day gap before we get anything that's even worth a proper look.

Things start to wake up a little around Saturday the 8th. The swell picks up a notch, but the quality is still marginal. The energy starts to climb into the 200s, but the wind is never quite clean. Monday the 10th sees a bit more size, with waves hitting 3ft from the SSW, but the wind is a cross-onshore, messing up the surface.

The real standout, the only one worth really circling on the calendar, is Wednesday the 12th of August. The swell is up to 3ft from the S, with a solid 18-second period. That's a proper groundswell, which means real energy. The combined energy is a solid 898, which is a proper boost. Now, this is a reef break, so that long period stuff will wrap in nicely. The downside is that morning has a light cross-onshore breeze, but it's light. The afternoon sees a shift to onshore, which is a bit of a bummer. It's not perfect, but it's the one day where the ocean has some real push.

After that, the rest of the second week keeps a similar theme. The swell hangs around the 3ft to 3ft range, but the wind is never your friend, mostly cross-onshore or onshore. The energy stays in the 500-800 range, so there's always something there, but it's a battle with the breeze. The swell direction swings around from S to WNW and then to W by the end of the run. The period drops into the 13-16 second range, so still decent groundswell, but it's not the same punch as the 12th.

So, to be straight with you: the first week is a write-off. Don't bother. The best chance you've got, and it's a marginal one, is Wednesday the 12th. Get on it early if you can, before the wind shifts. It's not a classic, but it's the only day that's got any real grunt in the water.

- Rusty

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