Hulihee Palace Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you: the surf over the next couple of weeks is gonna test your patience. We're looking at a long stretch of small, mostly messy waves. Real talk, there’s a big gap of nothing happening for the first week. If you're desperate, there are a few tiny windows, but we're mostly waiting for something decent to show up.

It all starts off pretty flat and junky. The first few days through the 28th and 29th of August are just weak and disorganized, hardly worth paddling out for. The energy is low (671 to 174) and the winds are all over the place. You might see a knee-high ripple on the surface, but it’s not going to give you anything to sink your fins into. This stretch is a write-off for surfers.

The first glimmer of something, and I use that term loosely, arrives on the morning of Tuesday, the 1st of September. We get a bump in size to 3ft, from the SSW, with a solid 18-second period. Still, the wind is cross-on and the call is still "marginal," so don't expect perfection. It’s just enough to get your hopes up, but the quality isn't there. The energy climbs a bit (571), but it's not enough to get excited about.

Then we're back to small, and it stays that way for most of the first week of September. The days between September 2nd and 5th are full of waist-high slop with light, but mostly onshore, winds. Honestly, it's a lot of bobbing around waiting for nothing. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so at least you won't be freezing while you're waiting.

Alright, here's where things get interesting. It’s still far out, and we gotta be careful with long-range forecasts, but there are signs that a proper little bump of energy might push through around the 7th and 8th of September. On Monday the 7th, the swell jumps to 4ft from the SSW, and by the afternoon, the wind dies and it turns glassy. That’s what we want to hear! That afternoon looks like the best bet so far. Then Tuesday the 8th morning is a bit choppier, but the afternoon goes glassy again with the same 4ft SSW swell. This is the standout window. It’s not huge, but it’s clean, and with the longer-period energy, Hulihee Palace should finally start to link up. The energy values show a solid push (784), and the lure of clean lines at this reef break is just too good to pass up. It'll be a bit more lined-up with the longer period, so watch for those sets.

After that little blip of hope, we fade back out. From the 9th onwards, it’s back to small and weak. The waves drop off quickly, and we slide into more small, wind-affected days to finish out the forecast window. So, the long and short of it is: don't hold your breath for the first week, but mark that Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon on the 7th and 8th of September in your calendar. That's where the best chance of a few fun ones lies.

Remember, forecasts can change, especially that far out. Stay stoked.

Rusty.

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