Surf Forecasts:
Hulihee Palace surf forecast from 3 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 7 Sep, 11AM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period, SW swell with onshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 5PM (local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 14s period, SW swell with 6,557 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 3 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Hulihee Palace this week:
The surf forecast for Hulihee Palace over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 03) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 14s period with a secondary swell of 0.7m and 13s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Hulihee Palace in the next 16 days are 4.0m 14s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.5m 5s period and expected on Monday (Sep 07) at 2AM.
| Wave Type | Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Thu 3rd Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 14s |
| Best Surf | 11AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) 14s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Mon 7th Sep) | 13ft (4.0m) 14s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Hulihee Palace over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab a coffee and let me run through this in feet. The story stays the same: a slow start, one big stormer of a swell, and then a whole lotta nothing.
First off, it’s a slow burn. The first few days are junk, with a tiny glimmer Thursday afternoon the 3rd at Hulihee Palace when it goes glassy with 3-4ft of S swell, long period of 14 seconds. Don’t get excited; it’s only moderate (441) energy and it fades quick. Friday and Saturday see it bump up a bit to 5ft, but the wind turns cross-onshore and chops everything up. Not worth paddling out.
Now, here’s where it fires. Sunday the 6th, we see a solid SSW swell building. Morning pushes 6-7ft with a 12-second period and strong energy (1,293). Conditions are a bit lumpy with a cross-onshore wind, but there’s push. By afternoon, the energy jumps to very strong (2,006), but the wind is a cross-shore, so it’ll be bumpy.
Monday the 7th of September is the real standout. We’re talking a big, long-period groundswell from the SW – 10ft to as much as 13ft plus in the afternoon, with a 14-second period. The energy readings are massive (4,412 to 7,104) which is a ton of power. The morning has a light offshore from the W, which would make it the cleanest, largest, and most dangerous day of the forecast. This reef isn’t playing games with that kind of swell; it’s expert-only territory. The water temp is 82°, which is slightly warmer than average for the season (0.8° anomaly), so the water’s nice.
Tuesday the 8th is a big drop-off into short-period, choppy slop. From Wednesday the 9th all the way through to the end on the 18th, it’s a flat spell. The swell size barely gets over 2-3ft, and most days are stalled out with poor conditions, glassy flat spells, or light cross-onshore breezes. Energy numbers spend a lot of time under 500 or even in the double digits. Don’t plan anything for that second week.
Summary: It’s a one-hitter quitter. The only true gold window is Sunday afternoon the 6th through Monday the 7th of September. Monday morning with the offshore wind is your absolute best chance at a clean, powerful, big-wave session at Hulihee Palace. For everyone else without a death wish, the rest of the 16 days offers very little.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 26°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Mon night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | |||||||||||||||
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) | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 11 | SSW 9 | SW 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 198 | 432 | 839 | 822 | 639 | 503 | 503 | 669 | 933 | 1167 | 1302 | 1864 | 3060 | 6557 | 1274 | 565 | 371 | 356 | 326 | 236 | 176 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | on | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:11AM0.64m | 8:01PM0.25m | 10:28AM0.67m | 10:02PM0.22m | 11:36AM0.71m | 11:43PM0.24m | 12:34PM0.74m | 00:51AM0.28m | 1:22PM0.76m | 1:42AM0.34m | 2:05PM0.75m | 2:27AM0.40m | 2:44PM0.71m | 3:08AM0.46m | |||||||
Low Tide | 5:13PM0.23m | 2:10AM0.07m | 6:36PM0.18m | 3:30AM0.08m | 7:23PM0.13m | 4:53AM0.08m | 7:59PM0.10m | 6:05AM0.06m | 8:31PM0.08m | 7:06AM0.05m | 9:00PM0.06m | 8:01AM0.05m | 9:27PM0.05m | ||||||||
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 | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — |
 | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:36 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | 6:31 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
Temp °C | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 11 | SSW 9 | SW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 198 | 432 | 839 | 822 | 639 | 503 | 503 | 669 | 933 | 1167 | 1302 | 1864 | 3060 | 6557 | 1274 | 565 | 371 | 184 | 112 | 80 | 176 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | W 9 | WNW 9 | S 21 | SW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 18 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 20 | SSW 18 | S 10 | S 11 | SSW 16 | SSW 10 | WNW 10 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | 150 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 62 | 26 | 25 | 75 | 352 | 158 | 274 | 547 | 1010 | 432 | 371 | 356 | 326 | 236 | 52 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | N 10 | SW 18 | — | — | W 12 | SSW 16 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | — | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | WNW 10 | WNW 7 | NW 6 | SW 17 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 8 | 2 | 12 | — | — | 3 | 27 | 64 | 25 | 51 | 352 | 408 | 596 | — | 494 | 462 | 145 | 34 | 10 | 47 | 42 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NW 3 | — | — | — | NW 10 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 5 | SSE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 482 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 100 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 118 | 1 | 100 | 46 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 68 | 38 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 100 | 7 | 82 |
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