Kahului Harbor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you, this 16-day window is pretty bleak. The only spot we've got is Kahului Harbor, and the surf quality just isn't there. The wind is never truly offshore, it's a persistent side to side-onshore breeze that's keeping everything messy. The water's sitting at 80°, which is about normal for the season, nothing unusual.

We're starting off with a real dry spell. From Tuesday the 25th all the way through the end of August and into early September, it's a total loss. The swell energy is moderate, but the conditions are just poor. You're looking at waist to chest high waves (4 to 5 ft) from the E or ENE, but with a short, weak period around 6 to 8 seconds. It's a bumpy, choppy mess with no real drive. The combined energy sits in the low to mid 200s a lot of the time – not bad on paper, but the wind kills it completely.

There is one faint glimmer in the second week, around September 4th and 5th. A long-period groundswell (13 seconds) starts to roll in from the ENE. The wave height is a bit mixed, but the energy jumps way up. On the morning of the 5th, we see combined energy at 824, which is solid. The swell is around 5 ft, which is still manageable, but the period is long. That kind of long period at Kahului Harbor, which is a reef setup, could actually be interesting. The wind is also forecast to be a side-shore that morning, which would be much cleaner than the side-onshore we've been seeing. It might not be perfect, but if you can get on it early on Saturday the 5th of September, that's your one and only shot. It’s a week and a half out, so don't book your flight yet, but it's the only real window.

The 6th and 7th also have some decent energy, but the wind starts to turn more onshore again. For the rest, it's just waiting through a lot of grovelly, wind-affected surf. I'd say sit this one out and wait for a better pattern.

- Rusty

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