Keaau Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the surf for Keaau over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, there’s nothing here that’s gonna get your heart racing. The whole 16-day window is pretty flat and ordinary, with only a few windows that are vaguely surfable. It’s a long stretch of small, weak energy, and you’ll be scratching for anything decent.

The first real chance to get wet is on Tuesday afternoon, the 14th. We’ve got a 2ft swell from the west, with a long period of 16 seconds – that’s proper groundswell energy, but the total wave energy is only moderate at 371. The wind is a cross-off from the NE at 12 mph, so the surface will be clean. The water temp is sitting at 79°, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year. It’s a marginal session, though, and nothing to get excited about.

Wednesday the 15th is a write-off with poor conditions and onshore wind. Thursday the 16th has a small window in the afternoon with some offshore wind from the ENE at 9 mph, and the same 2ft west swell, but the energy is dropping to 262. It’s clean, but still small.

Friday the 17th is probably the best of a very average bunch. Morning and afternoon both have clean offshore winds from the NE, with the swell still at 2ft from the west, period 14 seconds. The energy is moderate (326 in the morning, 209 in the afternoon). You’ll get some long-period lines, but it’s tiny. This is a good break for an intermediate, but don’t expect much push.

After that, the surf just fades away. From Saturday the 18th right through to the end of the month, we’re looking at tiny, weak swells, mostly under 3ft, with short periods of 7 seconds or less. The wind stays offshore most of the time, which is actually a shame because the waves are just too small to care about. The energy readings drop into the double digits, and everything is marked as “surfable but very ordinary” or just plain poor. There’s a little bump on Saturday the 25th morning with a 4ft swell from the NE and decent energy (204), but the wind is howling at 16 mph in the afternoon, and the whole thing is just messy.

Honestly, if you’re a paddle surfer, you’re looking at a long, flat run. The consistent offshore winds and small, weak swell might actually make this more interesting for a kite surfer than a surfer on a proper board. The best advice is to keep an eye on the forecast, because it’s so small right now that anything is an improvement.

Rusty.

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