Kewalos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break this down for the next couple of weeks. Honestly, it’s a tough look. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing special before anything really shows up.

The whole pattern is locked in with side-off winds from the ENE, mostly fresh breezes, so the surface stays clean, but the swell quality is garbage for a long time. From Monday, August 24th, all the way through to Tuesday afternoon, September 1st, there’s a huge gap with no real surf worth talking about. Days of poor, marginal conditions with short-period windswell that’s just weak and disorganized. That ENE swell runs from about 2 feet to nearly 7 feet, but with a period of only 7 to 8 seconds, it’s gutless. The combined swell energy is in the moderate range, but it’s all noise and no wave.

The first real chance of a good session comes on Monday afternoon, September 7th. That’s a long way out, so be cautious, but it’s the best looking day in the whole window. The wind is supposed to go glassy, with a light SE breeze at only 3 mph. That’s huge. We’ll see chest-to-head-high waves around 5 feet from the ENE with an 8-second period. The combined swell energy is moderate at 531. For a moment, conditions look really good, so if you can wait, that’s the day to mark.

The next morning, Tuesday, September 8th, also has some potential, but it’s more complicated. The swell jumps to around 8 feet from the ENE, with an 8-second period and a strong energy reading (1543). But the wind turns onshore from the South at 6 mph, which will chop it up. That size at Kewalos is getting serious, only for the experts. The afternoon cleans up a bit with a lighter SSE breeze, but the size drops back to around 7 feet.

It’s a long wait through a lot of flat and mediocre days. The standout is that glassy Monday afternoon on September 7th. Hang in there.

Rusty

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