Makaha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what's cookin' for the next couple of weeks at Makaha. It's a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. The water's sitting at a balmy 69°, and that's a solid 5° warmer than usual for this time of year, so you'll be happy in a shorty or even just boardies if you're tough enough.

Makaha's a reliable old reef break, very consistent, and it's set up to handle a good SW groundswell. Now, the first few days are a bit of a write-off, I'm sorry to say. The wind is mostly blowing cross or cross-on, and the forecast is calling it marginal, with the swell height hovering around 4 ft to 5 ft. The energy's there, mind you—we're looking at a combined energy of 1324 on Thursday afternoon—but it's just not coming together cleanly. The water's gonna be chopped up and messy.

Friday (3rd July) and Saturday (4th July) are much the same story. You've got a long period SSW groundswell of 14 and 13 seconds, so there's some proper power in the water, but that cross-on wind is going to murder the face. The wave comments are all "marginal" or "poor." It's a bit heartbreaking because there are glimmers of something better.

Now, Sunday the 5th is where we start to see a pulse. The morning has a clean 3 ft of SW groundswell, but it's that afternoon that gets me going. We've got a 4 ft swell from the SW with a 19-second period—that's a very long period groundswell. The combined energy jumps to 1509. The only problem? The wind is a cross-shore at 9 mph. It's not terrible, but it's not glassy. This long-period stuff (over 15 seconds) can sometimes break a bit too straight on a beach break, but Makaha is a reef, so it should wrap in nicely. Keep an eye on it.

Monday the 6th morning looks proper. You get a 5 ft SW swell, still with a long 17-second period, and the wind is a clean offshore from the WSW at just 6 mph. That's the recipe for some flawless, lined-up sets. The combined energy is 1793, which is strong. This is a standout session for a competent surfer. The size is pushing into 5 ft, so maybe not one for the grommets, but for everyone else, it's game on.

After that, it fades back into a bit of a lull for the rest of the first week and into the second. The swell drops to 3 ft to 5 ft, and the wind keeps swinging onshore. Not much to write home about between Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 15th.

Here's an interesting one, though. Skip ahead to Friday the 17th. The morning session looks like a sneaky winner. We've got a 5 ft swell from the S with a 10-second period—not the longest, but it still has decent push. The kicker is the wind: a cross-offshore breeze from the SE at just 6 mph. The wave comment says "clean" and scores a "3". After weeks of onshore junk, that clean, peeling face is going to be a welcome sight. The combined energy is a moderate 741. It's a long-range call, so don't book the week off work just yet, but it's the second real standout of the whole forecast period.

So, to sum it up: the absolute pick of the bunch is Monday morning, 6th July, for a solid, clean SW groundswell. Your backup play is the morning of Friday the 17th July, where the wind finally plays ball with a cleaner, smaller S swell.

Rusty.

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