Makaha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next stretch of days. We're looking at a pretty lean run, to be honest. There's no real standout surf to get excited about, and the whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off for quality waves. The first few days start with some small, grovelly swell, but it's all getting tagged as marginal, and the conditions just aren't coming together. We've got a long gap of nothing worthwhile from the end of the first week, right through the second week, with poor surf conditions dominating. The energy is there, but it's all messy.

The only spot on the radar is Makaha, a very consistent reef break. The water is running at a very unusual 69° – that's much warmer than normal for this time of year, so you might want a spring suit or just boardshorts if you're hardy.

Things start off on Saturday the 5th with a SW swell around 4ft, period a touch short at 14 seconds, but the wind is a cross-shore breeze. The combined energy is moderate at 654. It's just not coming together – the call is marginal. Sunday the 6th is much the same, with a slight drop in size to 4ft and a longer 13-second period, but it's still a marginal call.

Monday the 7th sees the swell drop to 3ft, but the period stretches out to a very long 16 seconds. That's a proper groundswell, but it's small, and the wind is cross-onshore, which is no good. The energy is still moderate at 670. Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th are more of the same: 4ft and 3ft from the SW, with cross-shore winds that are just enough to put a little chop on the surface. The energy sticks around the 800s, but the surf is just not clean.

From Thursday the 10th onwards, things go downhill fast. The wind picks up, turning onshore and choppy, and the surf quality score drops to zero. We get a brief spike on Saturday the 12th with a 5ft SSW swell, but it's a short-period 8-second windswell with onshore winds – that's a complete mess, more suited to a kite than a surfboard. The energy is still moderate at 487, but it's poor. The entire second week, from the 14th to the 20th, is a dead zone. The swell drops to 2ft to 3ft, periods are short, and the wind is either cross-onshore or onshore, making for consistently poor, choppy conditions. The energy fades from moderate to weak, hitting 180 on the 19th.

The only real glimmer is on Sunday the 20th, where we get a tiny 1ft SW groundswell with a very long 18-second period and a cross-shore breeze. The energy is weak at 267, and it's still a marginal call. It's a long way off and not something to bank on. Honestly, this is a blank run. You're better off waiting for the next system.

Rusty

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