Montoya Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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Alright, surfers, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next week and a half are going to test your patience more than your paddle strength. We’re looking at a long, flat patch at Montoya (Big Island) for the first four days, from Monday morning right through Thursday afternoon. The water’s a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting around 55°, but honestly, the ocean is doing nothing. Swell energy is weak, with readings in the double digits and low hundreds (160–36), and onshore and cross-shore winds are putting a chop on it. It’s a proper waiting game.

Now, things finally start to turn on Friday morning, August 7th. A decent SW groundswell shows up out of nowhere, jumping the swell to 10ft. That’s a big jump. The energy reads at a strong 1407. The offshore winds are cross-off but they’re howling at 28 mph. It’s going to be wild and blown-out, but there will be sets. That Friday afternoon, the swell drops a touch to 8ft, but the period stretches out to 14 seconds, and the energy jumps to 2911. That’s a serious push of water, and it's going to be breaking heavy. This is not for the faint of heart; it’s strictly for experts at this size.

Saturday morning, August 8th, the swell backs off to 6ft with a long 14-second period and energy at 1115. The winds ease to 16 mph and are cross-off. It’s going to be clean, but still powerful. This is probably the pick of the weekend for the more confident intermediate surfer. The swell is still coming from the SSE, which is a good direction for this break. It’s still going to be a handful, though.

After that, the quality drops off again. Sunday and Monday see medium-period SW windswell, with lumpy cross-shore winds making it messy. The energy drops back to the hundreds (722–342). By Tuesday the 11th, it’s back to being poor, with short-period leftovers. We get a little bit of a bump on the morning of Thursday the 13th with a 4ft SSE swell, but it’s cross-shore and junky.

The second week is a washout. Friday the 14th gives us a glassy morning with a tiny 3ft SSE swell, but it’s barely breaking and very ordinary. After that, it’s small, weak, and mostly onshore or cross-shore, with energy in the low hundreds. There’s a brief pulse of SW swell on Tuesday the 18th, but with a 6-second period, it’s short, weak windswell and not worth getting excited about.

So, bottom line: the standout is Saturday morning, August 8th. It’s the cleanest of the decent-sized swells, with good energy (1115) and a proper long-period groundswell. The Friday 7th is too big and windy for most. Get on it early Saturday if you can handle the size. The rest is a waiting game for something better.

Rusty out.

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